Caitlin O'Neil Amaral

Cambridge, MA USA
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Professional Experience

A former award-winning writer for WGBH in Boston, Im ready to go anywhere for a story. Ive traveled to the Navajo reservation and done man-on-the-street interviews in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford-Upon-Avon. I am knowledgeable about wide array of topics, including arts, culture, food, travel, history, books and home improvement. My writing has been featured in The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe magazine, Poets & Writers, the Improper Bostonian, the Cambridge Chronicle, and the Boston Book Review. In addition I worked seven years as a get-things-done multimedia producer, shooting video and audio clips and creating interactive features.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
10 Years
Producer (new media)
8 Years
Writer
10 Years

Specialty

Arts & Humanities
10 Years
Food
2 Years
Lifestyle
7 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - Ent - TV (National)
7 Years
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
10 Years
Online/new media
7 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

11 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

The New York Times (1-2), Improper Bostonian (3-5), Poets & Writers magazine (3-5), Budget Travel (1-2), Runners World (1-2), The Boston Globe (6-10), WGBH (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Milton Academy (6-10)

Technical Skills

Online audio and video production, and digital and QuickTime VR photography.

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Filemaker, HTML, Photoshop

Equipment

laptop, digital camera, tape recorder, cell phone

References

Upon request

Awards

Entertainment Weekly Citation, Forbes Magazine's Best of the Web, Yahoo! Pick of the Week, AIGA 365 Annual Design Competition USA Today New & Notable, USAToday.com Hot Site, Massachusetts Interactive Media Council Award, Worldfest/Flagstaff Silver, NY Festivals New Media Finalist

Showcase

*Clips*

From Puerto Rico, con amor
(The Boston Globe 5/25/2006)
One of the mainstays of traditional Puerto Rican culture is the decima, an improvised 10-line poem accompanied by a five-stringed guitar called a cuatro. On Saturday you can get an up-close look at this enduring art form as local Latinos celebrate traditional Puerto Rican art, culture, and music.
A Fancy Fluffernutter
(The Boston Globe -- Food Section 8/30/2006)
The Beacon Hill tussle over the Fluffernutter sandwich has landed the childhood classic on the lunch menu at Grotto restaurant.
True Tailgating
(The Boston Globe -- Food Section 9/6/2006)
Tailgating has become a sport in its own right, as fans try to outdo each other with elaborate pregame spreads. The Freedom Grill might give you the edge before the big game.
A farm stand in the city
(The Boston Globe 10/4/2006)
The spare apple green and white space of Plum Produce, the latest project of chef Barbara Lynch, is your local farm stand with an urban twist.
In search of trivia
(The Boston Globe 2/1/2007)
At first glance, the barroom and classroom have little in common. One has stools, the other desks; one serves beer, the other facts. But local pub trivia nights are the perfect next stop for the students, professors, graduates, and all-around nerds who abound in this college town.
Avoiding Homeowner Meltdown
(This Old House Online 11/11/2001)
There's a certain point during a renovation — sawdust is falling, decisions are pressing and checks are flying out of the checkbook — when a homeowner's temperature reaches its boiling point and the meltdown begins.
Variations on a Theme
(The Improper Bostonian 7/14/2003)
If you had a theme song, what would it be? Depending on the day, it could be an inspirational anthem like the tune from Rocky, or a bouncy little number that skips along with quiet confidence. At theme bars, you can pick a genre to suit your mood any night of the week.
Louder Than Bombs
(The Boston Globe 3/23/2006)
Using the words of real people, two new plays search for humanity inside terrorism
Coupling: Just Saying No
(The Boston Globe Magazine 5/28/2006)
Years of unsuccessful setups inspire one woman to run her own dating life, thanks.
Minor leagues to major leagues
(The Boston Globe 9/21/2006)
Had your fill of baseball and soccer? A world of unconventional sports teams awaits.
A taste of home away from home
(The Boston Globe 2/21/2007)
Quick: What does Boston taste like? Clam chowder? Baked beans? Every place has its native flavor. But sometimes it's not until you leave that you know what you'll miss.
Trad is fab, but modern rules
(The Boston Globe 5/10/2006)
Warsaw Village Band and its mission to save Polish folk music, one juiced up, tranced-out, reggae-inflected oldie at a time.
[Blank] for a Day
(The Boston Globe 3/8/2007)
Ruby slippers, three-wish genies, and winning lottery tickets can be hard to come by, which means it's up to you to make your daydreams a reality. Luckily, you won't need to quit your job, spend your savings, or audition for reality television to make your wish come true. One-day classes around the city offer the chance to try on a different life without commitment or investment.
Camp time for grownups
(The Boston Globe 5/31/2007)
The kids are off to camp. But what about the grown-ups? When do Mom, Dad, and the rest of us get a chance to have some fun? While you might not be able to take the summer off, a weekend or even a week at these adult camps can turn a vacation into a mini-adventure.
On Flier Remorse
(Budget Travel 8/1/2007)
Feel guilty about flying? New businesses promise ways to offset your environmental impact. However....
New In Town
(The Improper Bostonian 10/10/2003)
Do Bostonians deserve their reputation for standoffishness and indifference to "outsiders"? Newcomers to the city tell it like they see it.
Custard Comes to Town
(The Boston Globe -- Food Section 8/23/2006)
Frozen custard, popular in the South and Midwest, has been hard to come by in New England until now.
Her sticky buns help get day off to sweet start
(The Boston Globe 11/20/2006)
The sticky buns are rising under a sheet of wax paper, the pale swirls of dough expanding until the buns nestle against each other, hiding the layer of sugar and nuts. These aren't just any sweet rolls. They're 15-year-old Abby Snellings's famous sticky buns.
Nosh Night
(The Boston Globe 3/9/2006)
The Taste of the South End offers some of Boston's Best Food from dozen of its finest chefs. Foodies, start your engines.
Playing Politics
(The Boston Globe 3/29/2007)
Regardless of where you land on the political divide, there’s a social group waiting to hear your views
Love Your Mother
(The Boston Globe 4/20/2006)
A round-up of Earth Day celebrations.
Game On
(Bridge Stories and Ideas 10/1/2005)
In sports, playing someone who’s better than you are often raises your game. Taking on James Wood can do the same thing for your reading.
The Business of Bookselling
(Poets & Writers Magazine 5/1/2006)
Most authors believe once their books hit the shelves the work is over. But as in all things publishing-related, there’s a behind-the-scenes process that determines if, where, and how your book is stocked.
You pick it, you eat it
(The Boston Globe 8/3/2006)
Like so much of summer, fresh local produce can be enjoyed for only a short time. Sure, you can stop at a farm stand, but why not go one better and go straight to the source? A number of area farmers open their fields to willing pickers and let you take home your harvest.
Getting Religion
(Bridge Stories and Ideas 5/1/2005)
While religion now dominates American politics, it has yielded the forefront American literature to what Walker Percy called "a certain sort of triumphant humanist." As a remedy, Paul Elie has undertaken a thoughtful and ambitious portrait of four 20th-century American Catholic writers.

General

See Spot Run
(Runners World 6/1/2008)
Dog runners keep fido fit.
Havens: Tiverton, Rhode Island
(The New York Times 11/2/2007)
AT first glance, Tiverton, R.I., may seem like just another small-town window onto the past. It has the character of a bygone Cape Cod with all its seaside charm, complemented by the nostalgic smell of fried clams in the air. But it doesn’t have the Cape’s trauma of heavy traffic and the swarms of tourists.