Introduction
About Me
Shayna Waltower is a business journalist with a multimedia background. She spent years doing on-the-ground reporting in local communities from coast to coast before narrowing her focus to helping small businesses nationwide streamline operations, attract customers and improve profitability.
At Business News Daily, Waltower covers trending business topics, such as the effects of unemployment, the increasing importance of personal branding, in-demand skills and the rise of marketing automation.
Waltower, with her previous experience in storytelling across mediums (broadcast, social media, etc.), enjoys not only producing digestible guides for business owners that break down complex topics but also helping entrepreneurs competently convey their brand stories to consumers. Over the years, Waltower has developed expertise in a number of wide-ranging but critical business areas and topics, including POS systems, workplace management and cybersecurity.
Experience
Content Writer
at
Freelance
July 2020
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Present
Multi-Skilled Journalist
at
KREM 2 Media Group
July 2018
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July 2020
News Intern
at
WGXA
January 2018
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May 2018
Education
Mercer University
Degree:
B.A.Field of Study:
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