Ilona Meagher

Current

Editor, Writer at PTSD Combat: Winning the War Within

Past

Contributor at ePluribus Media
Columnist at Northern Star
Author at Ig Publishing

Content and New Media Developer at imprintink.com
Flight Attendant at American Airlines
Supervisor at UnibancTrust Company
Word Processor Operator at The Jacobson Group

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Education

Northern Illinois University
Rock Valley College
Körösi Csoma Sándor Társaság Hungarian School

Sárospatak Nyári Kollégium

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Ilona Meagher’s Summary

Interested in covering topics important to yet often neglected by society, with a special focus on issues involving the support and reintegration of military veterans and families.

Select highlights from recent years:

- 2009: Nominated for the Veterans & Military Families for Progress Public Service Award.

- 2007: Testified before Congress on the issue of suicide/combat PTSD in returning veterans.

- 2006: Featured in the book unConventional: Citizens, Focus and Action.

Ilona Meagher’s Specialties:

Online research, online journalism, new media content and web development, seo, graphic design, flash development, marketing pieces design, press release copywriting, public speaking, opinion writing, military family advocate, combat ptsd expert

Ilona Meagher’s Experience

Editor, Writer

PTSD Combat: Winning the War Within

(Online Media industry)

September 2005 — Present (4 years 3 months)

Maintain one of the top online journals covering topics of interest to veterans coping with post-combat reintegration issues and/or post-traumatic stress disorder. Features research, news, resources, and events postings.
Contributor

ePluribus Media

(Online Media industry)

November 2005 — July 2008 (2 years 9 months)

Collaboration with this citizen journalism initiative include being the initial creator and current head contributor of data to the PTSD Timeline -- a first-of-its-kind database of reported OEF/OIF PTSD incidents -- as well as co-authoring the 3-part series Blaming the Veteran: The Politics of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and book reviews The Corroding Effect and The Stories They Tell.
Columnist

Northern Star

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

September 2007 — May 2008 (9 months)

Pieces written on a variety of subjects including the downtown DeKalb, Ill., revitalization project; the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and their effect on returning troops and military families; fear in the post-9/11 era; and coping with the fall-out and fate of Cole Hall in the midst of the February 2008 NIU school shooting.
Author

Ig Publishing

(Publishing industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )

Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops.
Content and New Media Developer

imprintink.com

(Internet industry)

December 2002 — December 2005 (3 years 1 month)

Developed custom content, graphic new media, and marketing products for clients including but not limited to multimedia websites, flash invitations, print business card and letterhead pieces, press releases, and print advertisements.
Flight Attendant

American Airlines

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AMR; Airlines/Aviation industry)

May 1987 — October 2001 (14 years 6 months)

Employed in both the domestic (ORD) and international (IMA, JFK) flight service divisions, winning the Professional Flight Attendant Award in 1988.
Supervisor

UnibancTrust Company

(Banking industry)

June 1985 — March 1987 (1 year 10 months)

Trained, motivated and oversaw employees in Trust Department's word processing unit.
Word Processor Operator

The Jacobson Group

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

June 1984 — June 1985 (1 year 1 month)

Data programming, preparation of resumes for executive search clients, and proofing of ads for the National Underwriter.

Ilona Meagher’s Education

Northern Illinois University

BA , Journalism, New Media Communications , 2006 — 2009

- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Deans' Award, Journalism (2009)
- Communications Studies Program Outstanding Major Award (2009)
- Kappa Tau Alpha Top Scholar Award (2009)
- Illinois Journalist of the Year Award - Student Scholarship (2008)

Activities and Societies:

Kappa Tau Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, National Dean's List, Honors Program, School Paper
Rock Valley College

AA , English, New Media Communications , 2002 — 2004

- (post-degree class) Bronze-winning Project Manager of a team of 6 student designers in the World Organization of Webmasters International Web Design Competition (2005)
- Div. of Composition and Literature Writing Recognition Award (2002-2003)

Activities and Societies:

Phi Theta Kappa, National Dean's List
Körösi Csoma Sándor Társaság Hungarian School

Hungarian Language, Hungarian History 1978 — 1981

This was yearly program conducted each Saturday in Northbrook, IL. First a student, in later years, I instructed younger members in Hungarian language and history.
Sárospatak Nyári Kollégium

Certificate , Hungarian language and culture , 1979 — 1979

A month-long summer camp for foreign Hungarian-speaking students.