Daniel Sturm
Journalism & Research

         

Politics

War & Sept. 11

Arts & Entertainment

Environment & Technology

Racism

General Interest

Curriculum vitae (December, 2011)

ADDRESS
Daniel Sturm
3022 Christopher Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland 21214
Phone +1-410-426-0778
E-mail: SturmATsturmstoriesDOTcom

EDUCATION
Multi-Media Publishing Training Fellowship, Haus Busch, Hagen, Germany 1998.
M.A. in German Literature (Minor in Anthropology of Religions), University of Tübingen, April 1997.
Journalism Training Fellowship, Institut zur Förderung publizistischen Nachwuchses, Munich, 1993-96.
German B.A. (Abitur), Nellenburg-Gymnasium, Stockach, Germany, 1990.

WORK EXPERIENCE
Special Projects Manager, Migration and Refugee Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2010-present
Coordinate cross-divisional projects, develop proposals, launch new programs, organize workshops and conferences and develop related informational content for the NGO's publications and website. Administer a $2 million dollar grant designed to assist USCCB's local affiliates in establishing volunteer programs and developing program resources. Market the grant's success stories though a wiki and listserv, annual reports, presentations and news releases.

Staff Consultant and Managing Editor, RefugeeWorks, 2007- 2010
Manage the production of RefugeeWorks' nationally circulated publications, including a quarterly newsletter, electronic listserv and working paper series, as well as all strategic marketing projects. Research refugee employment and recertification solutions and disseminate best practices among voluntary agencies, mutual assistance associations and employers. Collaborate with the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement on technical assistance and curriculum development projects. Develop proposals for grants and projects. Provide individual technical assistance to U.S. refugee resettlement staff and government partners (20 inquiries per week). Prepare presentations on topics such as Green Jobs, How to Help Refugees Get Jobs in a Down Market, Recertification, Healthcare Hotspots, Communication and Web-Design, Financial Literacy and Iraqi Refugee Employment.

Magazine Journalist, 1989-present
Have worked in Germany and the United States as both a freelance contributor and as a staff writer for magazines. Reported on topics such as racism, immigration, the working poor, sustainable economy, urban sprawl, the health care crisis, the living wage campaign, incarceration and human rights. Recent magazine articles of mine have appeared in In These Times, Znet, Anthropology News, The Athens News, The Columbus Free Press, Kreuzer (Germany), parapluie, Sculpture Magazine, City Pulse (Michigan), The Cincinnati City Beat, and The Ann Arbor Observer, Zeitenspiegel Reportage Agency, and KNA German Catholic News Wire.

Prisoner Advocacy Coordinator and Nonprofit Board Member, 2005- present
Worked with renowned civil rights advocates/lawyers Staughton and Alice Lynd and numerous regional grassroots groups, such as the Youngstown Prison Forum, Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (C.U.R.E.-Ohio) and ACLU-Ohio, to help coordinate a Northeast Ohio grassroots initiative for prison reform. Served as a board member of C.U.R.E.-Ohio. Organized related community-university workshops and conferences at Youngstown State University and Ohio University. Established a popular regional listserv and website for prisoner advocacy related work (www.prisonersolidarity.org).

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Youngstown State University, 2004-06
Taught four courses per semester in the subjects of Professional Writing and Editing, Feature Writing, News Writing and Selected Topics in Journalism. Served on faculty committees, advised students and served as a committee member on numerous student senior projects for journalism majors.

Faculty Advisor of Student Publications, Youngstown State University, 2004-06
Worked as a faculty advisor for the student newspaper, The Jambar, as well as the student poetry journal, The Penguin Review and the YSU student yearbook, Neon. Managed student staff of 10-20 individuals for each of these publications. Served on hiring committees and resolved office disputes. Wrote recommendations letters and assisted students in their searches for internships and employment in the media industry. Advised students in developing their portfolios, publishing websites and preparing stories and senior projects for publication.

Staff Writer, Lansing City Pulse, 2002-04
Researched and bylined one cover story per month for this alternative newsweekly that follows a traditional AP style. Specialized on investigative journalism projects that involved multi-sourcing, archival research, public records request and social networking. Stories picked up by other regional and national outlets include Local vet recalls his POW days with the late Kurt Vonnegut, Going Local. Creating Self-Reliance in Lansing in A Global Age, Anthrax scare at MSU leaves long-term scars and Inside Sparty’s Third Reich Roots.

Summer Writing Workshop Instructor, 2002
Seminar Instructor for “Feature Story Writing” at the Summer Academy in Osnabrück (Germany), for the Cusanus Foundation for Gifted Students, Summer 2002.

Team Leader, Media Tenor International, 2000-02
Employed as a social science and media analysis senior researcher and staff supervisor. As the Internet news project director I networked with scholars in Germany, the U.S. and South Africa and managed an $100,000 annual budget and research staff of 15. Served as the managing editor for Media Tenor’s weekly e-newsletter and monthly print journal.

Chief Reporter, Kreuzer, 1998-2000
Worked as the Chief Reporter for Kreuzer: the Leipzig City Magazine, a city illustrated magazine covering politics, the arts, local economy and media. Specialized on in-depth investigative journalism covering local politics and city government and concentrating on hard-hitting topics such as immigration and racism, local politics, business scandals and social inequality.

Staff writer, Regional and National Newspapers, 1987-2002
Worked for German regional and national media, including national daily newspapers such as Die Welt, Saarbrücker Zeitung, Berliner Zeitung, Kölner Express, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Südkurier. First larger assignment on integration of Tamil asylees in southern Germany, who had escaped the 1983 pogroms in Sri Lanka.

Media Relations, City of Leipzig Bach Festival, 2002
Contracted with the City of Leipzig's Johann Sebastian Bach Festival 2002, to cover the story of Bach's life and work, and assist with international public relations for the festival.

Editorial Staff Member od Student Publications, Lilit, 1987-94
Editorial staff member of Lilit, a quarterly journal for religious anthropology at the University of Tübingen (1992-94). Staff writer, editor, and chief editor for the student newspaper, Silhouette, Nellenburg-Gymnasium Stockach, Lake of Constance (1987-90).

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
2008. Im Prozeß der Kultur. Essays, Perspektiven und Entwürfe. Hamburg: Merus Verlag.
2010. Agricultural Jobs. - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 32 (Spring 2010)
2009. Job Developers. - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 31 (Winter 2009)
2009. Reinventing Yourself. - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 30 (Fall 2009)
2009. Finding Work in Hard Times - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 29 (Summer 2009)
2009. Green Jobs - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 28 (Spring 2009)
2008. Hidden Jobs - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 27 (Winter 2008 )
2008. Social Networking & Peer Mentoring - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 26 (Fall 2008 )
2008. Healthcare Hotspots - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 25 (Summer 2008 )
2008. Iraqi Refugees in Focus - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 24 (Spring 2008 )
2007. Tackling Transportation - RefugeeWorks Newsletter No. 23 (Winter 2007 )
2002. Stadiongeschichten. Leipzig zwischen Turnfest, Traumarena und Olympia. Leipzig: Forum-Verlag (with Cornelia Jeske and Grit Hartmann).
2001-02. International Research Report, Medien Tenor No. 97 - No. 110. Bonn/Leipzig: Media Tenor International.
1996. Das Bild des Islam und des Buddhismus. Eine empirische Untersuchung. ZfR-Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft. 04: 55-82.
1989-2009. An archive of my English-language publications is available at www.sturmstories.com

COACHING AND TRAINING
Webinar presenter, “Special Events” for USCCB/MRS Parishes Organized to Welcome Refugees (POWR) Grant Network, Aug. 23, 2011
Webinar presenter, “Marketing and Social Media” for USCCB/MRS Parishes Organized to Welcome Refugees (POWR) Grant Network, June 28, 2011
Webinar presenter, “Volunteer Management” for USCCB/MRS Parishes Organized to Welcome Refugees (POWR) Grant Network, April 26 2011
Webinar presenter, “Building Partnerships” for USCCB/MRS Parishes Organized to Welcome Refugees (POWR) Grant Network, March 15, 2011
Webinar presenter, “Employment Resources and Strategies for Trafficking Survivors” for USCCB/MRS Human Trafficking Sub-Contractor Network, Feb. 3, 2011
Paper presenter, "Refugee Employment in a Down Market ," for USCCB/Migration and Refugee Services Southeast Regional Convening, "Welcoming the Stranger in Difficult Times," Baltimore, Md., Sept. 23-24, 2010.
Paper presenter, s"Refugee Employment in a Down Market," for USCCB/Migration and Refugee Services Midwestern Regional Convening, "Welcoming the Stranger in Difficult Times," Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 18-19 2010.
Paper presenter, "Refugee Employment in a Down Market," for USCCB/Migration and Refugee Services Western Regional Convening, "Welcoming the Stranger in Difficults Times," Phoenix, AZ, July 20-21, 2010.
Paper presenter, "Refugee Employment in a Down Market," for USCCB/Migration and Refugee Services Northeast Regional Convening, "Welcoming the Stranger in Difficult Times," Summit, New Jersey, June 15-16, 2010.
Workshop, "Online Job Search Strategies/Resources ," for Professional Pathways Workshop Series, Baltimore, Md., Jan. 19, 2010.
Paper presenter, " Computer-Assisted Employment Strategies/Resources ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Workshop in Los Angeles, Calif., Sep. 14-18, 2009.
Paper presenter, " Helping Refugees Find Jobs in Hard Times ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in Los Angeles, Calif., Sep. 14-18, 2009.
Paper presenter, " Recertification ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in Los Angeles, Calif., Sep. 14-18, 2009.
Paper presenter, " Computer-Assisted Employment Strategies/Resources ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in Raleigh, NC., Aug. 11-13, 2009.
Paper presenter, " Helping Refugees Find Jobs in Hard Times ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in Raleigh, NC., Aug. 11-13, 2009.
Paper presenter, " Recertification," for Wilson-Fish Workshop hosted by the Institute for Social and Economic Development/U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement, Aug. 5, 2009.
Paper presenter, "Engineering Outlook/Green Jobs," for RefugeeWorks' National Conference on Refugee Professional Recertification in East Lansing, Michigan, June 22-23, 2009.
Paper presenter, " Economic Situation ," for RefugeeWorks' National Conference on Refugee Professional Recertification in East Lansing, Michigan, June 22-23, 2009.
Session moderator, "Public Outreach," for RefugeeWorks' National Conference on Refugee Professional Recertification in East Lansing, Michigan, June 22-23, 2009.
Paper presenter, " How to Help Refugees Get Jobs in a Down Market ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in San Jose, Calif., March 17-19, 2009.
Paper presenter, " Green Jobs ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in San Jose, Calif., March 17-19, 2009.
Paper presenter, "Computer-Assisted Employment Strategies/Resources," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in San Jose, Calif., March 17-19, 2009.
Telephone conference presenter, " How to Help Refugees Get Jobs in a Down Market ," for Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Feb. 10, 2009.
Paper presenter, " How to Help Refugees Get Jobs in a Down Market ," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in Santa Ana, Calif., Feb. 4, 2009.
Paper presenter, "Communication with Employers," for RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute Conference in Santa Ana, Calif., Feb. 3, 2009.
Webinar presenter, "Tackling Transportation," for Idaho Office of Refugees, Nov. 21, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Recertification for Refugees with Professional Background,” for USCCB/CLINIC National Migration Conference in Washington, D.C., July 28-31, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Healthcare Hotspots: Creating Career Pathways for Refugees,” for RefugeeWorks’ Employment Training Institute Conference in Indianapolis, Ind., June 17-18, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Healthcare Hotspots: Creating Career Pathways for Refugees,” for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Annual Conference in Bloomington, Minn., June 10, 2008
Paper presenter, “Tackling Transportation,” for the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Annual Conference in Bloomington, Minn., June 10, 2008
Paper presenter, “Career Laddering & Recertification for Refugees with Professional Backgrounds ,” for the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement 2008 National Consultation in Washington, D.C., May 28, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Hard-to-Place & High-Skill Clients,” for the Ethiopian Community Development Council’s 14th National African Refugee Conference in Arlington, Va., May 2, 2008
Paper presenter, “Healthcare Hotspots: Creating Career Pathways for Refugees,” for RefugeeWorks’ Employment Training Institute Conference in Fort Worth, Texas, April 15-16, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Healthcare Hotspots: Creating Career Pathways for Refugees ,” for the Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program Annual Conference in Phoenix, Ariz., April 1, 2008
Paper presenter, “Tackling Transportation ,” for the Arizona Refugee Resettlement Program Annual Conference in Phoenix, Ariz., March 31, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Financial Literacy for Refugees ,” for the World Relief Workshop in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 25, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Case Management,” for the Arlington Refugee Services in Arlington, Va., Jan. 14, 2008.
Paper presenter, “Tackling Transportation,” for RefugeeWorks’ Employment Training Institute Conference in Louisville, Ky., September 11-12, 2007.
Paper presenter, “Tackling Transportation,” for the North Carolina Refugee Conference, "Voyage of Discovery," Atlantic Beach, NC, Aug. 26 - 29, 2007.
Radio correspondence live from Palestine, WKBN Newsradio Robert Mangino Show, Youngstown, Ohio.
Public conference on prison issues , June 10, 2006 at Youngstown State University. Guest speaker at a public forum. " The Sacred and the Secular: A 'clash about civilization'? Afterthoughts on the Politics of Danish (and other) Newspapers, 'Cartoons' of the Prophet, and World Events ," sponsored by Youngstown State University's Department of Political Science, April 19, 2006.
Reporter-in-studio for a weekly radio news show on Impact 88.9 FM , East Lansing, Michigan, 2002-03.
Featured author at the Leipzig Book Fair's televised roundtable discussion, for my co-authored book, Stadiongeschichten (Stadium Stories), April 2002.
Hosted media research workshop at the Media Tenor International Agenda Setting Conference, "Who is Influencing whom?," Leipzig, Germany, Fall 2000.
Moderated public discussion, "The Future of Leipzig's Waterways," Leipzig, June 2000.
"Environmental reporting and adversarial journalism: the example of Silhouette," presented at a teacher education colloquium in Stuttgart, Germany, Fall 1988.

Mentoring and Advisory Work
Advised the Youngstown State University student yearbook, the Neon, 2004-06.
Advisory board member Pressday 2004-06, Youngstown State University.
Advised the award-winning campus newspaper at Youngstown State University, The Jambar, and the electronic Jambar, 2004-05.
Advised journalism majors, 2004-06
Team Leader at Media Tenor International, responsible for training and supervising student employees in media monitoring and research, 2000-01.
Jury member of Saxony Media Award, Dresden, Germany, 2000.
Trained interns in investigative journalism at the monthly illustrated magazine, Kreuzer, Leipzig, Germany, 1999-2002.
Trained freshman students in writing, press law and ethics at Nellenburg-Gymnasium (a junior college), for the student newspaper Silhouette, Lake of Constance, Germany, 1987-1990.
Editor-in-chief of the student yearbook, Nellenburg-Gymnasium, Lake of Constance, Germany, 1990.

HONORS
1st Place, Media City Leipzig Award, May 1999.
Multimedia Journalism Fellow, Haus Busch Hagen, 1998.
Three-year journalism fellowship, Institut zur Förderung publizistischen Nachwuchses, Munich, 1993.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
National Writer's Union / International Federation of Journalists
Institut zur Förderung Publizistischen Nachwuches, Alumni Organization, Germany
National Education Association
CURE-Ohio (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants)

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Experienced photojournalist.
Trained in TV journalism, online journalism, radio journalism, and documentary film.
Expert knowledge of MS Word 2003, QuarkXPress 7, Adobe Photoshop 9.0, Adobe Illustrator 12, MS 2004 Excel 11.0, Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Powerpoint 2003, HTML, DOS, MS Access 2003, SPSS.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
German and English, fluent.
French, Italian and Latin, intermediate.
Spanish, Russian, basic.