Jean-Fabrice
Vernet
Skills summary
Writing/editing
Wrote or edited over 4,000 published articles and abstracts. Published work demonstrates conciseness, consistency, balance, as well as effectiveness in various styles.
Reporting/interviewing
Sensitive interviews
conducted with over 500 public figures and experts. Interviewees
have included Ralph Nader, Mikhail
Gorbachev, Rigoberta Menchú, Shulamit Aloni, and Willie
Brown.
Management
Successfully managed
in-house staff and international networks of correspondents.
Languages
Bilingual French/English, fluent Spanish.
Research experience in South and Central
America as well as on US hispanic community involved
conducting technical interviews in Spanish. Have interpreted in various
contexts and translated technical, medical, and academic material to and from
French.
Research
Acquired broad knowledge of abstracts, libraries, and
the Internet. Some statistical interpretation
and projection skills.
Design/Internet/IT
Working knowledge
of leading design applications and basic knowledge
of html: sites developed and maintained for a variety of
OS environments include The Politician Online weekly newsletter
and Costasur. Special experience in media technology and e-commerce as well as search engine optimization
and the visual presentation of statistical data.
Experience
Present: freelance writer and editor based in Cádiz province. Current or recent clients
include La Luz Magazine, Liquid Magazine, www.costasur.com, PT Spain,
Hôpital Yves Le
Foll Saint-Brieuc.
1998-2005: The
Politician Online.
Editor. The title is a free weekly round-up of world
affairs archived on the Internet.
- Monitoring world-wide current events affecting international relations and development
- Writing and editing news summaries on regional, national, and supra-national entities
- Maintenance of
Web site with links to related sites and a searchable archive of previous issues
2002-2004: West
Coast Magazine,
Costa del Sol, Spain. Editor. West Coast Magazine
(formerly Estepona Magazine) is an
84-page glossy local interest title with a monthly circulation of 15,000.
- Management of
20 writers and photographers covering culture and the arts, leisure, architecture and property, nature, and other topics of local, regional, national,
and international interest
- Writing and editing news and features for the monthly
production of 35 articles in 15 sections
- Full pre-production management including planning, budgeting,
translations, and delivery to deadline of articles and referenced photography
- Close collaboration
with art director on layout designs
- Co-ordination
with publicity department on editorial coverage and advertising features
- Representation of the title at interviews, conferences, and other functions
2001-2005: GI News,
UK. Contributing editor. GI News
(circulation 15,750) is a leading geographic information and science monthly in Britain.
- Writing features
and surveys. Topics covered include public data
copyright policy, research
funding, secrecy,
remote sensing, global navigation
satellite systems
(GNSS), imagery processing,
surveying, photogrammetry,
automated cartography,
geographic information
systems (GIS), Internet mapping,
mobile network data dissemination, and aerial photography
1999-2002: Adams
Business Media, Chicago. Deputy
editor, GeoEurope (circulation
19,500). The title is a 60-page
monthly magazine briefing users and developers of geographic information
and technology.
- Managed in-house
staff and freelancers based in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East
- Wrote, commissioned,
and edited over 100 feature and news articles
monthly
- Worked closely
with advertising staff
for optimal targeting of editorial coverage
- Contributed to effective layouts presenting complex articles using a mix of information
types
- Traveled to conferences and technology exhibitions in France, Germany, Spain, UK, and US
1998-1999: Kagan
World Media, London. Deputy
editor, Kagan Euromedia
(circulation 11,500). A monthly
publication of the US-based media analyst firm Paul
Kagan and Associates, Euromedia provides financial and technological market analysis targeted at media executives world-wide.
- Managed in-house
writers and research staff as well as freelance contributors
- Wrote, commissioned,
and edited features and news on the
world-wide media industry. Topics included regulation,
copyright, piracy, pay
and free television, technology trends, public service broadcasting, radio, mobile and fixed telephony, mergers and acquisitions, content providers, and hardware manufacturers
- Designed layouts,
tables, and charts combining statistics and analysis on topics such as media take-up, infrastructure, churn rates, service price and revenue, and marketing demographics
- Attended international
media conferences in Britain,
France, and the US
1997-1998: Financial
Times, London. Editor, TV Programme Finance. TVPF is a subscription-only, advertising-free newsletter covering international television co-production funding.
- Managed twenty
correspondents world-wide and an
in-house deputy
- Wrote, commissioned,
and edited over 40 financial news or feature
stories on a monthly basis
- Designed and balanced year-long production budget
- Attended media conferences
in Britain, Canada, France, Spain, and the US
- Conducted research
in French, English, and Spanish on financing and insurance schemes relevant to international television co-productions as well as on individual companies and related topics
- Wrote articles
for FT Media & Telecoms
sister titles including Television Business International (TBI)
magazine, the World Television Yearbook, and the Cable and Satellite Yearbook
1996-1998: El
Reportero (circulation
20,000), San Francisco. Reporter. The
weekly newspaper provides San Francisco's Latino community with local, national, and international
news printed in both English and
Spanish.
- Published articles
of interest to San Francisco's Latino community in English and Spanish on immigration, housing, transportation, health care, art, education, and community resources
- Performed sundry
tasks including sub editing, photography, QuarkXPress layouts, photo and graphics editing, research, html programming, and translations
1995-1996: The
San Francisco Bay Guardian, (circulation 137,000). Editorial intern
and freelance reporter. SFBG is the Bay Area's longest-running and best known weekly free-sheet newspaper.
- Published articles
on health care, culture, information technology, community resources, and disability issues
- Conducted research
on immigration, welfare, technology, and media culture using the Internet and US libraries
1989-1995: Brøderbund
Software, Inc. Novato, California. Senior researcher. The company publishes
award-winning educational and design software.
- Authored abstracts
and translations published in Maps'n'Facts
and PC Globe software
on 450 geographic entities, including historical, economic, and cultural profiles, as well as technical information on data
- Created and maintained Microsoft Access database
tracking more than 500
categories of statistics and text on 277 countries and other geographic entities
- Compiled data sets
for US and world-based products in collaboration with programming department using software tools including databases, compilers, and ASCII editors. Designed data presentation interface for geographic reference
software
- Contributed to functional and general
software design
- Supervised international
localisation into German, French, Catalan, Swedish, Japanese, and Spanish. Contributed to all other
aspects of development and marketing
Education
1987-1991: Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona.
B.A. political science, history minor. GPA 3.8.
References
Stephen Prendergast
Publisher, GI News
Peachey House
Bepton Road
Midhurst
West Sussex GU29 9LU
UK
tel. +44 (0)1730 821 995
editor@ginews.co.uk
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Dwight Aspinwall
Inventor
(Former engineering
director, Brøderbund Software)
8 Rayton Road
Hanover, NH 03755
USA
tel. +1 (603) 643 1551
dwight@theriver.com
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Work examples available upon request or see
online:
www.vernet.moose.co.uk
Costasur http://www.costasur.com
West Coast Magazine http://westcoastmagazine.es
GI News http://www.ginews.co.uk
The Politician Online http://www.politicianonline.net
GeoEurope http://www.geoplace.com
Kagan Euromedia http://www.kagan.com
Financial Times http://www.ft.com
The San Francisco Bay Guardian http://www.sfbg.com
El Reportero http://www.elreporterosf.com