Resume

Experience:

Agence France-Presse
  • January 2004 to today
    Deputy bureau chief/news editor in Bangkok. Coordinate staff a multilingual editorial staff in Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar (Burma) to cover breaking news, economics, sports and feature stories throughout the region.
  • January 2003 to December 2004
    Slot editor in Washington, DC. Directed and coordinated editing and translation of all copy from North and South America for English service. Managed copy flow and supervised desk of up to six editors. Oversaw coverage of breaking news.
  • August 2000 to December 2002
    Regional correspondent based in Harare, Zimbabwe. Covered Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also worked extensively in Ivory Coast and South Africa. Oversaw regional network of correspondents, translating and editing copy. Covered ZimbabweÕs political, social and economic meltdown; presidential elections in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Ivory Coast; international and regional summits; outbreak of civil war in Ivory Coast. Expelled from Zimbabwe by Robert MugabeÕs government for coverage of human rights abuses and political violence.
    While in Zimbabwe, contributed to CNN, the Mail & Guardian in Johannesburg, and SW Radio Africa (a shortwave station run by Zimbabweans based outside the country).
  • March 1999 to July 2000
    Edited and translated copy from North and South America, including synthesis of multiple stories and angles into concise English copy. Covered UN environment summit in Montreal. Reported breaking news, including from the White House, Supreme Court and Congress.

    Poz
    August 1999 to June 2001.
    Contributing writer for 150,000-circulation magazine for people affected by HIV/AIDS.

    United Press International
    February 1998 to April 1999.
    Editor on national/foreign desk in Washington, DC. Assisted with coverage of mid-term elections.

    Associated Press
    September to December 1997. Paris, France. General assignment reporting, plus coverage of the daily Foreign Ministry press conference.

    Biloxi (Mississippi) Sun Herald
    June to August 1997. Covered MississippiÕs congressional delegation and other stories in Washington of interest to Gulf Coast readers. Also worked on series of regional stories about the overhaul of farm subsidies and a package on political aspects of aging.

    Today's Smart Parent
    March to June 1997. Evanston, Illinois. As circulation director, created a 2,000-piece direct mail package for a test mailing used to design a five-year circulation plan for a national magazine targeted to parents of elementary school children. Also assisted with the Web incarnation of TSP.

    Chicago Tribune's Digital Cities Web sites
    October 1996 to March 1997. Covered the Evanston, Illinois, police beat. Created business sections for Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates, Illinois, digital city sites. Traded hats as reporter, copyeditor and digital photographer for all the TribuneÕs suburban Web sites.

    Pan African News Agency
    November 1995 to May 1996. Dakar, Senegal. Initiated internship program for foreign journalists and journalism students at the agency's headquarters. Selected and edited English-language stories from 46 countries for North American clients.

    PerformInk
    March 1994 to August 1995. Wrote news and feature articles for Chicago's fortnightly 8,000-circulation theater and independent film trade paper. Edited stories and designed pages, sometimes cutting and pasting with real scissors and glue. Oversaw production of the annual theater season preview issue.

    Rockford (Illinois) Register Star
    March to June 1995. Reported for city's 79,000-circulation daily newspaper on stories ranging from weather to health care, and copyedited for both city and features desks.

    Education:
    Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism. Evanston, Illinois.
    BS and MS in Journalism, December 1997
    Concentrations in sociology and French

    Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines. Dakar, Senegal.
    Special year-long program of study in African literature, history, and sociology. Courses conducted in French

    Languages:
    Fluent in French, proficient in Spanish. Three years of university-level Japanese.

    Organizations:
    National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association
    Twice a board member for Washington chapter, co-chair for membership. Member since 1997

    GayZim
    Worked with gay and lesbian Zimbabweans to create a website to provide news, publicize community events, and maintain information on health, legal affairs, and LGBT history.