Tekla Szymanski

Current

Managing Editor/Content Manager at nywici.org, the organization's Web site at New York Women in Communications (NYWICI)
Editor/Copy Editor (freelance) at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Writer at New York Women in Communications (NYWICI)

Writer/Editor (freelance) at Chiropractic Leadership Alliance
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

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

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Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

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Tekla Szymanski’s Summary

I am a multilingual editor and writer both in old media and new media. I believe both complement each other. Print media are not dead; they have only grown. Knowing both worlds, I can bridge the gap and help you adapt to new media. But I still believe that content is key and sometimes less is more.

Building on a broad domestic and international newspaper, magazine and radio experience, I am a versatile content manager and web developer, who can keep the toughest deadlines. I design, launch, critique, maintain and provide content for Web sites. Computer skills: All relevant writing and publishing software; QuarkXPress; QPS Copydesk, various CM systems (i.e. Contribute); Dreamweaver CS3; Photoshop; Fireworks; HTML/XHTML/XML; CSS; Javascript; PHP and MySql.

I am not a programmer per se, however. But I am a journalist who is more than just comfortable with a source code and can bridge both worlds.

In my writing, I focus on Europe and the Middle East, especially Germany and Israel. I also specialize in American Jewry, German-Jewish-Israeli reconciliation, interfaith- and intercultural relations, Anti-Semitism and domestic/international women's issues. And 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:

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, multilingual: German, Hebrew, French, Italian, English.

Tekla Szymanski’s Experience

Managing Editor/Content Manager at nywici.org, the organization's Web site

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 (3 years 7 months)

Freelance Editor in the museum's editorial department: books, catalogues: form, layout and style.
Writer

New York Women in Communications (NYWICI)

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

I write articles for NYWICI's print newsletter, CONNECT, on international and domestic women's issues.
Writer/Editor (freelance)

Chiropractic Leadership Alliance

(Medical Practice industry)

2005 — Present (4 years)

Write/edit news releases for an e-newsletter and medical brochures.
Freelance Web Designer/Content Manager/Blogger

various Web sites

(Online Media industry)

April 2004 — Present (4 years 10 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 1 month)

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 1 month)

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 2 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.
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

Additional Information

Tekla Szymanski’s Websites:

My Website

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