Tal Abbady

Madrid, Spain
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Professional Experience

I'm an essayist, reporter and travel writer. A recent essay in the New York Times addressed the challenges o raising a bilingual child. As a newspaper reporter, I wrote on everything from homeowner associations taking residents to court over untrimmed hedges to Venezuelans in Miami rallying against Hugo Chavez. More recent essays have focused on bilingualism, the Canary Islands and growing up the daughter of a bigamist. (New York Times.) Clips and work history can be viewed on Contently and Linked-In.

Expertise

Reporter
6 Years
Writer
15 Years

Specialty

Other, Specify
10 Years

Industries


Academia Teaching
10 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

10 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

The New York Times (1-2), gonomad.com (1-2)

Other Work History

Worked as a reporter covering immigration, exile politics, gated communities, crime and breaking news at the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and The Associated Press.

Foreign Language Skills

fluent in Spanish

Computer Skills

Word

Equipment

laptop

Awards

diversity in journalism award from Columbia University for team coverage of South Florida immigrant communities

Showcase

General

No English!
(The New York Times 6/29/2013)
Essay on the trials of raising a bilingual son in Spain.
Lanzarote: A Volcanic Dream
(gonomad.com 3/1/2011)
Travel essay on a trip to Lanzarote, Canary Islands, in Spain.