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)
Beste Jody,
Ik las dat je een cursus “hekserij” volgde bij Mireille De Vos. Hoe kwam die dame bij u over: als “kundig” of als “amateur”? Bedankt voor je antwoord.
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Marijke Verhaeghe