Will Wright

I'm a reliable, very smart and artistic journalist and writer.  I recently reported on a contentious debate during an Arab American Film Festival for TC Daily Planet.  Before that, I reported a feature for KFAI radio about "important" movies in light of the fall movie season.

Many people describe their professional selves as self-starters, as reliable and as team players.  Those traits are fundamental and vital, but only the beginning if an organization wants someone who'll distinguish himself, contribute to and support the team. 

A potent professional should bring even more to the table:  Be an independent, critical and creative thinker, and a problem-solver.  (Some people find this radical.)  This, I am.  (Well, not "radical."  No.  Not that.)

My most potent soft skills:

– While sure of my convictions, I try to listen more often than talk

– Decisiveness 

– Follow through.  In fact those who follow through the most consistently on their words earn my loyalty and friendship sooner than others

– Can-do & cooperative attitude 

– Works from a discipline of preparedness

As a journalist, my stories often lay at the crossroads of progressive politics, the media arts and questions of "race."  I have had internships and fellowships with prestigious news organizations.  I am eager to use my multimedia and web production skills to define and refine my journalistic voice and reputation.

What about when I'm not working: I catch-up with friends (both proven and new), try to keep reading (I just began reading "Stolen Lives," about a girl who went from being prized by Morocco's king, to being a woman imprisoned), improve my French, or go to the theater (the latest great play I've seen: Neal LaBute's "Reasons to be Pretty").