This resume was emailed to me (not by Amy):
FREELANCE WRITER: 8/05-Present
Book Reviewer, San Francisco Chronicle, features for The Los Angeles Daily News, The Chicago-Sun Times, Hadassah Magazine, Moment Magazine, etc. Syndicated Singles Columnist: The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, World Jewish Digest, Detroit Jewish News.
THE JEWISH JOURNAL OF GREATER LOS ANGELES,
Religion Editor, Columnist 8/05-Present
Managing Editor 5/01–7/05
Responsible for putting out weekly community newspaper (readership: 150,000), from commissioning and editing stories to overseeing design and layout of 65+-page paper, as well as writing editorials, features, arts, news, and cover stories.
THE FORWARD, Senior Reporter 8/00–5/01
As legal/crime reporter for national Jewish weekly, produced two investigative features weekly.
FREELANCE: Researcher and Editor 8/99–8/00
Researcher for Marie Claire, Ladies’ Home Journal, AlleyCat News, FindSVP
Translator (Hebrew to English) for legal and governmental agencies.
THE JERUSALEM POST, Editor, Reporter 12/95–6/99
Jerusalem Affairs correspondent 6/98-6/99, Feature writer 6/95-6/98, Special Supplements Editor 5/95-6/98, Features Editor 9/97-11/97, Youth Magazines Editor 12/96-3/97
ISRAEL XPRESS, Partner 5/95–12/95
Co-founded Internet Company to provide Internet advertising to Israeli companies Designed site (HTML and graphics) and marketed ad service to Israeli Companies
ISRAEL EXPORT DEVELOPMENT CO., Communications Director 10/92–4/95
Part of core team to establish a duty-free Free Processing Zone (FPZ) in Israel.
EDUCATION:
ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY: MFA, Creative Writing 6/06
QUEENS COLLEGE: B.A., English Writing and Literature 6/92
BOOKS:
Essay in The Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt, (Dutton) 8/05
Essay in Eight Nights: A Chanukah Anthology (Algonquin) 7/07
AWARDS:
Summer Literary Seminars in Kenya, 2nd Place, Creative Non-Fiction
Judged by Philip Lopate 12/07
L.A. Press Club Awards, Honorable Mention, Columnist 6/05, 6/06
Rockower Press Club Awards, First Prize, Feature Writing 6/05, 6/04
National Jewish Book Award, “The Modern Jewish Girls’ Guide to Guilt” 2006
TEACHING: UCLA Extension, Intro to Feature Writing 9/06
Media Bistro, Writing the Personal Essay 3/07
LANGUAGES: Fluent in Hebrew
