Joy-Ann Reid

Hollywood, FL USA

15 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Experienced South Florida freelance writer with online edge. Clips include editorial, political and pop culture pieces for online and print publications including the Miami Herald and Salon.com. Former online news editor, major market/NBC News affiliate. Currently blogging at reidreport.com.

Expertise

Content Editor (online) 8 YearsResearcher 12 YearsWriter 10 Years

Specialty

Business (general) 15 YearsEntertainment 15 YearsPolitics 4 Years

Industries

Broadcasting - News - TV (Local) 8 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 5 YearsOnline/new media 5 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Miami Herald (10+)
TheGrio.com (10+)
Salon.com (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc. (10+)
Florida Power and Light (1-2)
City of Opa-locka, Florda (6-10)

Awards

Fellow, Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland, Dec,, 2003

Associations

South Florida Black Journalists Association

Other Work History

Radio One (morning show producer, host); NBC News/Internet Broadcasts Systems, Inc. (senior news editor, NBC6.net, 2/2002-7/2004) NBC News (Interactive producer, 4/2000-2/2002) WSVN-Fox 7 (news writer, "Today in South Florida", 1998-1999)

Technical Skills

Web design (InDesign, Frontpage, Dreamweaver), photo editing (photoshop, image composer), video editing (FinalCut Pro)

Foreign Language Skills

decent Spanish, some French

Computer Skills

Adobe GoLive, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, XML, Windows XP, Word, Excel, Adobe Indesign, Quark Xpress, Photoshop

Equipment

digital camera, laptop, PALM

Work Permits & Visas

U.S. citizen

References

Joe Oglesby, editorial page editor, Miami Herald (joglesby@herald.com), Zulay Chirinos, editorial board member, editor, Miami Herald (zchirinos@herald.com), Ike Seamans, senior reporter, NBC News Miami (ike.seamans@nbcuni.com), others upon request