CURRICULUM VITAE

Freelance Writer/Editor/TV Producer
In 1987 I moved to Germany and began working as a freelance journalist.

Radio: I am a contributing correspondent for: Radio Deutsche Welle. I regularly report for the following English-language programs: Arts on Air (an award-winning program on music and the arts), Inside Europe (news and features), Women on the Move (women), Living in Germany (society), Money Talks (economics and business), Spectrum (science and technology), Environment (ecology and conservation). The World (BBC/PRI) Boston. Germany Today, New York, Radio Netherlands.

Television: Burma, Land of Myth and Mystery, TV documentary: author and narrator. Shan States, TV documentary for BR-3 Munich, author. Rangoon, TV documentary BR-3 TV: author. Haunted Castles, TV pilot, on location producer and author. English adaptation of news material for BR-3 Munich.
Logistics coordinator and producer: ITN-TV News, London.

Print: New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, Chicago Tribune, Vogue, W-Fashion Europe and other international publications. Clips on request.

Translation: German into English. Prestel Verlag, books on art and architecture Pinakothek der Moderne, press releases for the museums of architecture, graphic arts, art and design. Feirabend Verlag, books on wine.

Previous Experience
Prior to 1987 I worked in the United States

Foreign Editor/Television Producer/Writer
ABC News, New York and Chicago

I was in charge of commissioning and coordinating news assignments world-wide.
My positions at ABC, prior to working on the foreign desk included: producer for TV syndication, producer for special events, news writer and assignment editor in the Chicago bureau.
1979 - 1986

Television News Reporter/Producer/News Writer
WCMH, Columbus Ohio


WCMH is the NBC affiliated television station in Columbus, Ohio. I reported on local politics, crime, the judicial system and wrote and anchored the morning news.
1977-1979

Television News Reporter/Weekend Anchor/Producer/News Writer
WCIV, Charleston, South Carolina


WCIV is the NBC affiliated station in Charleston, South Carolina. I reported on medicine, science and technology and the arts, and I anchored and produced the weekend prime time news program. At this time I also began writing feature articles for the Charleston News & Courier and Charleston Magazine.
1976-1977

Education:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio: BA English
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois: MS Journalism


Languages:
English (native speaker), German, French, Serbo-Croatian


Computer Skills:
I am equipped to edit and produce radio programming and can upload broadcast- quality sound files to radio stations world wide. I am familiar with all Microsoft programs plus Quark Express, Coral Ventura, Adobe DTP programs.

Personal Data:
I am a permanent resident of German (Aufenthaltsberechtigung) and have all necessary permits to work in Germany. I am a citizen of the U.S.A. I have a valid driver’s license and car and am willing to travel.