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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:

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.

CBS MarketWatch - Regular "Gadfly" column on investor and consumer issues.

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.

Third Age Media - Worked with a team that developed and provided a specialized daily news and feature service for ThirdAge.com.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Night editor for UPI’s 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.

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.

Feature writer and editor for monthly magazines on business in the Middle East.

 

EDUCATION

 California State University, Northridge

Bachelor of Arts, May 1984

Major: Journalism. Minor: Economics.

 

OTHER

 Languages: Basic Russian and French.

Television: Satellite and technical facilities skills; basic VT editing ability.

Courses: Risk Assessment/Hostile Environments, September 1997

 

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