Anne Sengès
Email: asenges@msn.com



Experience

Summer 1999 Freelance writer in Lebanon
wrote feature stories for publications like Salon.com and the San Francisco Chronicle.
May 1999 Reported from Hong Kong for the San Francisco Examiner
March 1998 - present: US Correspondent for the French weekly CB-NEWS (Communication and Business News). Freelance Writer for mainstream French and English publications: L'Express, VSD (general information weeklies), France Soir (daily newspaper), The Noe Valley Voice, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
1994 - June 1998: Editor of Le Journal Français, monthly magazine in French published in the USA by FrancePress Inc. and contributing writer for France Today, bimonthly in English about France.
Spring 1996: Graduate Instructor in International Relations at San Francisco State University. Taught a course on Western European Foreign Policy.
Spring 1995: Proofreader for Travelers'Tales France, edited by James O'Reilly, Larry Habegger & Sean O'Reilly, a guide featuring first-person accounts of the country by famous writers and journalists.

Education

present: University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism MJ expected in May, 2000
1993: PostGraduate Diploma (DEA: Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies) with specialization in History of Contemporary France (19th & 20th Centuries). University of Paris X Nanterre. Summa Cum Laude

Languages

French (native language), English (fluent), German (advanced), Italian (intermediate), Japanese (beginner)

Computer Skills

Experience in both IBM and Apple software: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, AmiPro, Freelance Graphics, Lexis-Nexis, Web Site Design.

Interests

International reporting, traveling, reading, tennis, horseback riding