From: bg843@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Don Canaan)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: Writer wants job writing--even PR
Date: 11 Nov 1992 06:41:56 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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Don Canaan                          	 	Telephone (513) 563-7424

8916 Reading Road, #4                           Internet address:

Cincinnati, OH 45215                            usr0432a@tso.uc.edu

 

 

			  OBJECTIVE

 

Combining award-winning experience with common sense, energy, education, 

drive and determination,  I am committed to making an immediate contribution 

to your client as a:

 

       		    CONTRACT TECHNICAL WRITER

          

 

                         QUALlFlCATlONS                                                    

 

o    ABILITY to communicate visually, orally and in writing with a high 

     degree of enterprise, proficiency and preciseness.

 

o    ABILITY to interface with professionals at all levels; including clients, 

     executives and staff. 

 

o    ABILITY to utilize computers to collect data, investigate, write  and 

     edit responsible reports.

 

o    ABILITY to make choices reflecting honesty, credibility and integrity.

 

 

	              SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

o    MASTER'S degree in Journalism from The Ohio State University

 

o    STAFF writer, reporter and news editor for a 138-year-old  community 

     newspaper. During my four-year tenure revenues increased by almost 

     10 percent.

 

o    SUPERVISED closed circuit TV public information effort at NASA-Goddard 

     Space Flight Center for three years. This resulted in substantial 

     funding for a NASA computer project.

 

o    DIRECTED and edited weekly corporate video "magazine" and PSAs. 

 

o    PUBLISHED "Horror in Hocking County"; a book detailing two Ohio 

     "satanic" murders. Book is now being distributed on computer diskette.

 

o    EDITED hard news and documentaries for NBC News during a 13-year period. 

     This resulted in a national broadcasting award.

 

o    FREELANCE writer for Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio Business, Cincinnati 

     Business Record, Cincinnati Business Courier, Citiscene and Cincinnati 

     Magazine.

 

o    INTERVIEWED President Ronald Reagan, Henry Kissinger, Archbishop Desmond 

     Tutu, Topol, Rabbi Meir Kahane and Mike Wallace.

 

o    PROMOTED the use of videotex electronic journalism by community 

     newspapers

 

		            WORK HISTORY

	

UNIVERSITY of CINCINNATI		       INSTRUCTOR, JOURNALISM

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM		               Summer 1992				          

 

AMERICAN ISRAELITE                             STAFF WRITER/REPORTER

Cincinnati, Ohio                               1987-1991

 

DOWNTOWNER                                     COPY EDITOR

Cincinnati, Ohio                               1986-1987

 

FREELANCE WRITER/EDITOR			       VIDEO, FILM, PRINT

Cincinnati, Ohio                               1984-present 

Columbia, Maryland                             1980-1983

 

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY                      TEACHING ASSISTANT

Columbus, Ohio		                       School of Journalism

				               1983-1984

 

NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER               SUPERVISOR-TV 

Greenbelt, Maryland                            1978-1980 

 

BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY                          TV PRODUCER-DIRECTOR

Beersheva                                      1975-1976

 

NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY                  FILM EDITOR        

New York, N.Y.                                 1961-1974

 

AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY	               FREE-LANCE EDITOR	

Washington, D.C.                               1977-1983

 

                             EDUCATION

 

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY                      MASTER'S  IN JOURNALISM

Columbus, Ohio                                          	                                

 

THE CITY COLLEGE of NEW YORK                   BACHELOR'S IN FILM

New York, N.Y.                                                       

                                                      

                               AWARDS

 

OHIO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION                     "OHIO PRISONS"

First Place, Weekly Newspapers                 1989

 

CINCINNATI BLUE CHIP AWARD                     "REASONABLE DOUBT"      

Best Video Documentary                         1986      

                           

WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS                        "PUBLIC ACCESS TV"      

First Place, Radio Documentaries               1984      

                                   

GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARD                    "ORGANIZED CRIME"      

Editorial Contribution                         1967