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JENNIFER FLORENCE STEIL
London, England
UK mobile: +44 7891 494 974
Home: +44 208 743 6086
EDUCATION:
MS, Journalism, with Honors, Columbia University Graduate School of
Journalism, May 1997
MFA, Creative Writing/Fiction, Sarah Lawrence College, May 1996
BA, Theatre, Oberlin College, May 1990
Travel Writing Class at Mediabistro with James Sturz, 2005
AWARDS:
Residency, The Julia and David White Artists’ Colony, Sept. 2005
First Place, Specialty Reporting Portfolio, the New Jersey Press
Association’s 1998 Better Newspaper Contest
First Place (staff award), Lloyd P. Burns Memorial Award for Public
Service, for the series “Heroin: A Clear and Present Danger,” the New
Jersey Press Association’s 1998 Better Newspaper Contest
MOST RECENT PROJECT:
Author, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, a memoir of a year running a newspaper in Yemen, published by Broadway Books/Random House in May 2010. Foreign rights have already been sold to publishers in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey. It comes out in paperback this spring.
The book received a rave review in The New York Times and was chosen as a Travel Book of the Year by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. Elle magazine awarded it its Readers’ Prize in August 2010. It has been reviewed in countless other periodicals and blogs.
I also recorded the narration for the audio book of The Woman Who Fell From the Sky, also released in May 2010.
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE:
Die Welt, Freelancer
Wrote a long newsy feature on Yemen’s revolution
The Washington Times, Freelancer
Wrote pieces on the UK’s coalition government and on Prince William’s wedding
New York Post, Freelancer
Wrote a piece on Yemen for the Sunday edition, November 7, 2010
Readers’ Digest Version, Freelancer
Write several pieces a week on health, travel, garden, food, and babies/toddlers
Irish National Radio, Freelancer
September 2008
Reported, wrote, and recorded a piece on Somali refugees in Yemen
June 2009
Reported on the Yemenia plane crash near the Comoros Islands
France 24 (English), Freelancer
June 2009
Reported and wrote five on-air pieces on the Yemenia plan crash near the Comoros
CBS radio, Freelancer
September 2008
Reported on the terrorist attack on the American Embassy in Sana’a
GRN Global Reporter Network Service, Correspondent
2007-Present
Report and write stories on Yemen for media outlets around the world
Yemen Observer, Editor-in-chief, Sana’a, Yemen
September 2006-September 2007
Overhauled and edited the entire newspaper, managed staff, and wrote news, features, and editorials
The Week, Senior Editor, New York, NY
February 2001-August 2006
Wrote and edited health, science, theater, travel, opera, art, and film pages
Folio: The magazine for magazine management, Associate Editor, New York, NY
October 1999—March 2001
Wrote news and feature stories about all aspects of the magazine business, including new launches, repositioning, information technology, editorial issues and advertising
Playgirl, Associate Editor, New York, NY
March-October 1999
Wrote features, assigned and edited stories, reviewed books, CD’s
and videos
Daily Record, Health/General Assignment Reporter, Parsippany, NJ
October 1998-March 1999
Covered health issues, breaking news and general features
Daily Record, Municipal Reporter, Parsippany, NJ
October 1997-1998
Covered five towns, wrote features on education, health,
development issues and politics
County Forum, Co-host of cable news program, Randolph, NJ
May-August 1998
Interviewed newsmakers on issues affecting Morris County
The Patriot Ledger, Intern/Reporter, Quincy, MA
June-October 1997
Covered two towns, wrote features on religion, health, business,
art, kids and other subjects
Good Housekeeping, Freelancer, New York, NY
August 1997-present
Wrote several stories, including a profile and a humor page
Life, Stringer, New York, NY January 1997
Reported for special issue in May, 1997
Time, Stringer, New York, NY January 1997
Reported for cover story on Ennis Cosby, January 27, 1997
Executive Media Corporation, Reporter/Copy Editor, New York, NY
January-March 1996
Reported and edited business articles for three weekly business
newsletters
The Missoula Magazine, Reporter, Missoula, MT
June-August 1994
Wrote features on local artists
SPECIALIZED TRAINING/SKILLS:
Traveling, Training Journalists, Yoga, Nexis/Lexis, Marathon Running, Acting/Theater, Grammar, Weight Lifting, Teaching, French, Some Spanish, Arabic, Swimming, Hiking
