Susan Ladika Resume

 

EXPERIENCE

Writer & Editor - Tampa, Florida
October 2001-Present  

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• Have written freelance articles for such magazines and newspapers as Science, Town & Country, The San Francisco Chronicle, The St. Petersburg Times, AmericanStyle, HR Magazine, Workforce Management, Developer, The Tampa Bay Business Journal, and a wide range of other consumer and trade publications
• Edited a number of projects for the World Bank
• Worked part time for The Associated Press and spent 1 ½ years as a part-time copy editor at The St. Petersburg Times

 

Writer & Editor - Vienna, Austria
May 1995-October 2001

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• Worked part time for The Associated Press, writing articles and editing copy produced by non-native English speakers in bureaus throughout Central and Eastern Europe
• Freelanced for wide variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal-Europe, U.S. News & World Report, The Economist, USA Today, The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe, and many others
• Worked as field producer for “Secrets of the Sequence,” which aired on PBS about a new DNA identification project in Bosnia
• Wrote a chapter on European job creation for the book “Europe in the New Century,” backed by the European Union
• Edited several books and book chapters written by non-native English speakers for academic institutions.

 

Reporter - Budapest, Hungary
October 1994-May 1995

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• Reporter for The Budapest Sun, an English-language newspaper. Focused on business and real estate.

 

Bureau Chief/Editor - Tampa, Florida
October 1986-October 1994

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• Bureau chief at The Tampa Tribune from 1990 to 1994. Responsible for supervising staff of six and overseeing all aspects of production of daily regional section of the paper. From 1986 to 1990, held various editing positions, including copy editor, night county editor and copy desk chief.

 

Copy Editor - Asheville, North Carolina
June 1985-September 1986

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• Copy editor for The Asheville Citizen. Copy edited and designed A, Metro and Business sections.

 

Reporter/Copy Editor - Panama City, Florida
March 1982-June 1985

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• Began journalism career as reporter and editor for The Panama City News-Herald. Covered wide range of topics, including tourism, development and city governments. Copy edited and designed A and Metro sections.

 

EDUCATION

Evanston, Illinois
September 1978-March 1982

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• Graduated with bachelor’s of science degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

 

HONORS

• Received fellowship from the German Marshall Fund of the United States in 1993 to study the economies of European Union countries. Based in Brussels, Belgium, and traveled extensively in Western Europe.