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Noriko Kitano

Phone: 1-617-536-1300 ext. 243 Email: [email protected] Address: 515 Beacon St. #243, Boston MA 02215

Work Experience

. The Sampan, an English/Chinese bilingual newspaper in Chinatown, Boston. Staff Writer 2003

. The Mainichi Shimbun Washington, D.C. Summer 2002 Internship Worked with the foreign correspondents of the Tokyo-based Japanese daily newspaper. Published a couple of stories during the internship.

. Morgan Stanley Tokyo 2001 Department of Corporate Communication Exposed to public relations with a journalistic view. Researched and complied media items regarding Morgan Stanley. Arranged meetings and interviews with the press. Assisted promotions staff with selection of advertisements for particular markets.

. The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tokyo 1998-2000 International Division, Editor-in-Chief of The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Business Guide, a classified publication Initiated practice of on-line subscription. Designed and streamlined inquiry procedure for web sites of The Business Guide on the Internet. Expanded business relationships through communications with Turkey and Hong Kong chambers. Increased contents by forty percent. Improved quality that led to a drop in the number of lost subscribers. Stimulated Japanese importing/exporting business through the trade bulletin. Organized APEC Business Advisory Council, a conference of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, hosted by Japanese chamber in May 1999. Coordinated and prepared handouts for press meetings.

. The New Internationalist (NI) Japan distributed, published by Intilincs Ltd Tokyo 1998- 1999 Staff Translator Assisted editorial staff in launching NI Japan, the supplemental bilingual magazine for The New Internationalist (NI), a British-based NPO monthly magazine. Translated the keynote article in the publication of NI into Japanese such as ‘Jeans’, Issue 302 in June 1998, ‘Money’, Issue 306 in October 1998. Accompanied staff reporters on interviews for ‘Reporting from Japan’, an original story about the situation in Japan regarding the NI theme.

. Leader’s Eye edited by Degico Co. Tokyo 1998-1999 Staff Reporter/Editor Edited ‘World Report’ section in the business magazine. Responsibility ranged from translation, fact-check, research, layout and to finding contributors in various countries. Had a column of ‘Women in Enterprises’. Interviewed senior class businesswomen such as Yukiko Hori, a manager of Enoshima Aquarium in Japan and wrote stories for the column.

. The Foreign Correspondent’s Club of Japan, Tokyo 1996-1997 Intern/Assistant for foreign correspondents Coordinated press conferences. Translating articles from Japanese to English. Generated research and maintained press correspondence. Handled a wide variety of office management- related tasks. Extensive contact with International press corps

Education

. Emerson College, Boston 2001. 9- Present Department of Journalism, Pursuing M.A. in Journalism. Having taken an advance writing class from Professor and Chair Jerry Lanson and a copyediting class from Professor Karen Bordeleau of The Providence Journal (www.projo.com) this semester.

. Tamagawa University, Tokyo 1994-1997 B.A. in Music and Literature . New York University, New York City 1997 one-year exchange student, majoring media studies.