User:Stephane Fitch

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Forbes, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London Sept. 1998 - present Report and write feature stories for a financially savvy readership of 1 million. Work demands investigative skill and a flair for contrary thinking. Cover wide range of subjects, from upheavals at large corporations to foibles of Wall Street outcasts to major shifts in the economy.

Dow Jones News Service, New York Oct. 1996 - Aug. 1998 Wrote about the stock market, corporate mergers and real estate. Stories ranged from spot news directed solely at the wire’s 200,000 Wall Street subscribers to features destined for publication in Wall Street Journal and other newspapers nationwide.

Institutional Investor newsletters, New York June 1995 - Jan. 1996 Followed commercial real estate business for a newsletter called Real Estate Finance & Investment. Uncovered prospective deals for skyscrapers, profiled the strategies of major investors, and reviewed the latest market research. One thousand readers, mostly professional investors, advisors, brokers and analysts.

The Nation, New York Jan. 1995 - June 1995 Assisted writers and columnists, mostly Alexander Cockburn, with research, writing and fact-checking. Also wrote under my own byline. The Nation, with its 85,000 readers, is the oldest U.S. weekly and a leading journal of leftist commentary.

Casco Bay Weekly, Portland, Maine May 1993 - June 1994 Wrote and reported on local politics and news for this alternative weekly with 30,000 readers.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Morgan Stanley, New York Jan. 1996 - July 1996 Bond sales assistant.

Pocket Books, New York Aug. 1994 - Dec. 1994 Assistant to managing editor.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, English French American Literature, Creative Writing Institute for American Universities University of Maine Avignon, France, Fall 1991 Orono, Me., May 1991 Université Laval Québèc, Canada, Summer 1990