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SHIRINE SAAD

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EDUCATION

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y Expected May 2010

Masters of Arts, Arts and Culture Journalism

Coursework includes building an arts journalism website, art criticism, digital skills.

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, N.Y May 2005

Master of Science, Magazine Journalism

Coursework in cultural reporting, magazine editing. Thesis subject: avant-garde fashion

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Bachelor of Arts in Art History and International Development, minor in economics Spring 2004

Coursework in contemporary art history, Middle-Eastern politics, literature and economics

EXPERIENCE

Editor-in-chief, MARIAGE QU BEC magazine, Montreal, Quebec 2007-2009

Montreal editor FASHION magazine

Responsible all visual and editorial content of Quebec s only wedding magazine; Edited and wrote the Montreal pages of

FASHION, Canada s leading fashion publication; Blogged; Wrote feature articles and news; Managed writers and

photographers; Liaison with advertising departments and fashion, arts, beauty and wedding industries; TV and radio

interviews and speeches at corporate events

Lifestyle editor, VOIR alternative weekly, Montreal, Quebec 2005-2007

Hired and directed a team of 10 journalists and photographers to produce 20 pages weekly or more; developed architecture,

design, fashion, beauty and health beats; Wrote breaking news, profiles, arts features; Wrote daily blog about fashion and

lifestyle

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

Aishti Magazine, Beirut, Freelancer; 2007-2009, features include avant-garde architecture, fashion and beauty F lare

Magazine, Toronto, Montreal correspondent; 2006-2008, monthly City News and monthly e-newsletter; wrote feature

articles about Lebanese fashion, ethical fashion and Uruguay Women s Wear Daily, New York, Freelancer; 2005-2007.

Interviews with Jim Jarmusch, Hani Rashid, Tom Krens, TV on the Radio, Karl Lagerfeld Elle Qu bec monthly magazine,

Montreal, Contributor; 2004-2006, reported on art and fashion in New York; lifestyle trends; cinema and design Elle, New

York, International Coordinator; Summer 2005, coordinated content with editors around the world New York City

Newsday, New York, Freelancer; Summer 2005, wrote articles about Arab art, street art and fashion; Le Devoir daily

newspaper, New York, Correspondent; 2004-2005, wrote features about the arts in New York. Cover story on Christo and

Jeanne-Claude s The Gates ; the new MoMA; Fashion Week, Le Delit Francais, McGill University s French weekly,

Montreal, Culture Editor; 2001-2002, assigned articles on a weekly basis to a team of 10 or more, wrote one to two feature

articles a week about art, fashion, cinema, dance, music and literature

INTERNSHIPS

Women s Wear Daily, New York, Intern; Spring 2005, conducted research for the editorial department, reported and wrote

articles about architecture, music, and fashion Trace monthly magazine, New York, Intern; Summer 2004, assisted the

fashion director; wrote for the Trace Newsletter Beaux Arts Magazine, Paris, Intern; Summer 2003, worked on the yearly

Fashion issue; wrote short exhibition reviews; assisted editors researching artists or features

LANGUAGES AND SKILLS

French (written and spoken), fluent Arabic, Office, Indesign, Photoshop, blogging software, Wordpress, digital photography,

Facebook, Twitter

REFERENCES

Available upon request

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