Caitlin Kelly: Writer and Editor  
 
         
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    Caitlin Kelly
222 Martling Avenue 6G Tarrytown, NY 10591 - Phone: 914-332-6065

   
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  2006-2008
Freelance Writer
The New York Times, Chatelaine, Boys' Life, Creative Living, RiseUp, Westchester Cottages and Gardens, Westchester Magazine, Syracuse University
   
 
  • Edited 100+ business profiles for Inc.com 5,000.
  • Board member of 1.267-member American Association of Journalists and Authors.
  • Planned, organized and moderated a four-person panel of New York Times editors; 55 attended, one of whom made first NYT sales six weeks later.
   
       
  2005-2006
Staff Reporter / Feature Writer
Daily News, New York, NY
   
   
  • Produced 68 news and feature stories, many self-generated.
  • First to write about the new life, work and relationships of former N.J. governor Jim McGreevey. Front page
  • First to focus on the 6,000 immigrant children detained annually, invisibly and with no legal right to counsel, by DHS
  • First to investigate lack of security in the cruise ship industry
   
 
    2002-2004
Author
Blown Away: American Women and Guns, Pocket Books, 2004
   
   
  • Bought by 591 libraries worldwide, including Yale, Yale Law School, Harvard, Princeton and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
  • "Invaluable," said Booklist.
   
    Freelance Writer
The New York Times, The New York Post, Hartford Courant, Dallas Morning News, More, Chatelaine (Canada's largest women’s magazine, circ. 1 million.)
   
 
    1996-2002
Freelance Writer
The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, Penthouse, Glamour, BusinessWeek, Town & Country, Family Circle, Ottawa Citizen
   
   
  • Reported/wrote first story on DNA testing of 9/11 victims, 1500 words in 12 hours; sold to VSD (French newsweekly), London Sunday Telegraph, and New Zealand Herald
  • Wrote 2,500-word sports story, reported from Minneapolis, in two days for Gruner & Jahr custom publishing
  • Monthly contributor to Ottawa Citizen
   
    Contributing Editor
Internet, quokka.com, sports website
   
 
    1996
Senior Editor
WorldBusiness, New York, NY
   
   
  • Planned, assigned, wrote and edited six 1,500-word features per issue for international bimonthly business magazine
   
 
    1995
Editor in Chief
Forecast, New York, NY
   
   
  • Edited 48-page national business magazine
   
 
    1990-1992
Senior Editor
Word Press Review, New York, NY
   
   
  • Edited 10,000+ words monthly from international press in French and Spanish
  • Planned covers and editorial packages
   
 
         
    FELLOWSHIPS    
    2003, The Poynter Institute, reporting on religion, faith and values    
  2001, Knight Fellow, the new workplace    
    1999, Knight Fellow, the business of sports    
  1992, Knight Fellow, nuclear proliferation    
  1982, Journalists in Europe, 8-month EU fellowship, Paris    
         
    LANGUAGES    
    Fluent French and Spanish    
         
    PERSONAL DETAILS    
    Co-ed softball player    
    Professional photography at 6thfloorpix.com    
    Former nationally ranked saber fencer    
    Trustee: Writers Emergency Assistance Fund