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Minnick has covered the Iraq war, business, sports, and he has
been published by Simon & Schuster.
“Fred Minnick’s (work) should be read by anyone
who relishes a compelling story.” – Lary Bloom,
author of When The Game Is On The Line and A Wry Chronicle of
The Nutmeg State
Recently Written For:
- Nation's Restaurant News
- Tasting Panel
- Design-Build Dateline
- Total Landscape CareInvestor's Business Daily
- MSN.com
- The Lane Report
- Prep Magazine
- Successful Meetings Magazine
- CSP Magazine
- National Guard Magazine
- Louisville Courier Journal
- Bankrate.com
- Road King Magazine
- Better Roads Magazine
- Café Meeting Place
- Fast Casual magazine
- Pizza Marketplace
- The Oklahoma Gazette
- SelfServiceWorld.com
- Simon & Schuster
- QSR Magazine
- QSRWeb.com
- Kentucky Monthly
- VFW Magazine
- STORES Magazine
- Angus Journal
- ELDR Magazine
Employment History
Editor — Fast Casual magazine — Dec. 2005 to Jan.
2006
- Broke major stories on Quzinos, Raving Brands, McDonald’s
and Arby’s
- Wrote in-depth, service-oriented features for restaurant operators
- Managed two Web sites – QSRweb.com and FastCasual.com
- FastCasual.com unique visitors increased 200 percent
- QSRweb.com unique visitors tripled
- Managed freelance writers
- Served as media spokesperson for the industry
U.S. Army journalist — Mosul, Iraq — Dec. 2004 to
Feb. 2005
- Photography and writing published in newspapers all over the
world
- Managed a team of print journalists
- Went behind enemy lines to get the story
- Oversaw weekly newsletter and production of four magazines
Account executive – 2001-2004 – Bader Rutter and Associates
Client: Merial Animal Health
- Wrote about horse medications
Client: Dow AgroSciences
- Wrote technical feature stories on forestry management products
Copy Editor, Staff Writer – 2000-2001 – The Daily
Oklahoman - Oklahoma City
- Edited sports copy on tight deadlines
- Paginated two or three pages a night
- Covered an array of major sporting events
Television reporter – 1998-2001 – Oklahoma Public
Television
- Covered farm news
- Wrote in-depth features
- Anchored during holidays
Education
Oklahoma State University – 2001 – BS in Agricultural
Communications
U.S. Department of Defense – 2001 – Defense Information
School
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