
Independent Writing and Editing Professional
Greater Los Angeles Area

Independent Writing and Editing Professional
Greater Los Angeles Area
• Independent travel: Trips to 37 countries and 42 states (US). Lived in Ireland, Romania, Hungary and Egypt.
• Language: Working knowledge of French
• Computer proficiency: Quark, TYPO3, Moveable Type, Dreamweaver, basic HTML and CSS, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Web 2.0, Mac OS
(Writing and Editing industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
• I am writing my first novel, and also am writing short stories and poems for publication in the interim.
• I have extensive experience in reporting and editing, and am available for freelance writing and editing assignments and projects.
(Online Media industry)
2007 — 2007 (less than a year)
• Wrote news and feature stories, and blogs for the heavily-trafficked, English-language sites Caboodle.hu, Pestiside.hu and Chew.hu.
• Edited wire stories translated from Hungarian to deadline for daily publication at Caboodle.hu.
• Developed, co-wrote and edited online guide to hundreds of tourist destinations in Hungary.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; GCI; Newspapers industry)
December 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 7 months)
• 150,000-circulation Gannett Co. daily serving New York City's northern suburbs.
• Covered all breaking and spot news in Rockland County for the 3-to-11 night shift.
• Filed multiple stories and crime briefs daily on very tight deadlines.
• Additional coverage of court cases, government, human interest.
• Completed enterprise work on firefighting issues.
• In-house awards for best writing, enterprise, spot news.
(Newspapers industry)
July 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 6 months)
• 33,000-circulation Gannett Co. weekly.
• Total coverage of three northern Westchester County towns: Bedford, North Castle and Pleasantville.
• Developed weekly story list, filed stories daily.
• Spot news, government, environment, crime, human interest, business, real estate, enterprise.
• In-house awards for best enterprise, feature, spot news.
• Promoted to The Journal News.
(Newspapers industry)
September 2002 — July 2003 (11 months)
• 3,000-circulation Hersam Acorn Newspapers weekly.
• Sole staff reporter.
• Covered all aspects of the community; specialized in government, crime and enterprise.
• Recruited by competitor, The Patent Trader.
BA , English Literature and Government (International Relations) , 2002
1993 — 1996
1990 — 1993
world travel, film and digital photography, electric bass, oil painting
• PEN American Center, Associate Member
• South Salem Fire Department, South Salem, NY, state-certified exterior and interior volunteer firefighter, since 2002