Rosalind Cummings-Yeates

Oak Park, IL USA
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Professional Experience

A dynamic freelancer and arts critic who has tackled everything from Egyptian Yoga to climbing Costa Rican volcanoes. I specialize in the arts, travel, fashion and lifestyle topics. My extensive experience allows me to create detailed and accurate reviews, features, profiles and bios. Chicago Tribune, Salon, Yoga Journal, MSN, Brides, Hemispheres, Where and The Rough Guide To Women Travel are some of the publications that have featured my work. Please visit my website at www.rosalindcummingsyeates.com.

Expertise

Promotions
5 Years
Reporter
15 Years
Writer
15 Years

Specialty

Lifestyle
15 Years
Travel
10 Years
Music
15 Years

Industries


Academia Teaching
8 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
15 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
15 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

15 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Chicago Sun-Times (10+), Illinois Entertainer (10+), Pathfinder's Travel (3-5), Chicago Magazine (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

De Paul University (3-5), Harvard's African American Biography (3-5)

Other Work History

Adjunct Journalism Faculty, Columbia College Chicago Media Director, March of Dimes

Foreign Language Skills

some Spanish

Unions

Association of College Teachers

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, WIndows, HTML

Equipment

digital camera, audio recorder

Associations

National Society of Newspaper Columnists Society of Professional Journalists

Showcase

Arts

Boom in Bronzeville
(Chicago Magazine 3/1/2007)
Art galleries explode in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood.

music writing

Flowers For Algeria
(Illinois Entertainer 7/27/2024)
World music column
Brazil, Beats and Hip Hop
(Illinois Entertainer 7/27/2024)
World music column

Travel

Going Native
(Chicago Sun-Times 8/19/2007)
From Argentina to London, American expatriates are everywhere.

Profile

Mariza Does Fado
(Ebony 7/1/2007)
Portuguese Fado Diva Mariza