Objectives

An (inter)national (travel) writing position that will enable me to express opinions. I work from home, through e-mail.

Educational Background

• London School of Journalism
  Freelance and feature writing (11/2005)
  BBC online courses (http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting)
• Get writing: finding inspiration, finding your voice, descriptive powers (11/2005)
• Diploma counseling specialization (9/2003)
• Diploma counseling (4/2003)
• A level statistics (6/2001) at University of Ghent
• Certificate history and systems of psychology (6/2001) at University of Ghent
• Certificate ethics (6/2001) at University of Ghent
• A level English (6/2000) at BME Ghent college, computer sciences:
• Certificate Spanish (6/1999) at Private lessons:
• Certificate economy and modern languages (6/1999) at St. Lodewijk high school:
• Certificate management (6/1999) at St. Lodewijk high school:
• Certificate Latin (6/1995) at Wispelberg junior high:

Qualifications and Skills

Writing

• Writer since 1995 for magazines, newsletters, newspapers and websites
• Experience in web writing, column writing, travel writing, reviewing and interviewing
• Genre: opinion, experience, personal, essay
• Author of 40 articles in 11 publications

Translating

• Dutch: excellent
• English: excellent
• French: good
• German: basic
• Spanish: basic

Translated 5 documents

Public Relations

• Databases of local, national and international journalists
  Internet & HTML
• Webmaster for www.jodydonnelly.com
  familiar with HTML, XML, PHP, ASP, javascript and vbscript
• Familiar with desktop publishing programs, including Dreamweaver, Visual Studio, FTP pro, Acrobat, OpenOffice, Firefox, Babylon

Writing Experience

• Jackies www.jackiss.nl
  Group site for young people with a disability, The Netherlands
  opinion column since 7/2006
• De Bron www.vlaf.be
• Magazine about a physical disease, Belgium
  experience column since 7/2005
• Hart voor Dieren www.hartvoordieren.nl
• Pet magazine, The Netherlands
  travel story, 3/1995
• ’t Fakkeltje www.hujo.be
• Humanist youth magazine, Belgium
• travel story, 4/1995
• Bladerklad www.hujo.be
• Newsletter humanistic youngsters, Belgium
  opinion columns, 5/2004-5/2005
• Nieuwsbrief Ataxie van Friedreich www.vsn.nl
• Dutch newsletter about a physical disease, The Netherlands
  opinion/experience column sinc  e 9/2004
• Struikgewas www.stuikgewas.be
• A different view at the news, Belgium
• opinion/experience columns, 4/2005-7/2005
• Gent Blogt www.gentblogt.be
• Gent city bloggers blog about Gent, Belgium
  experience columns, 5/2005
• Het Belang van Limburg www.hbvl.be
• Local newspaper, Belgium
  opinion column, 9/2004
• Blogit www.blogit.com
• Online writing market, international
  Numerous personal columns and essays, 7/2004-10/2005
• TheWeblogProject www.theweblogproject.com
• E-interview about the movie, Rome, Italy
  1 intview with Robin Good, 5/2005
• Rssfeeds www.rssfeeds.be,Blog platform, Belgium, blog reviews, 8/2005-6/2005
• Translate
• English-Dutch: Marcel D’hoore, 2005
  English-French: curriculum vitae Chris 1997
• Public Relations
• Het Laatste Nieuws
  National newspaper, Belgium
  3 articles by Chris Snick, 5/2005, 6/2005, 7/2005
• De Gentenaar
• Local newspaper, Belgium
  1 article by Inge Guns, 5/2005
• Press releases
• National, Belgium
  Quit smoking project, 5/2005
• Het Belang van Limburg
• Local newspaper, Belgium
  1 column by Denise M.-5/2005
• Onder Ons
• National magazine, Belgium
  1 article by Bea De Rouck,-4/2004
• Het Volk
• National newspaper, Belgium
  1 article by Helena Wilmet, 10/2003

Awards and Memberships

• Member Club Schrijven
• Member Writer’s Digest
• Blogit membership, online writing market (2004)
• Nedstat listing in top 10 (9/2003)
• Nomination for international Diarist Awards with my journal blog (2003)
• Certificated witch course in magic by Mireille De Vos (5/1999)
• Winner essay contest about Anne Frank (1994)