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Curriculum vitae (May, 2008)

ADDRESS
Daniel Sturm
1302 Morling Ave.
Baltimore, Maryland 21211
Phone +1-443-874-3285
E-mail: SturmATsturmstoriesDOTcom

CURRENT POSITION
Daniel Sturm is a Staff Consultant and Managing Editor for RefugeeWorks at Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, the National Center for Refugee Employment and Self-Sufficiency. Prior to joining RefugeeWorks, Mr. Sturm worked as a full-time journalist covering under-reported social and political topics. Originally from Germany, since moving to the United States, he has worked as a reporter, professor and social justice advocate. An archive of his articles can be found at www.sturmstories.com. He holds a Master's degree in Comparative Literature and Anthropology from the University of Tübingen. An example of his work is archived here.

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.

TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCE
News Reporting
English Department, Youngstown State University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006.
This course offered practical experience in writing news stories for newspapers and magazines. It provided students with an opportunity to analyze and write a variety of different kinds of news stories and placed an emphasis on good reporting and clear use of language. By the end of this introductory-level course, students developed a clear sense of what it meant to "write like a journalist."

Feature Writing
English Department, Youngstown State University, Fall 2004, Fall 2005.
Within the framework of feature writing, students became adept at generating ideas, gathering background information, posing questions and conducting solid interviews, organizing, writing and editing longer stories, and improving their overall writing style. The act of sharing their writings in class challenged students to present their stories with analytical clarity. Final feature stories were presented on a class website.

Selected Topics in Journalism - Designing a Yearbook
English Department, Youngstown State University, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005.
Students explored principles and characteristics of printed document design, the role of typography, spacing, and color in document design, and how documents are produced. Students sharpened reporting, writing and editing skills, and learned to write for a diverse audience.

Journalism Workshop
English Department, Youngstown State University, Fall 2004, Fall 2005.
This course offered the hands-on experience one needs to find employment in a journalism-related profession. Working directly with The Jambar campus newspaper, students were asked to research and write stories and take photographs. They also acquired experience in the day-to-day operations of a newsroom, from answering the telephone, to copy-editing and page design.

Other Courses Taught
Religious Anthropology Seminar, University of Tübingen, Spring 1997
Religious Anthropology Workshop Series, University of Tübingen, Fall 1996
Hosted annual virtual writers' workshop for parapluie, an online cultural studies journal, Summer 2004.
Seminar Instructor for "Feature Story Writing" at the Summer Academy in Osnabrück (Germany), for the Cusanus Foundation for Gifted Students, Summer 2002.
Seminar Instructor in "Journalistic Writing," for a staff workshop at Lilit, a quarterly journal for religious anthropology at the University of Tübingen, Spring 1994.

Coaching and Training
RefugeeWorks' Employment Training Institute, Advanced Level, Louisville, KY, Sept. 11-12, 2007. Presentation about transportation solutions for refugees, "Tackling transportation."
North Carolina Refugee Conference, "Voyage of Discovery," Atlantic Beach, NC, Aug. 26 - 29, 2007. Presentation about transportation solutions for refugees, "Tackling transportation."

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.

REPORTING AND EDITING EXPERIENCE
STAFF WRITER
Lansing, Michigan, 2002-04
Staff writer for Lansing City Pulse alternative newsweekly, an alternative newsweekly that follows a traditional AP style.
Bonn/Leipzig, Germany, 2000-01
Managing Editor for the Media Tenor International Research Report, Bonn/Leipzig.
Leipzig, Germany, 1999-02
Chief Reporter, Kreuzer. Leipzig City Magazine. City illustrated magazine covering politics, the arts, local economy and media.
Halle, Germany, 1999
Staff writer for the daily newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung.
Tübingen, Germany, 1992-94
Editorial staff member of Lilit, a quarterly journal for religious anthropology at the University of Tübingen.

PUBLISHING AND EDITING
Baltimore, Maryland, 2007-
Managing Editor of RefugeeWorks publications.
Athens, Ohio, 2007
Co-editor for a theme issue on "War" for parapluie.de, an online culture journal.
Tübingen, Leipzig, Lansing, Youngstown, Athens,1996-present
Publishing Editor and regular contributor for the online cultural studies journal, parapluie.
Leipzig, Germany, 2000-01
Managing Editor for the Media Tenor International Research Report, Bonn/Leipzig.

MEDIA RELATIONS AND RESEARCH
Athens, Ohio, 2006-
Human rights work for prisoners, as the co-editor and media liaison of Prisonersolidarity.org
Leipzig, Germany, 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.
Bonn and Leipzig, Germany, 2000-01
Worked as a media relations specialist for research inquiries at Media Tenor International, and as a Research Editor for Media Tenor International. Managing editor of the Media Tenor International Research Report, (www.mediatenor.de). Published weekly e-newsletter and monthly journal. As the Internet news project director I managed a $40,0000 annual budget and networked with scholars in Germany, the U.S. and South Africa.

COACHING AND TRAINING
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, Atlantic Beach, N.C., Aug. 26-29, 2007.

PAPERS AND MODERATION
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.

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

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.
Russian, basic.

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