Gail Jones

Somerset, NJ USA

20 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Award-winning 20-year veteran of the daily newspaper industry who has been among the Presidential press corps and interviewed entertainment icons. Also experienced as a newsroom manager and senior editor.

Expertise

Editor 10 YearsReporter 20 YearsWriter 20 Years

Specialty

International 5 YearsBusiness (general) 5 YearsGovernment 10 Years

Industries

Newspaper - National 15 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 15 YearsOnline/new media 3 Years

Awards

New Jersey Press Association, First Place, Spot News Coverage; New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists, First Place, Reporting Under Pressure of Deadline.

Associations

Toastmasters International, Ragan Communications, Dale Carnegie trained in public speaking.

Other Work History

Worked Full Time as on-line editor for Dow Jones & Co; reporter and news bureau chief for The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J.; and staff reporter for The Courier-News, a Gannett newspaper in N.J., and The Trentonian, Trenton, N.J.

Technical Skills

Adobe

Foreign Language Skills

Some French

Unions

National Writers Union

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Windows XP, HTML, authored a personal Web site.

Equipment

Desktop, digital camera (still), video camera, Blackberry smartphone, printer, scanner, copier, fax, IPod.

Work Permits & Visas

N/A

References

Available upon request.