Mira Ptacin

New York, NY USA
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Professional Experience

Ambitious creative-nonfiction writer. Specializing in lifestyle/women's issues/humor/travel. Past assignments range from Mongolian nomads to women's prisons . . . writing said to "come alive on the page."

Expertise

Editor
10 Years
Writer
10 Years
Researcher
7 Years

Specialty

Politics
5 Years
Arts & Humanities
5 Years
Lifestyle
5 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
5 Years
Academia Teaching
2 Years
Nonprofit
5 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

10 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Portland Magazine (1-2), New York Magazine (3-5), CommonDreams.org (6-10), Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (3-5), Spa Magazine (1-2), CityLimits (1-2), Port City Life (1-2)

Other Work History

Editor-at-Large: LUMINA Literary Magazine Sarah Lawrence College: instructor @ summer writing workshops for youths Freerange Nonfiction Reading Series: founder

Foreign Language Skills

min. Spanish

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Quark, Powerpoint, Access, Filemaker

Equipment

Mac Laptop, PC Desktop, audio recorder, digital camera/video

Work Permits & Visas

US Citizen

References

upon request

Associations

Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Squaw Valley Community of Writers

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