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    Margaret Fuhrer

    EDUCATION

    New York University, 2007-2009
    MA, Journalism -- Cultural Reporting and Criticism

    Princeton University, 2002-2006
    AB, History (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa); Certificate, Medieval Studies


    WORK EXPERIENCE

    Freelance writer/editor, New York, NY (April 2008-Present)
    -Write regularly for The Brooklyn Rail and Dance Magazine
    -Copyedit and proof articles for 85 Broads magazine

    Dance Magazine, New York, NY (February 2008-May 2008)
    Editorial Intern
    -Wrote numerous F.O.B. blurbs, some bylined
    -Wrote various content for magazine's website and e-newsletter
    -Assisted with fact-checking and administrative tasks

    85 Broads, Greenwich, CT (August 2006-August 2007)
    Online and Print Editor
    -Wrote, edited and maintained content for 85 Broads website
    -Founded Broad Lit, 85 Broads' web-based literary magazine, and served as its Editor in Chief
    -Designed, developed, and formatted marketing materials, event invitations, and mass emails
    -Assembled and edited various guides and pamphlets
    -Helped organize and run 85 Broads events and conferences

    The Improper Bostonian, Boston, MA (Summer 2005)
    Editorial Intern
    -Wrote an article with a byline
    -Assisted with construction of magazine's calendar section
    -Assisted with fact-checking and administrative tasks

    Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, Waltham, MA (Summers 2004-05)
    Consulting Historian
    -Wrote historical essays and located and edited primary sources for MassMoments project

    The Concord Journal, Concord, MA (Summer 2004)
    Arts Writer
    -Researched and wrote several arts-related articles
    -Assisted with editing and layout of paper


    ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS

    -Trained intensively in classical ballet for 15 years, jazz and modern for 9 years
    -Served as Co-Artistic Director of DiSiac Dance Company at Princeton; choreographed 7 works for the company, including Irreparable, The Coldest End and A fire, a fire is burning!
    -Soloist member of Commonwealth Ballet Company, Acton, MA (1997-2002)
    -Attended competitive summer programs at Boston Ballet (1999-2001), Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet (1998), Chautauqua Institution (1997), and Walnut Hill School (1996)