Freelance Journalist
Greater New York City Area
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- Tech, Business & Features Reporter at Freelance Journalist
- Past
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- Editor, BioInform at GenomeWeb LLC
- U.S. Correspondent, Dealing With Technology at Incisive Media
- Reporter at Office.com, formerly a CBS/Winstar portal
- Customer Response Editor at Charles Schwab & Co
- Education
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- San Francisco State University
- University of California, Berkeley
- San Jose State University
- Livermore High School
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Laurie Wiegler’s Summary
Over 1,000 articles published both domestically and abroad in publications and portals such as: Time Out New York, SF Weekly, San Francisco Focus, Cape Cod Life, Victorian Homes, Yankee, The Hudson Dispatch, The Gazette (Marietta, Ga), CBS/Winstar's Office.com, and the Institute of Engineering & Technology's flagship publication Engineering & Technology (formerly IEE Review).
Recent stories for Engineering & Technology include a comparison of NYC surveillance to that of London's, a feature on Manhattan's first (upcoming) 'green' hotel and NY's all-green/clean investment bank, Ardour Capital. Upcoming features include a look at air conditioning technologies in the US and abroad and a piece on fertility technologies.
Laurie Wiegler’s Specialties:
Niche reporting experience in financial technology (CMP, Incisive Media) and bioinformatics (BioInform).
Editorial experience at Bobit Publishing, Charles Schwab & Co., and Genomeweb.
Areas of expertise:
Financial technology, biotech, business, shelter/architecture, humor/relationships
Laurie Wiegler’s Experience
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Tech, Business & Features Reporter
Freelance Journalist
(Publishing industry)
1985 — Present (23 years)
Southeastern Connecticut (currently)
Since 1995 have worked as either full- or part-time freelancer for range of business and feature publications including Entrepreneur, SF Weekly, San Francisco Focus, the Hudson Dispatch, El Observador, Time Out New York, Woman, Yankee, Cape Cod Life, CMP's TechWeb, among other pubs.
Currently working on technology and feature stories for both UK and US publications such as Bio IT-World, published by Cambridge Healthtech near Boston. -
Editor, BioInform
GenomeWeb LLC
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year)
Manhattan
Reported on computational biology for global audience of online newsletter subscribers; attended trade shows both domestically and abroad; contributed to and helped shape editorial content; proofread sister publication, BioRegion News; copyedited; conducted myriad interviews on weekly basis for Friday deadlines. -
U.S. Correspondent, Dealing With Technology
Incisive Media
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year)
Manhattan
Wrote stories on financial technology subjects ranging from hybrid market at New York Stock Exchange to offshoring, security concerns post 9-11 including cyberterrorism and other topics of interest to some 1,800 subscribers both internationally and domestically. Attended trade shows within US. Copyedited and proofread. Filed weekly stories each Friday. -
Reporter
Office.com, formerly a CBS/Winstar portal
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Manhattan (filed remotely)
Covered range of subjects - from manufacturing to real estate, finance to advertising - for small-to-mid-sized business owner readership nationwide. Wrote three or four stories weekly across myriad verticals, primarily focusing on real estate and marketing/advertising. Subjects included Emme, the plus-sized supermodel and a look at how to get onto a home shopping network (for marketing) and a year-in-review piece and profile of former San Francisco mayor, Wilie Brown (for real estate). Contributed to and helped shape editorial content. -
Customer Response Editor
Charles Schwab & Co
(Financial Services industry)
April 1993 — October 1993 (7 months)
One-month contract position extended to six months because of superior performance. Worked in Customer Service Quality department by editing copy of communications specialists. Handled mail from disgruntled or otherwise communicative traders. Volume sometimes exceeded 40 letters per day. Also wrote on both online and printed newsletters for the company. Edited some personal correspondence for Mr. Schwab himself.
Laurie Wiegler’s Education
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San Francisco State University
BA, English with a Concentration in Creative Writing; subst. 9 units journalism coursework for cr writng, 1982 — 1985
Professors included:
* Frances Mayes, author of "Under the Tuscan Sun"
* John Burks, former managing editor of Rolling Stone
* Michael Zimmerman, Rhodes Scholar- Activities and Societies:
- Internship, Summer 1984, San Francisco Magazine
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University of California, Berkeley
Additional coursework: journalism 1983 — 1983
- Activities and Societies:
- Studied with Ruthe Stein, veteran San Francisco Chronicle features reporter;
Interviewees included Armistead Maupin, author, Tales of the City
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San Jose State University
1979 — 1980
- Activities and Societies:
- End of Frosh year, published poetry in MUSE (Canberra, Australia, ANU)
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Livermore High School
- Activities and Societies:
- ** California Scholarship Federation member
** Journalism Education Association (JEA) award-winner
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Laurie Wiegler’s Interests:
European Travel; Animals; Film; Photography; Books (Non-fiction and Fiction); Writing; Swimming
Laurie Wiegler’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
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