Senior TV News Producer

• Dec 2022 - Present

Assistant Correspondent

• Mar 2017 - Nov 2022

• Monitor, gather and investigate US news of interest and relevance to Japanese media • Research, coordinate and conduct interviews with sources, attend press briefings • Analyze/summarize news events, manage relations with news sources to help correspondents who speak English as a second language • Monitor, gather and investigate US news of interest and relevance to Japanese media • Research, coordinate and conduct interviews with sources, attend press briefings • Analyze/summarize news events, manage relations with news sources to help correspondents who speak English as a second language

Writer / Media Consultant

• 2015 - Apr 2016

• Wrote feature-length posts for FluentU.com Japanese language blog • Rated and evaluated accuracy and effectiveness of Japanese web advertising and web-page layouts for major Internet search engine • Managed Facebook page and wrote updates for Japan Film Festival LA • Wrote press releases to promote Japan Fair LA • Wrote feature-length posts for FluentU.com Japanese language blog • Rated and evaluated accuracy and effectiveness of Japanese web advertising and web-page layouts for major Internet search engine • Managed Facebook page and wrote updates for Japan Film Festival LA • Wrote press releases to promote Japan Fair LA

Copyeditor

• Apr 2013 - Sep 2014

• Edited news stories that were translated from the Japanese print version of the Asahi newspaper for the online Asia & Japan Watch (www.ajw.asahi.com) • Adapted articles to conform to English-language journalism style as well as supplemented content with cultural explanations for context • Edited news stories that were translated from the Japanese print version of the Asahi newspaper for the online Asia & Japan Watch (www.ajw.asahi.com) • Adapted articles to conform to English-language journalism style as well as supplemented content with cultural explanations for context

Writer/Editor

• Nov 2007 - Nov 2012

· Responsible for all editorial content of team TOYOTA, a 24-page, quarterly magazine for Toyota Motor Corporation's global distributors · Cultivated sources, conducted research and interviews of Toyota executives, edited corporate literature, created and presented business proposals, translate basic documents from Japanese to English · Responsible for all editorial content of team TOYOTA, a 24-page, quarterly magazine for Toyota Motor Corporation's global distributors · Cultivated sources, conducted research and interviews of Toyota executives, edited corporate literature, created and presented business proposals, translate basic documents from Japanese to English

Newsroom Intern - Daily Yomiuri

• Jun 2006 - Aug 2006

· Reported and wrote two feature stories (one on public smoking and another on architectural preservation in Tokyo). · Covered a California government-sponsored trade mission event for the business page. · Edited and rewrote daily wire stories, business briefs, editorials and features. · Reported and wrote two feature stories (one on public smoking and another on architectural preservation in Tokyo). · Covered a California government-sponsored trade mission event for the business page. · Edited and rewrote daily wire stories, business briefs, editorials and features.

Teacher

• Mar 2004 - Jul 2005

Taught writing skills to non-native English speakers seeking international journalism careers Taught writing skills to non-native English speakers seeking international journalism careers

Contributing Writer - Metropolis Magazine

• Aug 2003 - Jul 2005

­ · Regular bar/restaurant reviewer for the largest English language weekly magazine in Japan. · Wrote several feature stories on subjects such as the Tokyo hip-hop music scene and foreign independent filmmakers in Japan. ­ · Regular bar/restaurant reviewer for the largest English language weekly magazine in Japan. · Wrote several feature stories on subjects such as the Tokyo hip-hop music scene and foreign independent filmmakers in Japan.

Assistant English Teacher

• Aug 1999 - Jul 2003

Taught English full-time in public junior high schools and part-time in elementary schools Taught English full-time in public junior high schools and part-time in elementary schools

News Assistant / Reporter

• Nov 1997 - Jul 1999

· Wrote entertainment stories for the Lifestyles section of a daily newspaper · Covered local music scene with my own weekly band column · Wrote entertainment stories for the Lifestyles section of a daily newspaper · Covered local music scene with my own weekly band column

Production Assistant

• Apr 1995 - Jul 1996

· Analyzed and evaluated screenplays, books for film development executives and producers · Post-production work for the film Strange Days; pre-production work for Titanic · Analyzed and evaluated screenplays, books for film development executives and producers · Post-production work for the film Strange Days; pre-production work for Titanic

Story Analyst / Coverage Writer

• 1993 - 1995

· Read and evaluated screenplays and books for film production companies including Oliver Stone's Ixtlan, Scott Rudin Productions, and Gale Anne Hurd's Pacific Western Productions · Determined feature film potential by writing in-depth synopses and critical comments · Read and evaluated screenplays and books for film production companies including Oliver Stone's Ixtlan, Scott Rudin Productions, and Gale Anne Hurd's Pacific Western Productions · Determined feature film potential by writing in-depth synopses and critical comments