SENIOR JOURNALIST for Our Town Newspapers (circulation 60,000)
RESPONSIBILITIES: Organize coverage for two thirds of the circulation area, train new staff, edit, liason with government representatives.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Increased advertising by increasing circulation to new areas, broke stories before the local and national dailies.
SKILLS: Photography, Quark, PC Windows based and Mac based Word, Appleworks, Internet research.
1998 to 2000
REPORTER (Stringer) for New York and Northern New Jersey publications including: The Journal-News (Gannett Daily Newspaper), CC Motorcycle Magazine, Our Town, Home and Store News, The Independent, Sys-Com Publications.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Covering local events, localising national stories and investigative reporting of political issues for three boroughs, story editor and emergency assignment editor.
SKILLS: Intranet and Internet experience, DOS, PC Windows based and Mac based Word, Quark, Coyote, work processing.
1993 to 1998
EDITOR:
Toad Hall, Inc. (publishing company)
RESPONSIBILITIES: Acquiring new authors, contract negotiations, editing books, arranging printing, marketing and distribution.
1985 to 1993
WRITING AND PRODUCTION OF INDUSRIAL VIDEOS ON A FREELANCE BASIS:
New York State departments of Recreation and Mental Health, National Kidney Foundation, House of Seagram, Equitable Life Assurance Company, Schering-Plough International, American Cyanamid, Minolta, Documentary Arts and Sciences, Pershing, Merck, Sandoz, New York Inner-City Scholarship Fund, National Association of the Hearing Impaired, Help for People in Time of Loss.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Research topics, interview experts and representatives for the purpose of writing pamphlets, writing and production of instructional and inter-company videos.
1985
INTERN AT FOX TELEVISION (Midday Live with Bill Boggs)
RESPONSIBILITIES: Screening segment proposals, handling Green Room, pre-interviews of guests, researching subjects for presentation, writing host's questions, participation in production meetings, location scouting, completion of waivers, arranging guest transportation.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Produced the highest rated segment ever achieved on the show about the Dungeons and Dragons role playing game controversy and its alleged effect in suicides and murders.
1979 to 1985
NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST, FEATURE WRITER AND COPYEDITOR, GANNET NEWSPAPERS
Major projects: Development, research and writing of the weekly column Helpline, profiling local volunteer organizations and efforts, (many times dealing with social and health oriented issues); Development, research and writing of the series The New Immigrants, interviews with new citizens, discussing the problems in their old countries, why they left, why they came here, the differences in what they expected and what they found, what contributions they are making to the American melting pot.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Copyediting of national daily columns, entertainment section and local organization information columns. Liaison with local volunteer and social organizations and reporter on their activities. Contributing editor to feature columns. Reporter and photographer on special projects.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Helpline column was most highly read just behind Anne Landers, columns received national recognition in several contests.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Media Award of New York State Cancer Society for Excellence in Communication; Documentary on facial disfigurement shown at the National Conference of the Facially Disfigured in Washington, DC Esotericon: development, management and administration of international seminar on occult traditions.
AFFILIATIONS AND OFFICES HELD
Lions' Club International (only woman to be inducted into the Pearl River, NY chapter)
Secretary, New York Chapter National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (voted on Emmy nominated documentaries)
International Television and Video Association
National Association of Female Executives
Who's Who in Entertainment
Who's Who of Women
Self Employed Writers and Artists of New Jersey
MENSA
American Cancer Society
EDUCATION
1995 - Nuts and Bolts II Seminar in production cost reduction.
1993 - Nuts and Bolts Seminar in High Budget production.
1986 - Master of Arts in Media Studies
New School for Social Research, New York, NY
1974 - Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
1972 - 45 Credits in Physical Therapy
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
1970 - Associate in Science Degree
Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
1968 - High School and Regents Diploma with special endorsement in scientific subjects.
Nanuet High School, Nanuet, NY
