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MICHAEL
COLLINS
5543
10th St. N.
Arlington,
VA 22205
tel.
1-202-441-9762
email:
mcollins@gadflymedia.com
Consultant,
reporter and producer
6/98-present.
Regular
clients/projects:
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Editor,
Investing Across Borders:
Founding partner and manager of company developing information and content
strategy for mutual funds, money managers and online media. In addition to
consulting, we provide customized content on personal finance, international
investing and economic trends for a variety of media and money manager
Web sites, publications and broadcast outlets. |
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CBS
MarketWatch - Regular "Gadfly"
column on investor and consumer issues. |
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CNX
Media (formerly Preview Media) - Launch of
TV/Internet convergent products on health, personal finance and travel.
Produced or managed television and Internet news content syndicated to more
than 75 television stations. Worked closely with Internet partners Quicken.com
and HealthCentral.com, as
well as client stations. |
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Third
Age Media - Worked with a team that developed and provided a specialized
daily news and feature service for ThirdAge.com. |
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Producing
and writing assignments for KTVU-TV (Fox), KRON-TV (NBC), ABC News (20/20) and
KPIX-TV (CBS). |
Senior
Producer 10/95-6/98. Worldwide Television News,
London
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Editor
and field producer for international television news agency. Coordinated
worldwide coverage, satellite newsgathering and distribution as editor of
the day, output producer and planning editor. Wrote and edited news packages
as story producer. Worked closely with client media companies and local
journalists around the world. Field producing assignments included the 1997 change of
government in Zaire/Congo. |
London
Bureau Chief 2/93-10/95. United Press
International, London
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Chief
correspondent and editor for the United Kingdom and Ireland, in charge of
news and financial reporting staff in London, and correspondents in Dublin
and Belfast. Traveling senior correspondent for major stories in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa. Responsible for managing operations and budget in
the UK and Ireland, member of management committee for Europe, the Middle
East and Africa. |
Moscow
Correspondent 4/90-2/93, UPI, Moscow
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Daily
reporting on the Soviet Union and its collapse, covering stories ranging
from the August 1991 coup attempt and its aftermath to summits, space shots
and sports. Extensive coverage of the Soviet and Russian economy and
government. Assignments outside the former Soviet Union included the Middle
East peace process and the early stages of the Bosnian conflict. Daily radio
reports. Acting bureau chief 10/91-2/93. |
International
Desk 8/88-4/90, UPI, Washington, D.C.
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Day
editor for international news. Primary writer on the fall of communism in
Eastern Europe, the invasion of Panama and Middle East peace efforts. |
National
Desk 11/86-8/88, UPI, Washington, D.C.
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Night
editor for UPIs national newspaper wire. Coordinated nightly report and
edited stories from UPI bureaus around the United States. |
Reporter/Editor
1/84-11/86, UPI, Los Angeles, California.
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General
assignment reporter covering Southern California. Stories included the 1984
Olympics, the 1985 "Night Stalker" serial murders, plane crashes
and the Grammys. Eight months on police beat and shorter periods at City
Hall, courthouse and Orange County bureaus, as well as periods on the
financial and radio desks. |
Contributing
Writer 3/83-5/84, News Circle Publishing, Glendale,
California.
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Feature
writer and editor for monthly magazines on business in the Middle East. |
EDUCATION
California
State University, Northridge
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Bachelor
of Arts, May 1984 |
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Major:
Journalism. Minor: Economics. |
OTHER
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Languages:
Basic Russian and French. |
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Television:
Satellite and technical facilities skills; basic VT editing ability. |
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Courses:
Risk Assessment/Hostile Environments, September 1997 |
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