Caren Chesler

New York, NY USA
22 Years Experience

Professional Experience

A veteran journalist, I've been published in The New York Times, Bloomberg Business News, Investor's Business Daily, The Asbury Park Press, The European, among others. I have written about everything from New Jersey politics to the unhappy pensioners in post-Communist Hungary, and profiled people from Main Street to Wall Street. I was a business reporter for 10 years, a general news reporter for seven, and an editor for three. I've lived in Boston, London, Budapest and now New York. My clips can be seen at www.iblndesigns.com/caren. Member of American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE).

Expertise

Editor 7 YearsReporter 22 YearsWriter 22 Years

Specialty

Business (general) 22 YearsPolitics 10 YearsCrime 10 Years

Industries

Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B) 22 YearsNewspaper - National 6 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 22 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Financial Advisor magazine (3-5)
  • Fundfire, Ignites, Board IQ newsletters (10+)
  • WomensWallStreet.com (3-5)
  • Americafruit (6-10)
  • Investment Dealers' Digest (6-10)
  • The New York Times (10+)
  • Bloomberg Business News (3-5)
  • Euromoney (3-5)
  • Business Central Europe (3-5)
  • Wealth Manager Magazine (1-2)
  • Monocle Magazine (1-2)
  • Absolute Return Magazine (1-2)

Awards

Journalist of the Year, from the New Jersey Association of Mental Health Agencies

Associations

ASJA, IRE

Other Work History

Staff writer in statehouse in Trenton for Gannett's eight newspapers in NJ. Spent a year in Budapest, Hungary, working for an English language newspaper, Bloomberg, the Budapest Business Journal and an Economist mag called Business Central Europe. Was managing editor of a daily financial newsletter called Fundfire. Wrote more than a dozen pieces for The New York Times, for various sections. Was a staff writer for Investor's Business Daily and Investment Dealers' Digest, and was the US Editor of Euromoney.

Foreign Language Skills

A bit of Spanish. Can communicate easily with construction workers

Computer Skills

word, excel, HTML

Equipment

laptop, digital camera, audio recorder.

References

Furnished upon request

General

Various Clips
(The New York Times, etc. 1/1/2007)
The URL will give you more than half a dozen of my recent articles, both of a general news and business nature.