Andrew Curry
U.S. News and
World Report
1050 Thomas
Jefferson St., N.W.
Washington,
DC 20007
202-955-2000
andrew@andrewcurry.com
Experience
U.S.
NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
Washington,
DC
Reporter, 6/00
to present and 5/99 to 8/99
Write and report for U.S. News’ weekly magazine and their annual “America’s
Best Colleges” supplement.
THE
STANFORD DAILY
Stanford, Calif.
Managing Editor,
Intermission Section, 1/99 to 6/99
Managed the Stanford Daily's weekly entertainment section. Duties included
editing all copy and coordinating writers, layout and graphics assignments.
Also edited news and feature stories, reviewed movies and reported for
the Daily.
THE
WASHINGTON POST
Washington,
DC
Copy Aide 9/97
to 5/99
As a night-shift aide on the Post’s Style desk, duties included managing
music listings, assigning reviewers, managing a weekly contest and assisting
the copy desk; while working on the Metro and News desks duties included
coordinating layout, photo and graphics assignments; summarizing local
news broadcasts, compiling daily lottery results, delivering proofs and
answering newsroom and copy desk telephones. Also helped research the “Millennium
Milestones” feature and trained as a copy editor for the Post’s zoned local
inserts.
THE
MIAMI HERALD
Miami, Fla.
Copy Editor
and Reporter, 7/98 to 11/98
Wrote headlines and captions and copy edited for two local editions nightly
and six twice-weekly neighborhood inserts. Also wrote film reviews and
articles for the Weekend, local and features sections.
KNIGHT RIDDER/TRIBUNE
BUSINESS NEWS
Washington,
DC
Assistant Business
Editor, 3/98 to 5/98
Copy edited, formatted and filed business articles from over 100 daily
newspapers around the country for a national business wire service.
THE
WARSAW VOICE
Warsaw, Poland
Reporter and
Copy Editor, 1/97 to 8/97
Wrote news, business and entertainment articles and edited for The Warsaw
Voice, an English-language weekly news magazine covering news and culture
in Poland and Central Europe.
FREELANCE
RESEARCHER AND FREELANCE WRITER
2/97 to present
In the spring of 1999, assisted in researching biographer Gail Sheehy’s
book Hillary’s Choice. Wrote on a freelance basis for The
Washington Post, The Christian Science
Monitor and several other publications.
THE INTERNATIONAL
REPORTS/EARLY WARNING
Baltimore,
MD.
Researcher
and Reporter, 1/96 to 2/97
Edited and proofread all copy, researched and wrote stories on international
affairs and collected information from private and public sources for TIR/EW,
a bimonthly international affairs research publication.
THE
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOYA
WASHINGTON,
DC
9/95 to 5/98
As Senior Entertainment Editor, ran the Georgetown University HOYA’s weekly
Entertainmentsection,
managed three assistants and up to 40 writers. Expanded the weekly Entertainment
section from one page to eight. Also served as News Editor, Contributing
Editor and Staff Writer.
EDUCATION
STANFORD
UNIVERSITY
Center
for Russian and East European Studies
Stanford, CA
9/99 to 6/2000
Plan to receive a Master of Arts in Russian and East European Studies in
the spring of 2000.
GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY
School
of Foreign Service
Washington,
DC
8/94 to 5/98
Received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service with a major in International
Relations, Law and Organization. One year on Dean’s List.
AWARDS
Foreign Language
and Area Studies Fellowship, Stanford University, 9/99-6/2000
Edward B. Bunn
Awards for Features and Viewpoint Journalism, Georgetown University, 5/96,
5/98
Dow Jones Editing
Fund Internship Selectee, 1998
Speak and read
Polish fluently; can read French and speak it at a basic level.
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