Charles Choi
Phone: (917) 328-7810, Email: cqchoi@sciwriter.us, Web: www.sciwriter.us

Experience

Freelance, The New York Times, et al.
May 2001 - Present

• Reporting on breaking news and feature stories as a freelance writer for Scientific American, The New York Times, Science magazine, Newsday, LiveScience, Popular Science, United Press International, The Scientist magazine, The San Diego Union-Tribune and the New Scientist in London.
• Writing four 500-word articles weekly on average.
  

Intern, Scientific American
March 2002 - May 2002

• Assisted editors as an intern for Scientific American in New York, the first science and technology magazine.
• Advanced story ideas, wrote news for the magazine and Web site, researched articles, contacted scientists and edited Ask the Experts.
  

Intern, United Press International
January 2001 - May 2001

• Wrote 1,200 to 3,000 words daily of science and health stories when interning for United Press International.
• Reported on hearings on Capitol Hill and press conferences at NASA Headquarters, the National Institutes of Health and the National Press Building.
  

Contributing Editor, Medicare Compliance Alert
May 2000 - August 2000

• Reported for Medicare Compliance Alert, the leading national weekly newsletter on federal and state health care fraud and abuse laws, based in Maryland near Washington, D.C.
• Analyzed federal subpoenas, indictments, settlements and corporate integrity agreements, attended congressional hearings and submitted FOIA requests.

Reporter, Columbia Missourian
August 1999 - November 2000

• Reported on front-page news, feature stories and enterprise pieces for the
  Columbia Missourian, a daily city paper.
• Worked on investigative stories involving database analysis and a long-term
  feature project on community policing.
  

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri-Columbia
August 1999 - May 2000

• Appointed writing-intensive sections of the Principles of American Journalism and Art Appreciation courses.
• Instructed twenty undergraduate students in each section on the fundamentals of writing and graded papers, homework and exams.

Honors, Publications, Qualifications

• Awarded the Sam Bronstein Prize in Journalism in April 2000.
• Articles featured on the Science Museum of London Web site, in a Dave Barry column in 2002 and in college textbook America Now.
• Interviewed for articles from the Poynter Institute and American Journalism Review.
• Volunteer work at the Investigative Reporters & Editors Resource Center in Missouri.
• Conversational skills in Cantonese.
  
• Educated in copy editing, digital photography, Flash, InDesign.
  

Education

University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Journalism

• Earned a Masters of Arts in May 2001.
• Studied journalism.

New College, University of South Florida

• Earned a Bachelors of Arts in May 1999.
• Studied biology and humanities.

References

• Mariette DiChristina, Executive Editor, Scientific American.
• Rob Britt, Managing Editor, LiveScience.
• Maria Vesperi. Trustee, Poynter Institute; Former Editorial Board Member, St. Petersburg Times.

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