DAVID G. BOGOSLAW
Brooklyn, New York 11213
H: 718-***-**** / M: 646-***-****
acuexu@r.postjobfree.com / Twitter @DavidBogoslaw
MAGAZINE & ONLINE CONTENT EDITOR / FEATURE WRITER / CONSULTANT
Business & Financial Subjects / Corporate Governance, Risk & Compliance /
Environmental & Science Topics
Ardent professional dedicated to explaining business and other news and
trends to general readers, with special attention to the impact of U.S.
regulations and public policy shifts on various industries. Creative self-
starter committed to analyzing financial and technical data, interviewing
experts and conducting thorough research on a range of policy issues.
Assign, edit, and write stories for news magazines, web sites and video
documentaries. Attention to detail, accuracy and speed and ability to
thrive in fast-paced deadline-oriented environment. Master's in
International & Public Affairs with media & communications focus.
Editing / Research & Text for Slideshows & Exhibits / Spoken and Written
Communications /
Consulting & Programming for Governance Roundtables & Symposia / Film &
Video Shooting & Editing
Funding Proposals / Interactive Public Speaking / Program Planning
Skills: Mac OS, PowerPoint; InDesign, Dreamweaver CS5, WordPress, Twitter,
Hoot Suite, Mailchimp
Motivated / Reliable / Collaborative / Innovative / Resourceful / Intrepid
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
IR Media Group (Formerly Cross Border USA), New York
2/14 - Present
Editor & Online Features Producer, Corporate Secretary Magazine
Planning content, assigning and editing articles on corporate governance,
ethics & compliance and risk management, and writing features for
magazine's quarterly print edition and daily postings on magazine's
website. Helping to program and plan governance think tanks hosted by our
magazine. Managing magazine's social media presence on Twitter, LinkedIn
and other platforms. Evaluating nominations for annual corporate
governance awards to create shortlists and coordination with judges.
Freelance Editing & Consulting
6/14 - Present
Helping board consultants develop and refine their ideas for the
corporate and nonprofit clients they
work with. Editing texts for project proposals, training pamphlets
and books, articles and speeches.
IR Media Group
3/13 - 2/14
Associate Editor & Online Features Producer, Corporate Secretary
Magazine
Editorial planning and manage content for magazine's website, refreshing
news about 15 topic areas in addition to webinars, other multimedia
content. Assigning and editing stories by freelance reporters and writing
feature for magazine's monthly print edition. Contributing to magazine's
social media presence.
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Freelance Business Writing
6/12 - 2/13
Writing articles about healthcare technology, executive MBA programs,
sustainable travel and other topics
for Advanstar Communications, www.poetsandquantsforexecs.com, and
marketing content for Legg Mason.
Public Citizen - Global Trade Watch, Washington, D.C.
10/11 - 6/12
Development & Online Communications Associate
Managed GTW's website content, including audio-visual and interactive
media, re-designing of web page layouts, archiving GTW materials. Wrote
and edited grant proposals & reports for funders about ongoing work to
expand public awareness of conflicts between international trade pacts
and U.S. regulatory policy.
Highlights
( Improved website's layout and organization to make it more easily
navigable.
( Improved presentation of GTW's work and accomplishments in funding
reports.
Bloomberg Businessweek, New York
5/07 - 6/11
Finance Reporter
Covered all aspects of financial industry, including mutual funds,
private equity, individual stocks, corporate and government debt,
commodities, currencies. Reviewed new uses of social media for online
investing, personal finance web sites and other new investment products
and services.
Highlights
( Reported on various federal government policy responses to the
financial crisis and resulting recession, including stories on bank
bailouts, Treasury Department's proposal to buy and modify bad
mortgages from servicers and the Obama Administration's economic
stimulus program.
( Conceived idea for and contributed to a special report by
Businessweek's Personal Finance team on improving financial literacy
among investors and consumers after the financial crisis.
( Wrote a series of stories reviewing online investment and money
management websites and online investing communities, evaluating them
based on user friendliness and social networking features.
( Wrote regularly about corporate governance, risk management, executive
compensation, financial reporting standards and shareholder activism,
and on socially responsible investing, renewable energy, "smart grid"
buildout, water safety/efficiency technologies and hydro-fracking
environmental risks.
( Wrote an early story speculating about possibility of Lehman Brothers'
failing, published in March 2008, just after Bear Stearns' purchase by
J.P. MorganChase and seven months before Lehman's collapse.
Dow Jones Newswires, New York
3/00 - 3/06
Equities Reporter
3/02 - 3/06
Highlights
( Reported breaking news, features and trend stories about energy
and chemical industries and issues,
often including analysis of contradictions on companies'
financial statements.
( Chronicled meltdown of wholesale energy trading post-Enron,
mergers/acquisitions among oil
and natural gas producers and electric utilities, changes in oil
refining business, and impact of
energy legislation on businesses.
( Published stories on newswires, in Wall Street Journal, Barrons,
National Post, local U.S. newspapers.
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Commodities Reporter
3/00 - 3/02
Highlights
( Reported on daily market moves in base and precious metals' futures
markets at New York Mercantile Exchange and in cash markets and impact
of foreign currency moves on metals prices.
( Covered London Metals Week in London and other industry conferences.
Time Magazine, New York, NY
9/99 - 3/00
News Desk Editor
Coordinated traffic of stories between editorial sections, bureaus,
staff contributors and stringers
at Time's News Service.
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Rome, Dublin, London
6/98 - 7/98
Media Intern
Developed media strategy to improve focus of FAO's outreach to
governmental, NGO and media organizations in Ireland and the United
Kingdom based on extensive interviews with government
ministers, consumer and farmer advocates and media representatives.
SGI-USA/UNICEF, New York, NY 4/96 -
11/96
Public Relations Director, Research Coordinator
Highlights
( Coordinated initial press and publicity for not-for-profit
organization's interactive exhibition,
"Treasuring the Future: Children's Rights & Realities," created
in cooperation between
UNICEF and SGI-USA's Youth Peace Committee to commemorate
UNICEF's 50th anniversary.
( Oversaw research based on 1989 Convention on the Rights of the
Child and other sources used
to create text and graphics of exhibition panels.
Independent Film/Video Maker
Co-Producer, Director, Writer, "Credible Fear," New York, NY
2/99 - 5/99
20-minute graduate broadcast project at Columbia Journalism School on
an ethnic Albanian
refugee family from Kosovo that entered U.S. illegally before U.S.
bombing of Serbia.
Director, Producer, Co-Writer, Editor, "Seeing," New York, NY
1993 - 1994
Award-winning 16mm narrative short film that reflects on immigration
policy and race. Screened at Virginia Festival of American Film, New
Orleans Film Festival, Cinequest, Brno 16 in the Czech Republic.
EDUCATION
Columbia University, School of International & Public Affairs, New York, NY
Master of International Affairs, (M.I.A.), International Media &
Communications
New York University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Major: History, Minor: Political Science