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About me
Miriam Shaviv
Tel: 020-8444-9437 Email: miriam@miriamshaviv.com Website: www.miriamshaviv.com
D.O.B: 24 August, 1976 / Citizenship: British, Canadian
(Relocated to London on marriage)
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§ Trained journalist with
versatile experience as writer, editor and proof-reader in print and online
– including senior positions as innovative and very successful Literary Editor
of The Jerusalem Post and Managing Editor of business website; excellent
references
§ Strategic thinker, flexible
and multi-skilled; track record of excellence in positions of responsibility,
vision and successful project implementation
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| February 2007– present |
Comment and Letters Editor, The Jewish Chronicle
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| July 2005 – January 2007 |
Chief Copy Editor, The Jewish Chronicle
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June
2004 – June 2005
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Communications
Manager, Harrow Primary Care Trust
§ Significantly improved
internal communications by raising standards of staff magazine and
newsletter, initiating regular staff updates on important issues and
initiating programme of regular meetings between Directors and frontline
staff
§ Significantly improved
external communications by raising standards of patient magazine, Annual
Report, Patient Prospectus and patient leaflets, and considerably raising
profile of PCT in local media
§ Developed and
maintained PCT website
§ Initiated and coordinated
successful awards ceremony for outstanding staff
§ Directed Assistant
Communications Manager
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Nov.
2002 – Feb. 2004
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Literary
Editor, Jerusalem Post
§ Completely revamped
weekly literary section, eliminating wire copy, making pages less parochial
and more timely, and recruiting internationally renowned reviewers
§ Initiated and executed
24-page quarterly literary supplement, including original fiction, book
excerpts, author profiles and reviews
§ Responsible for
commissioning articles, editing for content, style and grammar, photo
selection, coordination of layout team, proofreading, supervision of deputy
Literary Editor.
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Oct.
2001 – Oct. 2002
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Senior
Feature Writer, Jerusalem Post
§ Regularly covered
breaking stories for weekend paper
§ Many cover stories and
articles on government committees, Knesset reporting, the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, health, culture, religious issues, social issues, women, education,
finance, media, profiles
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Sept.
2000 – Sept. 2001
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Managing
Editor, Digital Israel business website, Jerusalem Post
§ Helped design and
trouble-shoot website
§ Responsible for writing
and posting latest business news updates throughout the day
§ Initiated and conducted
daily radio interview with leading businessmen on jpostradio.com
§ Responsible for hiring
and managing interns
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Sept.
1999 – Aug. 2000
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Communications
Coordinator, Ontario Association of Optometrists (OAO), Toronto, Canada
§ Sat on numerous lay committees and
was an active participant and adviser
§ Completely redesigned monthly
newsletter to members, making pages more lively and informative; responsible
for writing, editing and layout of product
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Helped
coordinate province-wide advertising campaign
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Responsible
for internal communications, press-releases, revision of Association’s
publicity material
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1997-2000
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Regular
freelance correspondent with by-line, The Jerusalem Report
§ Includes articles on
Jewish refugees in Canada, profile of Toronto’s Mayor Lastman,
post-Zionism in Winnipeg and various book reviews
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Other Relevant Experience:
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2003
– present
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Regular
contributor to the Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Quarterly, Canadian Jewish
News, The
Forward
and New Jersey Jewish News
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2003
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Regular
volunteer for Hineni soup kitchen, Jerusalem
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1997-1998
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Regular
volunteer for Yachad, organization for mentally and physically challenged
youths and young adults
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1997-1998
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Editor,
Dateline, Montreal student publication distributed in campuses throughout
Canada
§ Responsible for
recruiting writers, planning, editing, layout and distribution of journal
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Summer
1997
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Intern,
The Jerusalem Report, Jerusalem, Israel
§ One of few interns to
continue writing for publication after end of internship
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1992-1993
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Intern
and volunteer, Spectrum Radio, London, England
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Intern,
BBC
television newsrooms, London, England
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Awards and Scholarships: |
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2000
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2000
JDC Smolar Student Journalism Award (US$1,000)
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1995-1998
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James
McGill full student scholarship, McGill University
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Education: |
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1995-1999
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McGill
University, Montreal, Canada. B.A. Hons (1st Class), major in
English Literature. GPA 3.52 / Honours thesis on poetry of Gerard Manley
Hopkins
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1990-1994
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Attended
high school in UK and Sydney, Australia (Tertiary Entrance Rank 99.35, school
ranking #1 in all courses)
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References:
Available upon request
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