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Education COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY 1999-Present Master’s of International Affairs. Due to graduate in Dec. 2001, with concentrations in environmental policy studies and Asian studies. GPA: 4.1 AMHERST COLLEGE, Amherst, MA 1983-1987 Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa. Majored in history, physics and astronomy. Wrote honors thesis on laser spectroscopy. Was a founder and president of Foreign Affairs Club and a member of President’s Advisory Committee on Investment in South Africa. GPA: 3.8 Experience NEWSWEEK, New York, NY 2000-Present Reporter/Researcher, International Desk. Work part-time for weekly news magazine, carry out editorial duties and occasionally write articles. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, Washington, DC 2000 Analyst, Office of Global Programs. Wrote and helped coordinate US review of IPCC draft climate change assessment. Collaborated with funding programs for research into climate variability and human adaptation. ITV, Bangkok, Thailand 1998-1999 TV Journalist. Served as co-host, reporter and scriptwriter for weekly, national television program about environmental issues in Thailand. Selected and researched topics, wrote and edited scripts, served as interviewer, reporter and host in Thai language. THE NATION, Bangkok 1990-1998 Environment Editor (1993-8). Established and headed the Environment Desk, a team of 4-5 Thai reporters covering resource issues in Southeast Asia for an English-language daily newspaper. Wrote frequent articles, editorials, and award-winning investigative reports on issues such as toxic dumping, illegal logging, encroachment on national parks, and harassment of Burmese refugees. Covered numerous global summits, including WTO, Apec, Asia-Europe, and the UN conference on climate change in Kyoto. Responsibilities included recruiting, training and assigning reporters, and editing their stories. Headed production of Earth Focus, weekly environmental features page. Science and Technology Editor (1990-3). Oversaw publication of weekly eight-page section on science and technology. Responsibilities included making all editorial decisions, managing writing staff and assignments, recruiting and training, design and presentation, along with reporting and writing. Internet Columnist (1995-8). Wrote a fortnightly column in the Sunday Focus section about the latest happenings in cyberspace. FREELANCE JOURNALIST, Bangkok 1990-1999 Wrote articles for The Economist, World Paper, Phnom Penh Post, Jakarta Post, and Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Served as trainer for journalists from Burma, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand at workshops organized by the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation. Helped produce German TV documentary on water resources in Thailand. SPEAKER/RESOURCE PERSON, Bangkok 1990-1999 Spoke on environmental and media-related issues at the East-West Center, Chulalongkorn University, Indochina Media Memorial Foundation, Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand, Thailand Environment Institute and Columbia University. Have been interviewed and quoted by The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Irish Times, South China Morning Post and the BBC’s World Service, Thai Service and Burma Service radio programs. WATSON FELLOW, Europe and N. Africa 1987-1988 Awarded grant by Thomas J. Watson Foundation to carry out an independent study project on “International Cooperation in Physics.” Visited research sites in Europe and N. Africa, and worked at several locations including CERN (Geneva), ESTEC (a European Space Agency lab in Noordwijk, Holland) and the Niels Bohr Institute (Copenhagen). Submitted four reports. ASTRONOMY RESEARCH ASSISTANT 1985-1987 National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville (1987); Five College Dept of Astronomy, Amherst (1986); Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket (1985). Experience included computer programming, data analysis, image processing and photographic development. Published several scientific papers. Other Received UN Environment Program’s Global 500 award for The Nation’s environmental coverage (1997). Co-founder and coordinator of the Thai Society of Environmental Journalists, under the auspices of the Reporters Association of Thailand, aimed at improving the quality, accuracy and prominence of environmental reporting in Thailand. (1995-1998). Received awards from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in recognition of work in service of Thailand (1992) and from the Siam Environment Club for environmental reporting (1993). Awarded Porter Prize in Astronomy at Amherst College (1984). Languages Fluent in Thai and French; some Chinese, Spanish and Danish. Have traveled extensively, visiting over 50 countries
for both work and pleasure, throughout Europe, North Africa and the
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