Writer/journalist tutors high school,college and university students in Calgary at their homes in English, writing and grammar.

Jan's Resume

JAN ROSE
Calgary, AB T2A 5G4,Canada

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SUMMARY OF • Substantial journalism experience writing for various magazines and QUALIFICATIONS newspapers


CORE COMPENTENCIES: • Critical and analytical thinking skills
• Creative and fruitful
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal relationship skills
• Able to build rapport with interviewees
• Self motivated
• Accustomed to taking the initiative
• Innovative and enterprising

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EMPLOYMENT Freelance Journalist/Photojournalist ( 2002 to present)
HISTORY: • Sales include: Epoch Times, Design Engineering, Canadian Machinery and Metalworking, Backbone, Insure West, Western People, Business in Calgary et al.
• Regular contributor to Edmonton and Calgary Senior magazines
• Alberta bureau chief, 2001, Silicon Valley North

Prince Albert Daily Herald Senior journalist – Photojournalist
• Shortly after employment commenced researched, interviewed and wrote four-part series concerning the spill of four million litres of “radioactive” water from the Key Lake uranium mine
• Covered all “beats:” civic and school boards, courts, police and correctional systems, agriculture, science and business
• Contributed to special project coverage such as the Prince Albert Annual Exhibition
• Editorials
• Chief photographer when required
• Tutored sales and editorial staff in the principles of photography
• Mentored junior journalists in the art and psychology of interviewing
• Freelance sales: Western People, Alberta Report, Saskatchewan Report, Saskatchewan Teachers Federation, et al.

Nechako Chronicle Editor – Reporter
• Covering or ensuring coverage of two additional communities (Burns Lake and Fort St. James) by hiring, training, mentoring and supervising “stringers,” high school students interested in journalism. Mentored in the art and the psychology of interviewing. Taught techniques for investigative journalism
• Proofreading and copy editing
• Generating story ideas, editorials
• Page design and layout
• “Stringer” for Canadian Press

Sask. Power Corp.
Corporate Communications Assistant (summer student-university -
•Writing articles for in-house publication, profiling employees, research and development efforts
• Liaison with media in addition to monitoring media coverage of the corporation
• Site photography
Wrote speeches for the CEO and deputy premier of Saskatchewan

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EDUCATION: BA, Political Science, University of Saskatchewan
Diploma, Journalism Program, Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB
Diploma: Broadcasting Arts, Ron Bailey School of Broadcasting, Portland, OR