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Writing Samples (English)
Editing/Layout Samples (English)



WRITING


PRESS RELEASES   (Press Officer at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, 2007-2011)
Please note that for privacy and copyright-protection reasons, emails, telephone numbers and photo links have been removed

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France Loans Michelangelo to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

French Cultural Services Light Up for La Francophonie
French Warship to Deliver 10,000 Books to Disadvantaged U.S. Children
France Gives $100,000 to Help Create Dual-Language Programs in NYC
Call for Funds – Teaching Haitian Child Refugees
The Embassy of France Supports Unique New NYC Trilingual School
NYC Principals Invited by France to Celebrate Model Exchange Program

Festival: Graphic Novels from Europe
Haunting the Present: European Book Festival
French Voices Book Wins Translation Prize

Yannick Noah Performs in Central Park for Make Music NY
Wynton Marsalis Awarded Legion of Honor

Films on the Green Goes Musical (2010)
Green Films on the Green (2009)
Films on the Green Launched (2008)
French Film Program Tournées Signs up 100th University

Juliette Binoche Paintings on Exhibit
Exhibit of Andrée Putman Designs
Gérard Rondeau Photo Exhibit
Exhibit of Photos by Talented Young Photographers

ARTICLES   (Volunteer Contributing Writer for Interaction's biweekly newsletter Monday Developments, March-April 2003)

Water Wars: A Look at Coming Battles Over This Crucial Resource
Water Wars: The War Behind the War (Iraq-Turkey)

Water Wars: Conflict and Cooperation AIong the Nile
Water Wars: The Ganges - A Temperamental Divinity

THESIS / DISSERTATION   (Master of Arts in Strategic Management with distinction at Nottingham University Business School, 2001)

"Commercializing Disruption & the Power of Passion in the Emerging Fuel-cell Industry"
    Master's dissertation on the business strategies used to commercialize disruptive technologies (with the fuel cell industry as a case study).



EDITING / LAYOUT

Note: layout imperfections are usually due to the PDF conversion process (the layouts were created in Quark Xpress or Adobe InDesign)

NEWSLETTERS   (Managing Editor of News from France at the French Embassy, 2003-2006)

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News from France - March 22, 2006  (my last issue)
News from France - February 8, 2006  (The Winter Olympics on page 4)
News from France - October 19, 2005  (France sends help after Hurricane Katrina)
News from France - July 6, 2005  (Profile of Bastille Day on page 4)
News from France - May 4, 2005  (The Seven Natural Wonders of France on page 4)
News from France - March 23, 2005  (Jules Verne on page 4)
News from France - November 24, 2004  (Beaujolais Nouveau on page 4)
News from France - September 1, 2004  (Statue of Liberty on page 4)


News from France - June 9, 2004  (Napoleon's Legacy on page 4)
News from France - May 19, 2004  (D-Day Remembered on page 4)
News from France - April 28, 2004  (French Film in the U.S. on page 4)
News from France - April 7, 2004  (France's Role in the E.U. on page 4)
News from France - March 17, 2004  (Great French Women on page 4)
News from France - December 23, 2003  (Christmas in France on page 4)
News from France - November 26, 2003  (France's Military on page 4)
News from France - September 3, 2003  (my first issue)
Note: I managed, edited and did the layout for every issue. Specific issue highlights are described between parentheses.

BROCHURES   (French Embassy: Press Office from 2003-2006 and Cultural Services from 2007-2011)

2008 French Cultural Calendar for New York
Discover France  (management, editing, layout correction)
The Eiffel Tower  (management, editing, layout correction)
The Statue of Liberty  (management, editing, layout correction)
An Introduction to the French Cultural Services  (editing, layout correction)


Profile of France  (editing, layout correction)
France: Paris and the Ile-de-France  (manag., ed., layout correction)
France: the Northeast  (management, editing, layout correction)
France: the Southeast  (management, editing, layout correction)
France: the Southwest  (management, editing, layout correction)
France: the Northwest  (management, editing, layout correction)
Note: many of these brochures were initially designed by our interns, whom I'd trained. I managed the projects, edited the text, and corrected the layouts.



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