Larry Terry is a veteran journalist with over 30 years of experience in writing, editing, and media relations. He currently works as a senior editor for ICIS Pricing and News covering petrochemical markets. Prior to this role, he held several senior editing and reporting positions at publications like the Houston Chronicle, Chemical Week, and Sun Newspapers. He has expertise in writing, editing, fact-checking, headline writing, and page design/layout.

1. Larry R. Terry
3720 W. Alabama, #3304, Houston, Texas 77027
281-794-9256 (Cell)
Lterry61@aol.com
Qualifications Summary
Veteran journalist with a reputation as a meticulous writer and editor, deadline-sensitive
and tech-savvy, with supervisory, management and media-relations experience
Professional Experience
Senior Editor, ICIS Pricing and News, Houston, Texas, December 2007 to the present
Cover a portfolio of petrochemicals for weekly subscriber reports, sourcing
market players including producers, buyers, traders and consumers to produce
price assessments, trade stories and upstream and downstream breaking news.
Have been relied upon as a media source and by financial analysts for some
products in my portfolio
Have conducted presentations on behalf of ICIS at industry conferences
Senior Copy Editor, Houston Chronicle, Houston, Texas, 2001-2007
Implemented artist-designed cover pages of weekly Zest, Dining Guide and an
award-winning Religion section (and daily sections as needed)
esigned and assembled other features sections, as needed, while editing stories, fact
checking, writing headlines and captions, implementing graphic elements and seeing
each edition through to completion
Senior Account Executive, Vollmer Public Relations, Houston, Texas, 2000-2001
Responsible for maintaining writing projects, consulting and media relations for industrial
clients including Kraton Polymers, Air Liquide America Corp. and Furmanite
Helped develop communications strategies for clients, including completing
crisis-communications training and advising executive-level clients on media
interaction
News Director, ChemicaIDesk.com, Houston, Texas, February-October 2000
Provided/managed news content for website, an electronic marketplace uniting buyers
and sellers of water-treatment and paper chemicals, services and equipment
Regional Editor, Chemical Week, Houston, Texas, 1997-2000
Gulf Coast Editor for this New York-based international weekly news magazine, which
covers the global chemicals market
Reported on commodity chemicals, trends and other regional petrochemical and
business news
Wrote an annual profile (cover story) of the US Gulf Coast petrochemical market, which
included the effect of upstream oil and gas markets on derivatives
Zone Editor, Houston Chronicle, January-November 1997
Planned, designed, edited, managed and supervised production of three weekly
sections of the Chronicle's ThisWeek product
Hired and managed freelance writing staff and budget
Freelancer, October 1995-January 1997
Wrote magazine articles for the telecommunications industry and newspaper articles

2. for the Houston Chronicle
Worked on a freelance and/or contract basis completing projects such as executive
correspondence, marketing brochures and speeches for clients including the Bank of
Houston, GraphicSource in Houston, Sykes Communications and the Greater Houston
Partnership
Managing Editor/Consultant, Intele-Card News Magazine, The Woodlands, Texas,
February-September 1995
Founding editor of this successful trade publication covering the U.S. prepaid
calling-card market. It debuted in June 1995 to high praise
Researched, wrote and edited features and news articles
Helped manage departments, coordinate editorial and production staff,
direct coverage and determine editorial direction
Staff Editor, MultiMedia Publishing Corp., Houston, Texas, April-September 1994
Staff editor for two magazines published by MPC -- Public Communications Magazine
and TeleCard World magazine, trade publications covering the deregulated
telecommunications industry in the U.S. and abroad
 Also primary author of an international research project on the prepaid calling-card
market
Reporter, Managing Editor, Editor, Sun Newspapers, formerly Echo Group, Humble, Texas,
1986-1993 Humble, Kingwood, Porter, New Caney editions
Part of reporting staff covering three school districts, crime, several municipal governing
bodies and breaking news
 Promoted to managing editor and then editor, and in those roles helped
implement redesign and ultimately designed and paginated front pages, managed
editorial staff and implemented all editorial content
City Desk Staff Reporter, The Times, Shreveport, La., May-September 1986
Covered Caddo Parish schools, government, agriculture, weather news and breaking
news including politics and state and federal agencies and, in a monthly column in the
Metro section, news from surrounding small communities
Staff Reporter, Marshall News Messenger, Marshall, Texas, 1985-1986
Covered Harrison County government and five school districts
Staff Reporter, Bossier Press - Tribune, Bossier City, La., 1984-1985
Covered Bossier Parish government, schools, police and civil and criminal courts
Education
B.A., Journalism, with a minor in English
Louisiana State University, Shreveport, La.
Technical Skills
MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint