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Education

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; completing BA in Economics and BA in Communications. 1993-present.

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; Photography and Middle East Politics; 1987-1989.

Photo Editor; The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, MI; Responsible for a staff of 12 photographers and all photo purchasing and trouble shooting. Switched the newspaper to full color processing and printing and scanning all negatives. Arranged local assignments and remote transmissions. Created a digital archiving system for the newspaper on CD-ROM.

Freelance Photography; Clients include The University of Michigan, PR Newswire, MLS Corporation, CBS, Washington Post, Chronicle of Higher Education, Associated Press, Reuters, Gamma-Liason, and others. Provided clients with photography and digital imaging for editorial, brochure, and print advertisements. 1985-present.

Web Development; The Michigan Daiy, Ann Arbor, MI; Converted the newspaper for internet/WWW delivery. Developed automated content and design systems for putting the daily newspaper content on the web. Was responsible for hiring a staff and computer hardaware and software purchases. 1993-95. www.pub.umich.edu/daily/

Standardized Patient Instructor; The University of Michigan Medical School; Conducted interviews with medical students, giving them feedback in interview techniques for HIV/AIDS risk assessment. 1993-present.

Photographer; The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, MI; Responsible for photographing assignments for the daily newspaper. Also responsible for finding photos on the AP Leaf Desk and toning them for the newspaper. 1993-94.

Consultant; International Baby Food Action Network; Monitoring of the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Occupied West Bank and Gaza. 1992.

Information Manager; Action for Corporate Accountability; New Haven, CT; Responsible for compiling information, press clippings, and data base management.

1992 Contributing Photographer; Impact Visuals Photo Agency, New York, NY. 1990-92.

Grant Writer; In Defense of Children Under Occupation; Haifa, Israel; Grant writing and photography. 1989-92.

Grant Writer; Partnership; Haifa, Israel; Grant writing and photography. 1989.

Was a contributing writer for the book, "Cyberhound" a review of Internet sites published by Gale, 1996. Responsible for reviewing computer related sites. This work is also available on the web at: www.cyberhound.com

Paper, "Implementation of the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes in the Middle East," IBFAN, 1992.

"Id-Al-Atha," A children's book of photographs about the Muslim holiday, Acre Publishing, 1992.

Video, "Children Under Occupation," Swiss television, UN Conference on Palestine, parts of the video also shown on Italian and Icelandic television, 1991.

Photographs have been published in Middle East Report, The Guardian, Lies of Our Times, Rolling Stone, Kol Haifa, Il Itihad, The Wolverine, Detroit Jewish News, The Michigan Daily, The Washington Post, Agenda, Ann Arbor Observer, Associated Press, PR Newswire, The New York Times, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Swing Magazine and others.

Participated in the National Press Photographers Association Electronic Photojournalism Workshop's Virtual Stories 1994. See the resulting story in PDF here.

Proficiency in Macintosh digital imaging including Photoshop, Quark, Pagemaker, Debabelizer, CD-ROM authoring. Familiar with Windows and DOS systems as well as the UNIX platform. Proficient with photographic transmissions using various programs including the AP Leaf Desk, Telefinder and other programs. Use of the Internet for FTP transfers, web site design, and research. Knowledgeable in web site imaging and site design using BBedit and Debabelizer. Has Macintosh portable computer with internet and transmission capability as well as a Nikon Super Coolscan for imaging 35mm film at 2700 dpi.

Awards

Columbia Press Association; Gold Circle Awards, First Place Sports Photograph; 1995.