LISA A. NEWMAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance writer, Washington, D.C.
Frequent contributor to People; published feature articles, essays and
op-eds in numerous publications, including Smithsonian magazine, Fitness,
the Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Jose Mercury News, and Wisconsin State Journal.

Speechwriter, op-ed writer, Office of Director James Lee Witt, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, Washington, D.C. Oct. 1995 - Oct. 1997.
Authored speeches, editorial opinion pieces and other articles focusing on
federal efforts to prevent or mitigate damages caused by earthquakes,
hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires and other disasters, including
terrorism.

Speechwriter, Office of Secretary Donna E. Shalala, Dept. of Health and
Human Services, March 1993 - July 1995.
Authored or co-authored speeches, op-eds, letters to newspapers, magazines,
and law review articles on matters of preventive health, breast cancer,
AIDS, domestic violence, child abuse, aging, food safety and other public
health issues; helped shape HHS messages on major initiatives, including
health care and welfare reform, childhood immunizations and Head Start.

Freelance writer, Chicago, Illinois. December 1991 - March 1993.
Frequent contributor to numerous publications, including American Medical
News, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Miami Herald, and
the San Diego Union-Tribune. Specialized in health and feature news
articles.

The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois. December 1990 - December 1991.
Covered fast-breaking local, national and business news; handled obituaries,
crime, and late-breaking international crises on the night shift.

The Daily Calumet and Daily Southtown Economist, Chicago, Illinois. March
1988 - November 1990.
Beat reporter covering South Chicago, the old rust-belt region of dismantled steel mills. Handled stories ranging from the crumbling economy to
increased crime and racial transition; created paper¹s first health reporting beat.

United Press International, Mexico City, Mexico. March - August 1984;
September 1985; summer 1986.
Editor, reporter, translator from Spanish on the news desk, covering events in Mexico and editing reports from Central America.
Stints as reporter and editor during September, 1985 Mexico City earthquake; World Soccer Cup, summer 1986.

City News Bureau of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. March 1985 - May 1986.
Covered fast-breaking news, crime, obituaries, and frequent mayoral coverage.

The Mexico City News, Mexico City, Mexico. June - October 1983.
Intern/staff writer of English newspaper covering Mexican politics, economy and the struggles of the urban poor.

Mother Jones Magazine, San Francisco, California. January - June 1981.
Intern, fact-checking.

EDUCATION, HONORS and ACTIVITIES

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, New York. M.S.
Journalism, 1987.
Master's Thesis: The New York City blood supply and fears of HIV
contamination during the mid 1980s.

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California. B.A.
Development Studies, 1983.
Interdisciplinary major in history, political science, anthropology, with an
emphasis on Latin America.

First Place, Deadline Writing, Chicago Stick-O-Type Award, 1989, and
Finalist, Peter Lisagor Award, 1989.
For breaking the story of the cop who ticketed the police superintendent's daughter and the mysterious dismissal
of her traffic ticket.

Second Place, Inland Press Association, Deadline Writing, 1990.
For coverage of Mayor Richard Daley¹s ill-fated 3rd airport proposal.

Editor of human rights reports for Mental Disability Rights International,
Washington, D.C. 1999 to present.

Conversant in Spanish.