Clarisel Gonzalez

Current

• Owner at Puerto Rico Sun Communications

Education

• Fordham University

Recommended

2 people have recommended Clarisel

Connections

95 connections

Industry

Online Media

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Summary

I'm an experienced journalist with a background as a reporter and an editor. A freelance writer, I'm also an independent producer and photographer. I am currently available for freelance writing and photo assignments.

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Specialties:

reporting, writing, editing, photography, video production, blogging, bilingual (English-Spanish)

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Experience

• Owner

  Puerto Rico Sun Communications

  (Online Media industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years )

  Puerto Rico Sun Communications is a community-minded independent multimedia social entrepreneurship. PRSUN publishes Puerto Rico Sun, a cultural news and photo project at www.prsun.blogspot.com and Bronx Latino, a lifestyle blog at www.bronxlatino.blogspot.com.
  
  Support independent community media.
  
  PRSUN has adopted animal rights as a cause. PRSUN is currently raising money for the ASPCA via change.org, a social action site. For more info, www.change.org/profiles/prsun.
  
  The mascot of Puerto Rico Sun is my cat Sol, a survivor. I also publish a blog dedicated to cats and dogs at www.kittyanddoggienews.blogspot.com, a community pet media project.

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Education

• Fordham University

  BA , media studies, psychology , 1988 — 1992

  I earned a BA, majoring in media studies and psychology.

  Activities and Societies:

  news editor and reporter, The Observer student newspaper

Additional Information

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Interests:

photography, video production, journalism, Puerto Rican/Latino affairs, media, politics, animal rights, education, art, theater, movies, dancing, nature walks

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Groups:

National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Webgrrls International (NYC Chapter), Freelancers Union, En Foco photography organization, Puerto Rican Photographic Society (administrator, NYC chapter), National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights

•    CareerLink Network
•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    Fordham University Alumni Networking Association
•    Social Media Today
•    Hispanic Professionals
•    Puerto Rico NetWork
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    Women For Hire
•    Freelancers Union Group
•    Latino Producers Group
•    Friends of Puerto Rico/Amigos de Puerto Rico
•    New York Women Social Entrepreneurs (NYWSE)
•    Twitter Me
•    Photographers on Flickr
•    DubMeNow
•    Women in Photography
•    Social Media, Social TV, Monitoring, Mobile Social Networks, Marketing, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, PR
•    New York City Journalists
•    Puerto Rico Business
•    NY/NJ Business Owners, Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups
•    Latinos in Social Media
•    Caribbean Solar Alliance
•    Monetizing Twitter
•    Social Entertainment Professionals
•    Technology Exchange
•    2010 Census In New York ... Our Count Is Our Future!
•    New York Entrepreneur Week

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Honors:

2008, certificate of appreciation from the Boricuation Cultural Foundation and Boricuation.com; 2007 graduate of the Minority Writers Seminar for editorial and opinion writers, sponsored by the National Conference of Editorial Writers Foundation and held at the Freedom Forum, Nashville, Tennessee; nominated for a BETA (Bronx Excellence in Television Access) award for PRSUN TV in 2006 and 2007; certificate of completion in field and studio production, Bronxnet, Bronx, NY, 2005; Community Service Award from the Latino Breakfast Club, a civic organization in Western Massachusetts, for my reporting with the local newspaper and my work with the New England Committee of the National Assn. of Hispanic Journalists, 1999; Journalism award for third place best feature story from the Catholic Press Association, 1995, Journalism award from Fordham University, 1993, American Society of Newspaper Editors scholarship, 1988

Clarisel Gonzalez’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• business deals
• getting back in touch