1. Writer, Content Producer and Communications Professional
Proven storytelling skills in a broad range of environments, from newspapers, documentary films and major
online media, to non-profits, hospitals and universities. I bring creativity, sharp editorial judgement,
professional standards, international experience and an ability to connect with people, to find stories that
highlight what matters to a given community, company or brand. Looking for new challenges to engage my
passion.
Community and Curated Content Producer, 3200 Stories, San Francisco, CA.
June 2012-May 2015
• Hired as one of two producers to co-create a multimedia online publication for the Jewish Community
Center of San Francisco; fulfilled that mission from concept to execution.
• Worked with a small team to design the site and develop visual, content and distribution strategy.
• Built social media presence to build audience and enhance brand identity
• Collaborated with organization directors, managers, and marketing department to shape creative
stories that featured people, programs, and ideas and supported the broader JCCSF mission. Content
areas were aimed at multiple audiences; topics bridged arts and ideas, health/fitness, social issues,
human relations, and the exploration of Jewish ideas.
• Identified and cultivated more than 50 contributors from both staff and community; edited and
published community content to appropriate standards.
• Researched, wrote, and published almost a hundred of my own stories stories in a range of styles from
journalistic to personal. including original photography, photo sourcing and editing.
• Produced short creative videos in collaboration with technical staff.
Supervising Editor for Citizen Journalism, The Huffington Post, San Francisco.
2011-2012
• Co-launched The Huffington Post's 2012 Off the Bus campaign to engage the public in electoral and
political coverage, recruiting citizen journalists from around the country.
• Collaborated with these sources to shape newsworthy subjects, edited their submissions to professional
standards, vetted the information, and designed online presentation for maximum impact.
• Published over 133 full-length articles by community contributors, creating embedded multimedia
enhancements where appropriate.
• Wrote a citizen journalism blog on the Huffington Post.
• Used social media to extend the reach of published articles and drive reader engagement.
• Spoke at college conventions, community meetings and lectures, networked extensively, and recruited
citizen journalists everywhere.
• When not doing outreach, explaining the Off the Bus message, editing or publishing, I was writing
news stories.
Professor of Journalism, Film, Mass Communications, Modesto Junior College, Modesto CA.
1997-2011
• Chaired the Department of Journalism within the Program in Mass Communications
• Developed curriculum and taught the bulk of courses in the journalism major.
• Administered every detail of journalism education, including organizing and evaluating staff,
conducting editorial meetings, training editors, and design and maintenance of journalism lab.
• Supervised production of biweekly student newspaper (both print and online) for 14 years.
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2. • Coached and mentored students in development of story ideas, coverage of local events and issues,
legal and ethical issues in journalism, interview techniques, writing and editing, layout and design for
print and online, headline and caption writing, and multimedia reporting.
• Organized community programs of public speakers and films on media and social issues.
Documentary Film Writer/Director: “Havana Nagila: The Jews In Cuba.”
Modesto/San Francisco. 1993-1996
• Conceived, researched, wrote, directed, and co-produced an independent documentary film that
explored the history and complex social reality of the Jewish minority in Cuba.
• Selected as the opening night film for the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival in 1995, the Toronto Jewish
Film Festival in 1996, the New York Jewish Film Festival, and others.
• Purchased and shown by PBS-TV (KQED and other stations)
• Recipient of Judah L. Magnes Museum’s 1995 Prize for Socially Progressive Video and the 1995 Media
Award from the Latin American Studies Association.
Public Information News Writer, Stanford University News Service, Stanford, CA
1987-1990
• Participated in weekly editorial meetings to identify and develop story ideas and institutional news
strategies.
• Researched, developed, and wrote hundreds of full length news and feature stories and press releases
for the university weekly and for dissemination to the national and international press.
• Culled information, often highly advanced or scientific, from a variety of sources, including direct
interviews with faculty and administrators; reports and data, technical and research papers, press
releases, conferences, speeches, meetings, performing and visual arts, lectures, as well as student
contacts.
• Responded to press inquiries for information, sources, and explanation.
• Collaborated with photographers and designers on special university publications.
General Assignment Reporter, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, CA
1986-87
• Reported and wrote daily news and feature stories, covering Bay Area beats including arts, education,
Latino issues, immigration, crime, obituaries and other daily news.
• Left to take job at Stanford and attend graduate school there to prepare for international reporting.
Communications and Education Researcher, Center for Multidisciplinary Research in
Development, Department of Public Health, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
1982-1984
• Conducted field research and interviews, and developed and wrote materials as part of a project of the
Colombian Ministry of Education and UNICEF- Bogotá to develop methods of teaching primary
preventive health care to rural Colombians.
• Demonstrated a high degree of autonomy and ability to interact, in Spanish, with university and
ministry officials, public health professionals, teachers, students, and communities.
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3. Writer / Communications Consultant, Health Advocacy Unit, City of Toronto, Ontario
• Researched, wrote, and designed a citizen’s action guide to environmental pollution.
• Produced a photographic and informational exhibit for Toronto City Hall, contracting with professional
photographers, graphic artists, and printers.
Education
• Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Master of Arts, Latin American Studies
• Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Bachelor of Arts, English, Phi Beta Kappa
Skills
• Widely traveled; have lived or worked in Switzerland, Kenya, Canada, Colombia, Argentina and Cuba.
Able to navigate diverse social and geopolitical environments: citizen of the world!
•Trilingual. Speak and write English, Spanish, and French
•Exceptional cross-platform journalism, writing, editing, and communications skills including online,
newspaper, magazine, film, video, and photography
•Significant public information experience including crafting messages and information for broad or
targeted reach and evaluating news value and strategic media approaches; event planning
•Superior ability to access media, elicit interest, and promote the dissemination of information
•Expert online publishing and software skills including Wordpress, Expression Engine, MT, Pages,
Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, Google applications, and so on.
•Proficient in social media including Twitter, Facebook, and online forums.
•Mentoring, organizational, interpersonal and cross-cultural communications skills.
•Extensive teaching and public speaking experience
•Community outreach in diverse environments
•Command of Associated Press Style and English grammar.
Other Interests
• Healthy and physically active: I enjoy travel, yoga, swimming, hiking, biking, and Argentine tango.
• Film, literature, music, dance and the arts in general. Nurturing a late-blooming interest in science.
• Lifelong passion for nature and the great outdoors.
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