The World is Our Thing

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Michael Kitchen (Chetwynd)

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS

Full Professional History

 Copy editor/briefs writer, Investor’s Business Daily (Los Angeles, 10/2015 to 8/2016)  WSJ - MarketWatch -- see above (New York, Los Angeles, 7/2007 to 7/2015)  Dow Jones Newswires -- see above (Singapore, 12/2005 to 7/2007)  Voice of America -- see above (Islamabad, 2/2003 to 4/2005)  Lead staff writer, National Journal - UN Wire (Washington DC, 12/2001 to 1/2003)  News reporter/anchor -- ICRT (Taipei, 2/2000 to 3/2001)  Deputy national editor/news reporter, The China Post (Taipei, 8/1996 to 2/2000)

Freelance & Short-Term Work

 Was regular contributor to National Public Radio, Time, Fox News.com, others  Did hits for CNN, Bloomberg Television, other broadcast and radio news organizations  Reporter at The Cambodia Daily newspaper (Phnom Penh, 3/2001 to 5/2001)

EDUCATION

Full fluency - CHINESE (MANDARIN)

Strong speaking/reading ability -

FRENCH, ARABIC, SPANISH, RUSSIAN

Bachelor of Arts in English UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (BERKELEY)

News Editor

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - MARKETWATCH

 Served as Asia editor (in Los Angeles) from 2009; senior copy editor (in N.Y.C.) from 2007  Led team of up to seven reporters in four East Asia bureaus, helped grow traffic fourfold  Curated front page in real time, monitored all breaking news during overnight  In New York, also did reporting and video presenting for MarketWatch and WSJ.com

LANGUAGES

Money Desk Copy Editor

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

Bureau Chief - Islamabad

VOICE OF AMERICA

 Worked at copy desk and in the slot, monitored news, wrote flash headlines for global wire  Received Dow Jones Star award for creating weekly product covering regional data

 Reopened and led VOA radio and online bureau covering Pakistan and Afghanistan  Exclusives included: Pakistan army’s role in proliferation, Afghan Pres. Karzai interview  Led staff of eight full-time employees and six freelance reporters  Also reported on assignment from Iraq, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, other locations