Freelance Writer
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Publisher at The Clade
- Communications Consultant at Desert Protective Council
- self at Freelance Writer (Self-employed)
- Past
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- freelance press and communications contractor at Earthjustice
- Production Manager, Synapse at UCSF
- Publications Director at Earth Island Institute
- Publisher/Editor at Faultline Magazine
- Freelance Writer at Contra Costa Times
- Freelance Writer at Contra Costa Times
- Assignment Manager at Verde Media
- Editor at Earth Island Institute
- Editor at Ecology Center
- Employee at Berkeley Horticultural Nursery
- Education
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- Merritt College
- State University of New York College at Buffalo
- State University of New York at Buffalo
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Chris Clarke’s Summary
I'm looking for freelance or part-time writing, editing, desktop publishing, or web design work in the Mojave Desert area or nearby, or that I can do on a telecommuting basis. My main area of focus is in science and the environment, but I do branch out into other areas.
Chris Clarke’s Specialties:
Skilled editor. Excellent writer. I thrive on steep learning curves. Two decades experience in typography and page layout.
Chris Clarke’s Experience
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Publisher
The Clade
(Internet industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
A collaborative environmental news, opinion and essay site. We intend to reinvent environmental journalism.
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Communications Consultant
Desert Protective Council
(Renewables & Environment industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
A contract position editing the DPC's newsletter El Paisano, posting items to DesertBlog at http://desertblog.org, and maintaining the Twitter feed @DesertBlog, in addition to sundry other online communications tasks.
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self
Freelance Writer (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)
1992 — Present (17 years )
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freelance press and communications contractor
Earthjustice
(Writing and Editing industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
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Production Manager, Synapse
UCSF
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Research industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year )
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Publications Director
Earth Island Institute
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)
April 2002 — February 2007 (4 years 11 months)
Responsible for all publications of Earth Island Institute's central network. Edited award-winning Earth Island Journal.
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Publisher/Editor
Faultline Magazine
(Writing and Editing industry)
2001 — 2004 (3 years )
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Freelance Writer
Contra Costa Times
(Writing and Editing industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years )
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Freelance Writer
Contra Costa Times
(Writing and Editing industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years )
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Assignment Manager
Verde Media
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
February 2000 — June 2000 (5 months)
Verde was a short-lived environmental news and lifestyle dot-com, which launched its site on Earth Day 2000 and failed that June, a victim of the NASDAQ crash and VC nervousness.
In our short time in business we built the largest environmental journalism and reporting staff in the world. -
Editor
Earth Island Institute
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 6 months)
Worked under the supervision of former Earth Island Journal editor. Returned at request of senior management to replace former editor in 2002.
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Editor
Ecology Center
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Environmental Services industry)
February 1991 — October 1997 (6 years 9 months)
Edited Terrain, Northern California based environmental magazine
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Employee
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery
(Writing and Editing industry)
1987 — 1989 (2 years )
Chris Clarke’s Education
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Merritt College
AS , Landscape Horticulture , 1988 — 1989
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State University of New York College at Buffalo
none , 1976 — 1979
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State University of New York at Buffalo
none , Biology, Anthropology , 1974 — 1977
Additional Information
Chris Clarke’s Websites:
Chris Clarke’s Interests:
wildlife, botany, world music
Chris Clarke’s Groups:
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Calasanctius School -
California Historical Society
Chris Clarke’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
