John Sheehy

Brooklyn, NY USA
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Professional Experience

Linguist and journalist by education, ESL teacher and creative writing tutor by experience. Absolute grasp of English mechanics, ardent traveler and reporter, versatile editor and writer. Clear, witty, thoughtful, and passionate writing voice.

Expertise

Editor
3 Years
Reporter
2 Years
Writer
6 Years

Specialty

Entertainment
1 Year
War & Conflicts
1 Year
Travel
2 Years

Industries


Academia Teaching
2 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
1 Year
Other
5 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

3 Years

Other Work History

I'm a clever writer who has supported his own projects through small-time freelance, part-time tutoring, and some side jobs unrelated to writing. I am only now starting to go for this larger-scale freelance work. I have a fantastic education and writing samples that speak for themselves. I am building my work history, and am hungry to do so.

Showcase

General

A Born Leader
(Uptown Chronicle 9/8/2011)
The story of Luis Moreno, a nineteen year-old fallen soldier. Part of a 9/11 anniversary project looking and the life and death of American soldiers from the South Bronx who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
After the Tsunami
(The Big Roundtable 2/7/2014)
The Japanese port city of Kamaishi has been destroyed four times since 1896, most recently by the 2011 Tohoku tsunami. I happened to live in Kamaishi between 2007 and 2008, and so I returned to see the damage and tell the story of the city's slow build to recovery.