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

mbe139@ns.sympatico.ca

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