JOSEPH MICHAEL PICARD

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EDUCATION: B.A. English Literature, M.A. English Literature, Rutgers University, Newark. 99th Percentile National Teachers Exam 1991 English Language and Literature

EXPERIENCE:

9/18 – Present Freelance editor, writer: editing all mainstream material.

4/15 – 9/18 Managing Editor — The Sparta Independent and the Township Journal, Straus News, Chester, NY

3/13 – 4/15 Comment Editor — The Hill newspaper, Washington, D.C.

2/11 – 3/13 Editor — The Hill newspaper, Washington, D.C.

6/10 – 2/11 Editor — International Business Times, NY, NY

7/07 – 6/10 Publicist — Housing & Community Development Network of NJ, Trenton NJ

1/07 – 6/07 Business Administrator — Operations Concepts, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ

5/06 - 1/07 Speechwriter — Commissioner’s Office, New Jersey Department of Community

Affairs, Trenton, NJ

5/85 - 5/06 Editor/Writer — Asbury Park Press, Neptune, NJ; Home News Tribune, East

Brunswick, NJ; The News Tribune, Woodbridge, NJ;

Union Leader, Union, NJ; Empire State Business, NY, NY.

5/94 - 6/00 English Instructor — Rutgers University, Newark, NJ; Union County College,

Cranford, NJ; Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ

PUBLISHED WORK: Laying Down the Law by Joe Clark and Joe Picard (Regnery Gateway; 1989). Numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, New Jersey Monthly, The Village Voice, Metropolis and American Horticultural.

AWARDS: Shared New Jersey Press Association Award (1999) for “Public Access Denied” series in Gannett New Jersey newspapers; Shared Garden State Association of Black Journalists Award (2006) for Black History Month series; Citation from Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (2003) for coverage of affordable housing crisis; Citation from Union Township Fire Department for excellence in coverage.

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