September 2003 - November 2006 New Delhi, India VOA’s South Asia Correspondent/ Bureau Chief Duties include: Reporting, producing, shooting and editing radio and TV current affairs packages; participating in live radio programming on events throughout India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan and Iraq. Events covered include: Sri Lanka undeclared civil war, Kashmir earthquake, Afghanistan parliamentary election, post-invasion Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan in transition, Indian Ocean tsunami, Iranian parliamentary election, Darfur crisis and more. February 1998 – September 2003 Jakarta, Indonesia Freelance Broadcast Journalist Regional work includes: • Covering all levels of Indonesia politics including the fall of Presidents Suharto and Abdurrachman Wahid; various and sometimes violent student demonstrations; separatist conflicts in outlying provinces; the Bali bombing and other terrorism-related events. • Covering spectrum of events leading to East Timor’s independence – from period preceding 1999’s violent referendum up through 2002 declaration of independence • Covering development of the foreign hostage crises in the southern Philippines May/June 2000; the deployment of US forces February 2002 • Covering aspects of Afghanistan’s political situation after the fall of Taliban and Pakistan’s political situation; January – February 2002 Clients include: • The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation o Television and radio stringer for daily news and current affairs for CBC’s Toronto and Vancouver news desks o Responsible for reporting, producing and shooting current affairs packages for CBC Newsworld programs: Foreign Assignment, Schlesinger, Pacific Rim Report o Contributor to CBC Network News o Producer for CBC Regional correspondents • Voice of America -- Retainered stringer for VOA daily news broadcasts and features for Hong Kong and Washington News Desks. Stringer for VOA Television. • The British Broadcasting Corporation -- Fill-in reporter for World Service Radio and Television • Contributor to APTN Roving Report; Star TV; International Herald Tribune – TV including shooting and writing television current affairs stories from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Indonesia. • Contributor to CNN; CNBC; Radio Deutsche Welle; KQED – Pacific Time; ABC Asia Pacific; Vatican Radio; RTHK Hong Kong • Contributor to National Public Radio (USA). Filing news and features, including packages for the current affairs program, All Things Considered August 1997 -- February 1998 Hong Kong CNBC Business News • Writer and line producer for daily hour-long news program, Business Today. Responsible for all program content consisting of taped segments and studio interviews as well as story assignments and script approval. Also copy editing of anchor copy. Provided editorial direction to CNBC news desk. • Reporter for news packages. • Line producer for “capsule” news updates broadcast throughout the day. • Writer for various programs including Morning Call, India Morning Call, and Market Wrap. June – July 1997 Hong Kong Freelance Producer -- Asia Pacific Vision • Assisted coverage of various events leading up to the 1997 Handover of Hong Kong to China for Channel 9 Sydney and other international clients. • Production assistant for BBC documentary, The Last Governor. • Producer for coverage between Channel 9 and BBC for coverage of the aftermath of the Cambodian coup d’etat and events leading up to it. ABC - Nightline • Assistant producer for Nightline’s coverage of the show trial of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot. Provided editorial direction and assisted coordination of 20 person team on assignment in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March - June 1997 Cairo, Egypt Freelance journalist • Writer and producer of news features for AP-TV • Stringer for National Public Radio May - November 1996 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Freelance journalist • Extensively researched freelance television documentary on the politics of genocide in Cambodia. Production not achieved. But research was contributed to a colleague’s book on the role of the international community in Cambodia’s political development. • Shot and reported various news events for both television and print clients. February - March 1996 London, UK WorldWide Television News • Scripter for television news agency. Produced and wrote one to two minute packages for international news clients. In-take and satellite editing experience April 1994 – November 1995 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Television Producer Indochine Productions (private tv production company) • Produced a series of business news features throughout Cambodia and Vietnam for Dow Jones -owned Asia Business News, Singapore. Developed and researched story lines, and wrote the scripts for these features broadcast throughout Asia, Australia and the western United States. • Field producer for Reuters-TV, Cambodia. Covered daily news, filed stories against deadline under difficult conditions, including intensive field work in the course of covering two extended hostage crises -- securing access, interviews and footage as events unfolded. Also arranged important interviews and covered official visits. • Assisted documentary production for several international networks including television coverage of the twentieth anniversary of the Fall of Saigon for the Channel 7 (Sydney) current affairs program Today, Tonight. • Regular local producer for Channel 7 (Sydney) and Channel 9 (Sydney) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for Cambodian news coverage, including hostage crises listed above. March - April 1994 Bosnia-Herzegovina Published freelance articles on the political situation in the former Yugoslavia. January - November 1993 Phnom Penh, Cambodia United Press International / Freelance reporter • Reporter and substitute correspondent, covering daily news during the United Nations peacekeeping mission and the UN-sponsored national elections, obtaining exclusive print interview with Prime Minister Hun Sen during election campaign. • Published several freelance articles on business and politics for the English bi-monthly Phnom Penh Post, The Bangkok Post, The Australian and the United Nations publication, The Peacekeeper. • Published photos for Agence France Presse, The Phnom Penh Post, The Bangkok Post. October 1991 - October 1992 Lampang, Thailand Volunteer English teacher Taught English at a Thai junior college to students of varying abilities, through the WorldTeach program, then under the auspices of Harvard University __________________________________________________ EDUCATION William Smith College Geneva, New York 1987-1991 • Received Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature • spent two terms studying abroad in Angers, France; and Quito, Ecuador __________________________________________________ AWARDS/GRANTS • Winner of VOA's Cowan Award for Humanitarian Reporting, 2004 • Co-winner of Silver Medal, 2006, New York Festivals for tsunami coverage • Received a grant from the Rory Peck Freelancer Trust to take a hostile environments training course, September 2001 __________________________________________________ OTHER QUALIFICATIONS • Non-linear video editing on FINAL CUT PRO, AVID-DV EXPRESS, and on Beta decks. Sound editing on Adobe Audition • Eight years shooting experience with Sony HVR-Z1, Sony PD-170, Sony VX-1000 cameras. • Languages: Native English; fluency in spoken and written French and Spanish; basic conversational Bahasa Indonesia, Thai; ability to eavesdrop in Khmer • American citizen. Date of Birth: 18 May 1969  Co-founder and Multimedia Editor of the online, international current affairs web-magazine, Dispatches. Coming Soon... Mary Patricia Nunan mpnunan@ gmail.com Skype ID: mpnunan
                  
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