Tekla Szymanski

Current

Founder & Editor at Where Old Media and New Media Meet™ (Self-employed)
Managing Editor and Writer, nywici.org, at New York Women in Communications (NYWICI)
Editor/Copy Editor (freelance) at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Writer for the print newsletter and MATRIX Journal at New York Women in Communications (NYWICI)
Freelance Web Designer/Content Manager/Blogger at various Web sites
Founder, Designer and Editor at www.tekla-szymanski.com
USA Correspondent & Columnist at Tribuene (Germany)
Media Advisor at International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation

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Past

Writer/Editor (freelance) at Chiropractic Leadership Alliance
Senior Editor at World Press Review Magazine
Managing Editor at Aufbau (New York)

Associate Editor/Foreign Desk at Telegraph Financial Daily and Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Reporter/Adviser for European Affairs at Galei Zahal - Israeli Army Radio

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Education

University of Washington
New School University
Koteret (Coteret) - School of Journalism and Communication (Israel)

Ha'Universita Ha'Petuha
EFA

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Tekla Szymanski’s Summary

Here, Old Media and New Media Meet.

As a multilingual editor and writer, both in print and online,
I believe both complement each other. Print media are not dead; they have only evolved.

My venture Where Old Media and New Media Meet™ helps print media professionals adapt to the web and web editors understand where mainstream media professionals are coming from. Because both print and new media are here to stay.

Where Old Media and New Media Meet™ provides editorial services for print journalists and helps them understand the potential in new media. I offer professional and personal Web site critique, web site conceptualization, and I coach print journalists in writing and editing online.

I help new media professionals, who customize content management systems for traditional media, and web editors recognize the needs of the print journalists. Knowing both worlds bridges gaps.

Where Old Media and New Media Meet™ informs the public through a monthly e-newsletter how print and web interact, how the web has changed and shaped our culture, society and communications in general. You can subscribe here: http://eepurl.com/3U5

Building on a broad domestic and international newspaper, magazine and radio experience, I help get your message across all platforms.

I am a versatile content manager and web developer, who can keep the toughest deadlines. Currently, I am the managing editor for the New York Women in Communications' Web site, nywici.org.

In my writing, I focus on Europe and the Middle East, especially Germany and Israel. I specialize in American Jewry, German-Jewish-Israeli reconciliation, interfaith- and intercultural relations, Antisemitism and domestic/international women's issues. I observe how political events are perceived abroad and cover news, views and trends that have yet to surface in the US.

Tekla Szymanski’s Specialties:

Multilingual: German, Hebrew, French, Italian, English; Foreign Affairs: Western Europe, Israel; German-Jewish relations; American Jewry, Anti-Semitism. Women's Issues, Writing, Editing, Research, Layout, Web Design, Content Management, Project Management.

Tekla Szymanski’s Experience

Founder & Editor
Where Old Media and New Media Meet™ (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Helping print media professionals adapt to the Web -- and vice versa.
Managing Editor and Writer, nywici.org,

New York Women in Communications (NYWICI)

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

2005 — Present (4 years)

I am the content manager and editor of this Web site, a member of the organization's Communications and Web Development Committees and am actively involved in the Web site's upcoming redesign.
Editor/Copy Editor (freelance)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

(Public Company; Museums and Institutions industry)

July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

Freelance Editor in the museum's editorial department: books, catalogues: form, layout and style.
Writer for the print newsletter and MATRIX Journal

New York Women in Communications (NYWICI)

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

I write articles for NYWICI's print newsletter, CONNECT, on international and domestic women's issues.
Freelance Web Designer/Content Manager/Blogger

various Web sites

(Online Media industry)

April 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)

examples:
http://www.bloomadv.com
http://www.nywici.org/blog.html
http://worldpress.org/Mideast/1924.cfm
Founder, Designer and Editor

www.tekla-szymanski.com

(Online Media industry)

January 1998 — Present (11 years 7 months)

Designed and published multilingual Web site in 1998 on cultural, social and political topics in English, German and Hebrew (now more than 100 pages).
Coverage of the Middle East, European politics, domestic and international women's issues, foreign media analyses, inter-cultural and interfaith affairs, commentaries.
USA Correspondent & Columnist

Tribuene (Germany)

(Writing and Editing industry)

January 1998 — Present (11 years 7 months)

USA Correspondent for German-Jewish quarterly based in Frankfurt, Germany; author of a regular column on American Jewry and US-German relations.
Media Advisor

International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

December 1995 — Present (13 years 8 months)

Handle and advise on foreign media relations of this non-profit interfaith organization; assisted in arranging a special exhibit in Berlin, Germany, on Robert Olschwanger, a German-Jewish artist in the 1930s.
Writer/Editor (freelance)

Chiropractic Leadership Alliance

(Medical Practice industry)

2005 — 2008 (3 years)

Write/edit news releases for an e-newsletter and medical brochures.
Senior Editor

World Press Review Magazine

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

September 1999 — April 2004 (4 years 8 months)

Scanned the international foreign-language media in five languages, translated and wrote Western European and Israeli press reviews for a monthly nonprofit compendium of international news and commentary circulated among 80,000 readers worldwide. Conceptualized, assigned, edited feature and cover packages; copy-edited in QPS.
• Expanded coverage of European and Middle Eastern affairs. Drew early attention to Germany’s economic downturn. Increased coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process.
• Wrote in-depth analyses on foreign affairs and major breaking news stories for WPR’s Web site.
Managing Editor

Aufbau (New York)

(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Newspapers industry)

March 1995 — February 1999 (4 years)

Managed a team of three editors and oversaw the day-to-day production for this German-Jewish biweekly founded in 1934. Supervised and served as writing coach for five interns; initiated and implemented the modernization and computerization of the paper. Promoted reconciliation and interfaith dialogue and represented German Jewry living in the United States. Co-author of a brochure used for Holocaust Studies in German schools.
• Established new target audience in Europe of younger, non-Jewish readers.
• Launched the paper’s first Web site.
Associate Editor/Foreign Desk

Telegraph Financial Daily and Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

January 1994 — January 1995 (1 year 1 month)

Scanned wire services (Bloomberg/Reuters/dpa/AP); tracked breaking news, and translated articles from French, German and English into Hebrew for this financial daily. In charge of graphic design, visuals, layout and set-up of four foreign news pages.
• Member of the team that built the foreign desk, which went on to number five editors. Represented foreign desk on op-ed page with analyses of macroeconomic issues and international political affairs.
Reporter/Adviser for European Affairs

Galei Zahal - Israeli Army Radio

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

1993 — 1994 (1 year)

Scanned foreign TV channels and chose news items for radio broadcast on world desk. Wrote and recorded news and feature stories and prepared them for broadcast.

Tekla Szymanski’s Education

University of Washington

Professional Certificate , Web Technology Solutions , 2005 — 2007

HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, Semantic Web, JavaScript, Databases: PHP & MySQL
New School University

Internet Journalism 1999 — 1999
Koteret (Coteret) - School of Journalism and Communication (Israel)

Professional Certificate , Print, Radio , 1989 — 1992
Ha'Universita Ha'Petuha

BA , Liberal Arts (Humanities, Social & Political Sciences) , 1986 — 1989
EFA

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Tekla Szymanski’s Groups:

New York Women in Communications (NYWICI); Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ); SPJ Deadline Club, National Writers Union, The Online News Association (ONA), Editorial Freelancers Association, Freelancers Union