Betsy Pisik

333 E 9th Street #7 New York, NY 10003 or 1101 Piru Canyon Road Piru, CA 93040
Website: BetsyPisik@pressfolios.com
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Professional Experience

I have 28 years' experience in researching, writing and editing, including feature writer, business reporter and foreign correspondent, among other beats. , reporting for the Business desk, and UN bureau chief and foreign correspondent for the Foreign desk. I was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for my coverage of the 2003 Iraq invasion. I have also reported from a dozen countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel and Palestine, Syria, DR Congo, Nigeria and Ethiopia.

Expertise

Writer
25 Years
Editor
5 Years
Researcher
25 Years

Specialty

Business (general)
10 Years
War & Conflicts
12 Years
Entrepreneurship
3 Years

Industries


Newspaper - National
25 Years
Professional Journal
10 Years
Academia Other
1 Year

Total Media Industry Experience

28 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Investor Relations magazine (10+), Corporate Secretary magazine (corporate council) (10+), Straits Times of Singapore (10+)

Other Work History

I am currently a Special Investigator for the NYC Department of Investigation, specializing in vendor integrity and individual background checks.

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office

Work Permits & Visas

I am a US citizen.

References

Available.

Awards

NY Newswomen's Club (gang rape in Congo); the UN Correspondent's Association (peacekeeping along the Lebanon-Israel border; an expose of deadly UN security lapses.) Nominated for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (The Iraq invasion.)

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