Joseph Hight

Washington, DC USA
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Professional Experience

Joe is a freelance writer and journalist with a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University. He has extensive experience with and knowledge of government programs for education, unemployment, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Insurance. Joe studied writing as an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire under the late Boston Globe columnist and writer Donald M. Murray. He has written on public policy, politicians, writers, and tennis.

Expertise

Researcher
25 Years

Specialty

Education
15 Years
Government
30 Years

Industries


Academia Other
15 Years
Professional Journal
10 Years
Newspaper - Community
5 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

10 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Chronicle Newspapers, Viriginia (10+), Northern Virginia Magazine (3-5), Examiner.com (10+)

Foreign Language Skills

Some French, some German

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Photoshop, Google Apps

Equipment

laptop, digital voice recorder downloadable to computer, digital camera

Associations

American Education Research Association American Economic Association

Showcase

General

Almost 14 Million Unemployed
(examiner.com 5/14/2009)
A description on how the unemployed are counted every month.
Top 10 Economic Events of 2009
(examiner.com 12/29/2009)
Review of the economic events of 2009.
Risky Business, Can Personal Financial Advisors be Blamed for the Downdurn?
(Northern Virginia Magazine 3/1/2009)
2000 word feature article on the 2008 economic downturn and personal financial advisors.
Charlie Morgan: Standout Third Baseman for the West Springfield High School Spartans
(Chronicle Newspapers 7/8/2009)
Sport profile of high school baseball player.
Chelsey Dunham is South County Star Softball Pitcher and High School Scholar
(Chronicle Newspapers 6/1/2009)
profile of high school athlete scholar soft ball pitcher
Fairfax Schools Plan Improvement For No Child Left Behind Testing
(South County Chronicle 3/1/2004)
County policy on No Child Left Behind
Newsletter Special: Tale of Two Matches at Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, DC
(tennisserver.com 8/8/2006)
contrast between two tennis matches
Candidate Mark Sickles Running for Reelection
(Chronicle Newspapers 9/8/2005)
Profile of local political candidate
Best-Selling Novelist David Baldacci: Virginia Native and Fairfax County Neighbor
(Chronicle Newspapers 2/1/2007)
Profile of best selling author David Baldacci