Work history
The Turkish Daily News, SENIOR EDITOR
Istanbul, Oct. 2006-Present
- Write and edit news stories, features and commentary
- Make editorial and content decisions
- Write weekly column
Freelance WRITER and EDITOR
Istanbul, Sept. 2005-Present
- Write and edit articles for publications including The Associated Press and Le Monde Diplomatique
The Associated Press, WRITER
- Wrote and edited political, social and cultural news from Israel, Gaza and the West Bank my articles
- Covered Israeli settler withdrawal from Gaza
- Interviewed Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül, Benjamin Netanyahu, Islamic Movement leader Raed Salah, Shimon Peres, Mark Spitz, etc.
Reinvest in
West Virginia, Penn.,
Sponsored by Jesse Jackson, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, labor unions and nonprofits
- Wrote the tour’s daily reports and press releases
- Interviewed Jesse Jackson, 2004 presidential candidates Richard Gephardt and Dennis Kucinich, labor leaders, local officials and attendees of nine rallies
- Wrote and edited several stories weekly about prominent journalism news
- Interviewed former Beirut hostage and journalist Terry Anderson, former NBC bureau chief Sid Davis, war correspondent George Esper, etc.
Freelance WRITER
Athens, Ohio, 2003-2004
- Wrote articles for Athens News newspaper, Ohio Outlook magazine, ATHENSi.com and The Scripps International Journalism publication
- Wrote statewide press releases for WOUB-TV education partnerships
WOUB public radio, ON-AIR HOST
- Hosted local news and local feed of National Public Radio’s “Talk of the Nation”
- Initiated and produced weekly series featuring international local residents
The Commonwealth magazine, EDITOR
The Commonwealth Club is the nation’s largest and oldest public and foreign affairs forum with 50,000 member-readers worldwide
- Wrote feature articles and published speeches made by U.S. and international leaders from transcription to printed product
- Interviewed former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and wrote article that ran 8/02
Stuart Foundation, ASSOCIATE PROGRAM OFFICER
San Francisco, 1997-2001
- Wrote papers regarding teacher quality, literacy goals, education policy and streamlining education standards in California and Washington states
- Reviewed 300+ grant applications annually helping to dispense $7.2 million
- Monitored 30+ grantees’ quarterly progress
Other Work
CASA, COURT-APPOINTED ADVOCATE
San Francisco, 1997-2000
- Advocated best placement, health care and parental rights for adolescent woman
- Taught English and math to women from hill tribe villages
Project on Government Oversight, WRITER
Private, non-partisan organization investigating misuse of government spending
- Investigated and co-wrote report on Superconducting Super Collider spending, which resulted in Congress canceling the $13 billion government project
- Initiated Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests about lawmakers’ private investments and government approval of public safety warnings
Athens, Ohio, 2003-2004
Master of Science, Journalism (thesis published, not yet defended)
Full tuition scholarship with paid assistantship
Bachelor of Arts, anthropology with public policy and education focus
Feature writing and Spanish
CARPE DIEM ACADEMY
Madrid, Spain, 2002-2003
Spanish
Wrote thesis on traditional female roles in
Earned Brown University credit for four courses including Thai language
TOMER
Istanbul, Sept. 2005-2006
Intensive Turkish (daily)
Published research
Selected for presentation by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference, Toronto, 2004:
- “A Turkish Newspaper Faces West: Zaman’s English-language Edition during a Seismic Year”
- “Bias in International Coverage: Two U.S. Newspapers’ Treatment of the Venezuelan Political Crisis in 2002-2003”
Languages
English (native), Turkish, Spanish, basic French and some Thai