27 Years

Bill Gertz, "The China Threat," Regnery Pub. (1-2), Larry Witham, "Who Shall Lead Them," Oxford Un. Pr (1-2)

The World & I Magazine (3-5), The KingMaker Magazine (1-2), The Washington Times (1-2)

The Washington Times
Washington, DC
From Oct. 2004 to Mar. 2009, held positions for the Commentary and Opinion pages of The Washington Times: production editor, Forum editor, and Letters editor. Worked with Richard Amberg, senior vice president, and associate publisher, finalizing the Opinion pages. Solicited and edited articles for the Forum under Pulitzer Price-winner Mary Lou Forbes. Coordinated the production of the Opinion pages under columnist Deborah Simmons.

The World & I
Washington, DC
From Jan. 1987 to May 2004, held positions with the educational magazine The World & I (print and online). Its primary audience is upper secondary education students. As editorial production coordinator, supervised a staff of 15 and created, implemented, and monitored the workflow of the monthly magazine, whose size ranged from 300 to 800 pages over the years; as text processor, proofreader, and fact-checker, screened and corrected manuscripts from the author to the final copy.

Windows XP, Windows 7; Mac OS X 10.6; MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Publisher, and Outlook), ACT, CS3, and numerous other software applications, including Saxopress 6.1.8b3 and QuarkXPress 6.52.

Scanning with various scanners, ABBY Finereader, Pinnacle, Photoshop, Nero.

MacBook Pro, Toshiba Tablet PC Portege, ScanSnap S1500, HP Scanjet G4050.

German

Richard Amberg, former associate publisher & general manager, The Washington Times, (202) 636-3330
Robin Easson, former chief copyeditor at The World & I, (202) 234-1197
Ben Tyree, former deputy editor, Commentary, The Washington Times, (202) 337-4038
Deborah Simmons, award-winning opinion writer and senior correspondent, The Washington Times,
(202) 636-4873
Alexander Hunter, art director, The Washington Times, (202) 636-3127
Erlwine Dewald, former co-publisher of Konsens, (011) 49-89-30667770, (011) 49-511-5511674

MediaBistro

Continuing education courses English 101 & 102 at Bowie State University, Maryland, Sept.1994 to May 1995.
Continuing education course in journalism for special interest magazines at the Academy for Journalism, Hamburg, Germany, summer 1985.

I freelance full-time. I live near Washington, DC. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.