Daniel Bellow



Goal: To work in Communication, Publishing, Advocacy, for a progressive business or organization.

Skills: Writing, Reporting and Research, Editing, Management, Grant Writing, Public Relations, Social Networking, Negotiation and Deal-making, Advocacy to Local and State Government, Computer Literacy, Teaching, Fluent in French and Spanish.

Interests: The Environment, Urban Policy, Green Technology, Rural Development, Agriculture, Local and State Politics, American History, Literature.

Journalism experience 20 years at every level: reporting, editing, design and production, management.

2006-2009 Editor, hotfrog.org, a news and social networking website covering the rise of the global economy and the peril of the global environment, and providing citizen journalists with the tools to break stories worldwide. Wrote the original grant proposal, then planned the launch, assembling a stable of freelance writers, lining up feature stories, bloggers and interviews, writing editorial and non-editorial copy for the site.
1992- Freelance writer, photojournalist. Credits include: The New York Times, New York Post, Jerusalem Post, The Nation, Travel Holiday, Metropolitan Living, Bostonia Magazine, Vermont Business Magazine, Vermont Sunday Magazine, Berkshires Week, Berkshire Living, Ceramics Monthly, Orion Magazine, Resurgence Magazine.
2002-05 Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Berkshire Eagle. Wrote editorials, edited letters and columns and helped to produce the editorial and op-ed pages of the newspaper as part of a two-man team.
2000-2001 Managing Editor, The Stowe Reporter. Ran every aspect of newspaper production, directing a staff of 10 reporters, copy editors, page designers and advertising salespeople. I read every word of the copy, laid out the ads and determined the news hole for a paper that ran between 48 and 64 pages every week. 1996-98 Southern Vermont Editor, Rutland Herald. Directed a bureau of eight reporters, edited copy, wrote headlines and laid out the local news section.
1994-96 Reporter/Editor, Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer. 1988-92 City Hall Reporter, The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass. 1990-91 Reporter, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, N.Y., 1988 Reporter. Register-Star, Hudson, N.Y. 1987, Reporter. The Independent, Hillsdale, N.Y. Covered local and state politics, business, crime, environmental issues, sports, wrote features, took photographs and edited copy.

Political and Corporate Communications Experience

1999-2000 Writer, Microsoft Research Web Site. Wrote articles describing the work of researchers at the cutting edge of computer science for the understanding of a general audience.
1998 Public Relations Greenpeace. Directed media relations in a successful campaign to persuade Home Depot to stop stocking interior trim made from ancient forests on the coast of British Columbia.
1991 Press Secretary, Chris Hodgkins for Congress. Advised the candidate, wrote speeches, and handled media relations for a thrilling but ultimately unsuccessful campaign in the first district of Massachusetts.

Business Experience

2004-2007 Knob Hill Partners, LLC. Managed a real estate development firm with $3.5 million in assets and 45 rental apartments. Assisted in the purchase, renovation and resale of several residential houses. Financed and permitted a condominium project in Housatonic, Mass. Massachusetts real estate license #9073538
2001- Daniel Bellow Pottery, specializing in high-fire functional porcelain and wood fired stoneware. Built my own kiln and studio, and show my work in prestigious galleries nationwide. I teach at Great Barrington Waldorf High School, and IS183 School of Art. To learn more, visit www.danielbellow.com

Education

1983-1987 Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Honors B.A., College of Letters. Reporter for the Wesleyan Argus.