Benjamin Greenberg

Current

Manager of Online Communications at Physicians for Human Rights
Freelance Writer at multiple venues

Past

Guest Editor at Dollars & Sense Magazine
Freelance Tutor at multiple venues (Self-employed)
Copy Editor and Proofreader at POLIN: Studies in Polish Jewry

College Instructor at Boston University

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Education

Boston University
The Johns Hopkins University
Brandeis University

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Benjamin Greenberg’s Summary

Writer, investigator, photographer, editor and internet communication strategist. Strong background in domestic advocacy for social and economic justice and in international human rights. Seasoned communication strategist, with experience in web development, magazine editing, blogging and other social media, investigative journalism and fundraising. Interested in African American culture and history, US torture policy, global health, privacy and surveillance, economic issues, the internet. Manage online communications for an international human rights organization and volunteer with several non-profits devoted to racial and economic justice in the US. As a freelance journalist, conduct an ongoing investigation of racial violence in southwest Mississippi during the 1950s and 1960s, including a number of unsolved racial murders.

Benjamin Greenberg’s Specialties:

Writing, blogging, investigative reporting, archival research, Freedom of Information Act requests, photography, editing, internet technology, social media, political organizing, strategic communication, web development, non-profits.

Benjamin Greenberg’s Experience

Manager of Online Communications

Physicians for Human Rights

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

I manage PHR's website and coordinate the planning and implementation of online campaigns and web and email content, including online advocacy and fundraising. I provide editorial and creative direction for web content projects, and I develop and implement PHR's use of blogs and other interactive web technologies. I work closely with all of PHR's campaigns and programs, especially PHR's Campaign Against Torture and National Student Program. With the communications team, I have increased online giving to PHR by 50%, doubled PHR's website traffic and tripled mentions of PHR in traditional media sources.
Freelance Writer

multiple venues

(Writing and Editing industry)

February 2004 — Present (5 years 10 months)

I have published articles in the American Prospect, Dollars & Sense Magazine, ColorLines, In These Times and The Black Commentator. My blog is hungryblues.net. I write primarily about African American issues, Civil Rights Movement history, US torture policy and the Gulf Coast region since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Guest Editor

Dollars & Sense Magazine

(Non-Profit; Writing and Editing industry)

September 2005 — March 2006 (7 months)

I coordinated March/April magazine issue, devoted to the Gulf Coast region, post-Hurricane Katrina. I worked with D&S staff, local activists in Mississippi and Louisiana and researchers, writers, and activists in other states to produce a groundbreaking collection articles and interviews concerning economic and racial justice in the devastated region. My work on the special issue also took me to the Gulf Coast, where I spent a week in Mississippi and interviewed over 20 storm survivors, primarily from African American communities.
Freelance Tutor
multiple venues (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

May 1999 — March 2006 (6 years 11 months)

Taught writing, Hebrew, and Jewish ritual skills to adults and adolescents.
Copy Editor and Proofreader

POLIN: Studies in Polish Jewry

(Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

July 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 4 months)

I edited articles, read proofs and translated Hebrew articles to English for POLIN, which publishes authoritative material on all aspects of Polish Jewry. Contributions are drawn from many disciplines-history, politics, religious studies, literature, linguistics, sociology, art, and architecture—and from a wide variety of viewpoints.
College Instructor

Boston University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 1995 — May 1999 (3 years 9 months)

Taught courses in film, writing and literature to undergraduates.