Professional Experience
I specialize in writing personality profiles and have created dozens such stories for numerous editors. Based in the Los Angeles area, I will travel anywhere to meet a profilee and show readers what it means to be this person. Three of my articles won Los Angeles Press Club awards. I also ghostwrite memoirs for clients.
Expertise
Editor
3 Years
Reporter
8 Years
Writer
25 Years
Specialty
Law
6 Years
Environment & Nature
9 Years
Books & Literature
25 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
25 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
USC Law School alumni newsletter (10+), USC Gould Clinical Perspectives newsletter (3-5), USC Gould website (3-5)
Other Work History
For eight years, I was an on-staff reporter and editor for Die Presse in Vienna (1988-1996) where I spent:
- Three years on the national desk, covering Austrian politics in general and women's affairs in particular
- Four years with the weekly arts and features supplement "spectrum", three of them as editor of the book reviews section
- One year on the international desk (1988-1989).
Foreign Language Skills
Raised bilingually, I am fluent in English and German.
Equipment
Laptop, digital camera
Work Permits & Visas
Permanent U.S. resident; British citizenship and Austrian citizenship, i.e. free to travel and work in all countries of the European Union and the UK (Brexit or not)
References
Anne Bergman (USC Law School); Gilien Silsby (University of La Verne); Kevin J. Moore (private law firm)
Awards
Two second and one third-place award in the Los Angeles Press Club's journalism awards (2005, 2013, 2016)
Associations
ASJA, Los Angeles Press Club, Independent Writers of Southern California
