Rebecca Beatrice Brooks
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Freelance Writer
Seacoast Scene, Hampton NH (May 2025 – Present)
Duties: Write and research articles about local history, generate story ideas
Blogger
(2010 – Present)
Duties: Write and research history articles, proofread and edit articles, generate story ideas, take photos, maintain websites
Proofreader
Measured Progress, Dover NH (Oct 2009 – April 2014)
Duties: Proofread and grade student essays
Freelance Reporter
Dover Community News, Dover NH (May 2003 – May 2005)
Duties: Wrote and researched articles, generated story ideas, took photos
News Correspondent (Intern)
Salem News, Beverly Ma (Jan 2001 – May 2001)
Duties: Wrote and researched articles (including several front-page articles), generated story ideas, compiled and proofread the wedding announcement section and building permit log
Writer and Editor (Intern)
Full Circle Newsletter – UNH Women’s Studies Newsletter Durham NH (Jan 1999 – May 1999)
Duties: Wrote and researched articles, generated story ideas, designed layout of newsletter, proofread and edited articles
Student Reporter
The New Hampshire – UNH Student Newspaper Durham NH (Fall 1998 – Spring 2000)
Duties: Wrote and researched articles, generated story ideas, proofread articles
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
Citizen Archivist
National Archives (Feb 2025 – Present)
Duties: Transcribe historical documents such as the JFK Assassination Records and the Revolutionary War Pension Files
Digital Volunteer
Massachusetts Historical Society (Feb 2025 – Present)
Duties: Transcribe historical documents such as the Mercy Otis Warren Papers, Ezekiel Price Papers, and the William Heath Papers
Virtual Volunteer
Historic New England (Feb 2025 – Aug 2025)
Duties: Transcribe historical documents such as the Casey Papers for the Transforming Washington, D.C.: The Impact of Thomas Lincoln Casey and Edward Pearce Casey on the Nation’s Capital digitization project
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Danvers Historical Society
Member (Feb 2025 – Present)
Historic Salem Inc
Member (Feb 2025 – Present)
Salisbury Historical Society
Member (March 2025 – Present)
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:
Newbury College, 129 Fisher Ave Brookline MA, 1996-1998
University of New Hampshire, B.A., English/Journalism, Durham NH, 1998-2001