Professional Experience
I am a freelance writer based in New York City with 16 years experience writing for newspapers, magazines, and the Web.
I specialize in feature and profile writing with my primary beat being classical music and opera.
For the last seven years, my classical music blog, Superconductor, has offered the best in music coverage, with an almost-daily mix of concert reviews, CD reviews, and general previews of upcoming operas staged in New York and on the East Coast. The blog, hosted on Google's Blogger platform, has seen fast-rising numbers with current pageviews numbering above 40,000/month.
I am a skilled, experienced interviewer, a good writer and a terrier after a story lead. I am accredited at most classical music and opera performances spaces in North America and have built a strong network of contacts in the arts industry.
Expertise
Copywriter
9 Years
Writer
17 Years
Social Media
8 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
17 Years
Books & Literature
5 Years
Music
17 Years
Industries
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
9 Years
Online/new media
15 Years
Newspaper - National
9 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
14 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
International Herald Tribune (10+), Washington National Opera (6-10), Wizard Entertainment (6-10), Opera News (Metropolitan Opera Guild) (6-10), Time Out New York (6-10), New York Daily News (6-10), Time Life Books (3-5), Georgia Music Magazine (6-10), BBC World (with IHT) (1-2), Chamber Music Magazine (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Rolex (through IHT) (10+), Credit Suisse (through IHT and BBC) (1-2), ViaMei Magazine (1-2), Ziva Continuum (1-2)
Other Work History
Writer/Publisher: Superconductor. Writer, Publisher, Hair Whip. Freelance Contributer, Ear For Opera, International Herald Tribune, March 2005-Present
Freelance Contributor, BBC World Visionaries, Aug. 2008-present.
Associate Editor, Citysearch.com Nov. 1996-March 2001.
Technical Skills
Mac OSX, Blogger Editor, Basic HTML,
Foreign Language Skills
Spanish
Unions
Freelancers Union
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, OS 10, Windows XP, Basic HTML, Dreamweaver, PhotoShop, OSX Preview,
Equipment
MacBookPro, IPad, IPHoneMac Mini, Audio Recorder (IPod), Audio Recorder (phone line) Audio recorder (cassette), Personal music library--audio and books.
Work Permits & Visas
U.S. Passport.
References
Linda Healey
International Herald Tribune
lhealey@iht.com
Paris, France
Melissa A.E. Sanders
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
404 733-4846, melissa.sanders@woodruffcenter.org
Personal:
Alfred Hubay
35 Park Avenue Apt. 16C
New York NY 10016
(212) 685-9332
Ethan Sacks
Web Editor
The New York Daily News
(212) 210-2074
esacks@rcn.com
Awards
1997 Webby Award for Best City Guide, 1998 PC Magazine Award for Best Sports Coverage.
Associations
Society of Professional Journalists, AvantGuild.