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    Freda Moon

    fredamoon@gmail.com

    RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT

    February, 2008 through present
    Freelance Writer
    Based in California, Mexico and Central America

    January, 2007 through present
    New Haven Advocate
    Staff Writer
    New Haven, Connecticut

    May, 2006 through August, 2006
    The Anderson Valley Advertiser
    Reporter (Internship)
    Mendocino County, California

    August, 2004 through July, 2005
    Madhava Media
    Producer and Content Writer
    Chicago, Illinois

    August through October, 2003
    Chicago International Film Festival
    Press Office Assistant (Internship)
    Chicago, Illinois

    September, 2002 through June, 2003
    UC Santa Cruz Arts and Lectures
    Publicity and Production Assistant
    Santa Cruz, California

    EDUCATION

    New York University
    Master of the Arts, Magazine Journalism, Honors Track
    Graduation: December, 2006

    University of California at Santa Cruz
    Bachelor of the Arts, Politics (Specialization: Latin America), Honors
    Graduation: June, 2003

    FREELANCE WRITER AND REPORTER

    New York Times
    San Francisco Chronicle
    In These Times
    Budget Savvy Magazine
    Centerstage Chicago
    Women's E-News
    City Limits Weekly
    The Raw Story
    Swagger Magazine
    The Anderson Valley Advertiser

    SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
    • Conversational Spanish

    • Production skills, including basic audio / video editing, photography and web design.

    • Proficient in Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop and PageMaker and basic HTML).

    • Extensive travel experience in North, Central and South-America, Southeast Asia, and Mediterranean Europe

    • Research and investigative skills, including long-term projects requiring digital databases, libraries and physical archives.