Leslie J. Furlong
Leo Palace 2-205, 5-19 Minami Shimmachi
Tsu-Shi, Mie-Ken, Japan
514-0043
Voice: 040-854-0765
Skills and abilities
Teaching English communication skills
Student interviewing and evaluation
Reporting and Writing
Web Page Design (basic HTML, Netscape Editor)
Copyediting and Desktop Publishing (QuarkXPress, Word, WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro)
Computer-Assisted Reporting (FoxPro, Quattro Pro, Excel, Access)
Primary and Secondary Source Research (Lexis/Nexis, CBCA, Internet)
Work History
GEOS Language Systems, Chubu Region
366 Ogawa Building
Tsu-Shi, Mie-Ken
Position: English Language Instructor
United Press International
144 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario
Position: Atlantic Canada Correspondent
Chart Magazine
41 Britain Street
Toronto, Ontario
Position: Halifax Correspondent
The Maritime Science Fiction Festival
Box 46021, Novalea RPO
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Position: Program Book Editor
Ryerson Review of Journalism
Ryerson Polytechnic University
Toronto, Ontario
Position: Managing Editor of Production
The Dalhousie Gazette
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Position: Arts & Entertainment Editor
Education
Methodology Course Certificate, Teaching English as a Foreign Language,
Atlantic Overseas Teaching Institute, Halifax, 1997
Bachelor of Applied Arts, Magazine Journalism,
Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, 1996
Bachelor of Arts, English and Asian Studies,
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, 1993