CV
MEGAN MARIE SHANK
mm dot shank at gmail dot com, 135.2471.9747
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Experienced in researching, writing and editing features, short stories and reports. Tenacious and hard-working with a good nose for news. Possess rich experience with Chinese culture, language and geography through five years of living, traveling and working in China. Proven ability to work efficiently under pressure within a multi-national team. Self-starter able to work and produce with minimal supervision.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Newsweek Select 5/06-Present
Senior Editor
1/07-Present
• Recruit and train Chinese reporters and ensure freelance writing projects are carried out on schedule and at Newsweek standard quality. Assign and edit articles.
• Translate the magazine’s articles from Chinese to English for the New York office’s content approval. Modify Chinese content in accordance with their edits and suggestions.
• Report and write on Chinese business, politics, media, culture and travel.
• Develop and manage the Enterprise section for the magazine.
• Orchestrated a 2008 pan-Asian Newsweek foreign editions conference.
Translator and Reporter
5/06-1/07
• Wrote short articles about culture, travel, music, science and food.
• Translated the magazine’s articles from Chinese to English for the New York office’s content approval.
Freelance Journalist and Translator 2002-Present
• Write stories about business, politics, media, culture and travel for several national and international magazines, newspapers and websites, including Newsweek Select, The Huffington Post, Sprig.com, The South China Morning Post, Time Out Shanghai Guide, Tripmaster Monkey, The San Antonio Express-News, Global Journalist, ThingsAsian Press, Shanghaiist, The Beijing Review and others. Translate and work as interpreter for publications such as The Walrus. Featured guest on NPR’s Bryant Park Project. Write fiction for publications like Identity Theory.
Editor – Ringier International Advertising Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China 1/06-1/07
• Edited, wrote and assisted with layout and photography for the English bi-weekly entertainment guide City Weekend, which boasts the highest distribution of its kind in China. (82,813)
• Coordinated the production of City Weekend quarterly supplements Home & Office and Parents & Kids with Chinese sales, marketing, and design staff. Created and maintained budget. Sourced writers and photographers.
• Developed essential community links within Chinese and expatriate networks, sourced events, managed internship program and supported marketing in identification of potential sponsorship opportunities.
• Wrote, edited and compiled Shanghai Restaurant & Bar Guide.
Staff Reporter – The Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Mo.
1999-2002
• First reporter in the United States to report on a local charity agency funneling orphan relief funds to the Sudanese government, labeled a terrorist regime by the State Department. Assisted The New York Times with research on this story.
• Reported on politics, business, health, science, and culture for this city daily and its weekly publication, The Vox, including stories about Mel Carnahan’s plane crash, the 2000 presidential debates and 9-11. Three of these stories were picked up by the wire and reprinted in major U.S. newspapers.
Editorial Staff – The American Lawyer, New York, N.Y.
5/01-8/01
• Completed internship with America’s most respected legal journal. Wrote and reported for the magazine and its affiliate publications on international mergers and acquisitions, reformations in tort law, and international pro bono issues. Conducted research for special issue on the collapse of the dotcoms.
News Broadcaster – KBIA, 91.3 F.M., Columbia, Mo.
1998-2001
• Broadcasted news and weather on the hour one day a week. Assisted to write and edit news briefs. Ran soundboard and digital equipment.
EDUCATION
Advanced Chinese Level
2002-Present
• Through five years of rigorous independent study and the completion of nine months intensive advanced intermediate level coursework at Dalian Foreign Languages University (2004-2005), can fluently read Chinese newspapers and magazines, as well as understand television and radio broadcasts.
B.J., University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo.
1998-2002
• Minor in political science.