Will Wright

I'm a reliable, very smart, forthright and artistic writer.  I recently reported about the history Minnesota's Francophone heritage for KFAI radio.  Before that, I reported a feature story about "important" movies in light of the fall movie season and the forthcoming Academy Awards.

Many people describe themselves, professionally, as self-starters, as reliable and as team players.  Those traits are vital and basic, but only the beginning if an organization wants someone who will contribute to and support the team, and distinguish the organization.

An effective 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 important soft skills, I:

– listen more often than talk

– am decisive

– follow through.  Those who follow through more consistently on their words earn my loyalty and friendship quicker than others

– bring a "can-do" and cooperative attitude 

– work from a discipline of preparedness

As a journalist, my stories often lay at the crossroads of politics, the media arts and questions of race.  I have had internships and fellowships with prestigious news organizations.  I am eager to use my producing, reporting, 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 my friends (both proven and new), read books (I'm reading both The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and You Are What You Speak), improve my French, or go to the theater (the last sublime play I saw was Neal Simon's "Lost in Yonkers," in May at Theater in the Round).