Freda Moon
Relevant Employment
| November, 2009 - Present | Co-Founder & Web Editor, TheAVA.com |
| Anderson Valley Advertiser. | |
Designed and launched the website for TheAVA.com, the local, non-profit news website for Mendocino County, California. |
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May, 2009 - Present |
Freelance Guidebook Author |
| Lonely Planet | |
Authored the "Around Mexico City" chapter of Mexico, 12th Edition. Currently at work on Lonely Planet New England. |
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| April, 2009 - Present | Reporter |
| Anderson Valley Advertiser | |
| Mendocino County, California | |
| February, 2008 - Present | Freelance Writer |
New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, In These Times, GQ.com, Women's E-News and elsewhere. |
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| Writing from California, Mexico & Central America on politics, food, travel and more. | |
| January, 2007 - | Staff Writer |
| February, 2008 | New Haven Advocate |
| New Haven, Connecticut | |
| Wrote both long-form and news stories on topics ranging from politics to food. | |
| May, 2006 - August, 2006 | Editorial Internship |
| Anderson Valley Advertiser | |
| Mendocino County, California | |
| August, 2004 - July, 2005 | Producer & Content Writer |
| Madhava Media (now NextPoint) | |
| Chicago, Illinois | |
| August - October, 2003 | Press Office Assistant (Internship) |
| Chicago International Film Festival | |
| Chicago, Illinois | |
| September, 2002 - | Publicity and Production Assistant |
| June, 2003 | UC Santa Cruz Arts and Lectures |
| Santa Cruz, California |
Education
| New York University | MA, Magazine Journalism |
| December, 2006 | Portfolio Honors Program |
| University of Calif., Santa Cruz | BA, Politics |
| June, 2003 | Specialization in Latin America |
| Honor Roll |
Awards:
Jennifer Leonard Fellowship Recipient
Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE / CAR Conference, 2009
Freelance Writer & Reporter
- The New York Times
- Sunset Magazine
- The San Francisco Chronicle
- In These Times Magazine
- Centerstage Chicago
- Budget Savvy Magazine
- Women's E-News
- Swagger Magazine
- The Anderson Valley Advertiser
Additional clips available online at: journalism.nyu.edu/portfolio/moon
Skills & Experience
- Conversational Spanish
- Production skills, including basic audio / video editing, photography and web design.
- Proficient in Macromedia Fireworks and Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop and PageMaker and basic HTML).
- Extensive travel experience in North, Central and South-America, Southeast Asia, and Mediterranean Europe
- Research and investigative skills, including long-term projects requiring digital databases, libraries and physical archives.
- NICAR trained in Computer Assisted Reporting techniques.
