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I've been on staff at national newspapers and magazines have been a full-time freelancer for two years. My stories have included everything from high-profile investigative crime stories to celebrity profiles, from environmental mishaps to gardening features (though I've never gardened in my life.) I've worked on daily deadlines for most of my career.
My Web site is http://www.sallyfarhat.com and it's updated with clips. Some of my story highlights include:
*How a city mistakenly sold a huge, downtown office building to a broke former Dot-com millionaire and left taxpayers to foot the bill
*How the county coroner got money for all the organ donors he got
*How city swimming pools were polluted -- though no one bothered to tell people
and so much more.
I am also a 300-level journalism instructor at the University of Washington. |
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Environment |
Danger may be lurking at public swimming pools
(Detroit Free Press)
Those with bad water tests often don't know for weeks, so they stay open.
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(Parents magazine, 8/1/2004)
This is a pullout guide on avoiding electrocution.
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Gift Guides |
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(national newspapers, 11/15/2005)
My holiday gift guide package this year.
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Family |
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(12/25/2004)
I do a national holiday gift guide for children every year -- my story usually runs in about 100 newspapers nationwide.
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(Parents magazine, 11/1/2004)
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(Parents)
The rest of this story was too big to upload, but I can happily email it.
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Bridal |
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(Bridal Guide section, 7/1/2005)
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(Seattle Bride)
DJ or Band? I'll email you the PDF of this story; it was too big to upload!
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Health & Fitness |
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(Hi, an international magazine, 3/1/2005)
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Gardening |
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(Santa Cruz Sentinel, 3/1/2005)
I reguarly write gardening stories for a national news syndicate.
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Celebrities |
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(Detroit Free Press)
Singer Harry Belafonte was coming to Detroit, and I got a 20-minute phone interview with him. Here's the story, published with a huge illustration on the front page of the features section.
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Crime |
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(Detroit Free Press)
Deann Lutz turned away for a minute, maybe two, so she could telephone her husband about the stranger standing on the doorstep of their West Bloomfield home. Next she knew, the stranger -- who said he was a gas company worker there to check a leak -- was leading her daughter Zoey, almost 2, down the
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(Detroit Free Press)
As police reporter, I always tried to find stories that weren't about the crimes themselves. This was inspiring and fun.
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Politics |
Freshman Haigh hits the ground running
(Kitsap Sun)
Democrat Kathy Haigh has earned praise for her commitment to education.
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Personal Interest/News Features |
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(Detroit Free Press, 1/22/2001)
The Midwest's largest independent Jewish food pantry just keeps growing. And as more people use the pantry, which is tucked away in a white warehouse near the Southfield-Oak Park border on 11 Mile, Yad Ezra has changed the way it serves people. Now rabbis identify people in need and often pick up the
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Volunteers help elderly Jews keep in touch with loved ones
(Detroit Free Press)
It had been a year since Rosalie Friedman, 90, visited her late husband's grave. As her bus arrived at Machpelah Cemetery in Ferndale on the chilly, cloudy Sunday morning, her eyes filled with tears. She was escorted from the bus and onto a golf cart, which wound its way through the cemetery, stoppin
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(Seattle Times)
More Women, In Search Of The Spiritual, Set The Art Form Jangling
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(Seattle Times)
Poster-sized pictures of Jeanne Ary and Miriam Oakes are perched on the long table, in clear view for the inspiration of overweight women: Ary weighed 200 pounds at the time of the photos, Oakes 293
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(Seattle Times)
This story resulted in one man donating his entire season's crops to them. Talk about making a difference through journalism!
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Beauty & Fashion |
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(In Style)
I report for this guide every year. All the Seattle quotes are from me.
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Investigative Stories |
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(4/12/2001)
(entire story on Web) Three counselors work around-the-clock to help people whose dead loved ones end up in the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office. But because the Ann Arbor-based Transplantation Society of Michigan funds the positions, the job description also includes encouraging survivors to
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| Work Info |
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Expertise |
| Editor |
7 Years |
| Reporter |
11 Years |
| Writer |
11 Years |
Specialty |
| Food |
3 Years |
| Family, Children & Teenagers |
4 Years |
| Health |
3 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
12 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
newspaper syndicates (11+), Parents magazine (11+), In Style magazine (6-10), Seattle Metropolitan (3-5), Alaska Airlines magazine (1-2), Seattle Bride (1-2) |
Other Work History
I covered crime and environment at the Detroit Free Press, worked on celebrity weddings at In Style, business and city hall at the Kitsap Sun, business and general features at the Seattle Times, and many stories while at Parents. I teach Communications 359, Writing for Mass Media, at the University of Washington. |
Other
www.sallyfarhat.com
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Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Boston, MA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car. |
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