Jane Regan

jane@janevregan.org

2005 - Masters of Philosophy in Communication Studies, University of the West Indies (CARIMAC), Jamaica

1983 - B.A. magna cum laude, Harvard and Radcliffe, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Fluent: English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole

 

Awards/Distinctions

2010

Expert Assessor: Selected to co-direct Emergency Needs Assessment Mission to ascertain needs of popular communications/community radio sector in Haiti following earthquake for World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters AMARC http://www.amarc.org

2008

Casey Fellow selected to attend “Communities in Flux” meeting at the Casey Journalism Center http://journalismcenter.org/

2008

Poynter Institute grant to attend one-week The Backpack Journalist seminar http://www.poynter.org

2004

Rory Peck Award for Hard News for freelance video work in a war zone: finalist http://www.rorypecktrust.org/

2004

Sam Chavkin Prize for Integrity in Latin American Journalism, North American Congress on Latin America

2001

Massachusetts House of Representatives: Citation for "tireless dedication and leadership... (while) building partnerships with city government, community businesses and immigrant communities" during tenure as Executive Director of SCAT [see below]

1998

World Association of Community Radio Animators (AMARC), Peru: Citation for radio program on women's rights

1995

UTNE Reader (US magazine): Citation of Haiti Info [see below] as #7 on the list of "The Best of the Alternative Media" in its "Top 10 Censored Stories" list

1991

Council on International Non-theatrical Events (CINE)(US): Golden Eagle Award, for segment from Local Heroes, Global Change, a four-part PBS series [see below] for which I was Senior Researcher and Segment Producer

1983

Radcliffe Fellowship grant for travel to Liberia

 

 

Work

(selected full- and part-time positions)  

Present

Coordinator: Ayiti Kale Je/Haiti Grassroots Watch/Haïti Veedor multimedia grassroots and citizens “reconstruction watch” multimedia effort, based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. Made up of students and journalists in Haiti’s capital as well as at Haiti’s community radio stations. Investigates and analyzes various aspects of the reconstruction process and produces content in Haitian Creole, French, Spanish and English in text, audio and video forms for audiences in Haiti and worldwide. http://www.HaitiGrassrootsWatch.org

Adjunct Faculty: Faculté des Sciences Humaines, Université d'Etat d'Haïti

Aug. 11-Mar. 12 Co-founder, co-creator: Fund for Investigative Journalism in Haiti. Researched and co-designed structure and processes, oversaw pilot phase during which seven journalists or teams are carrying out reconstruction-related investigations. Served as "coach" on four stories which were later broadcast and published in Haiti and abroad. http://fijhaitienglish.blogspot.com/
Feb. 09-July 10 Dire=ctor Communications: U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Oversee all written and online communication, help design new website, develop and implement integrated communications plan, including new media and social media and online activism strategies, develop new and social media guidelines for all statePIRGs http://www.uspirg.org
Sept. 05-Jan. 09

Freelance producer, shooter, writer, and occasional desk manager, and also Final Cut Pro instructor: Associated Press Television News (APTN), NY, USA  http://www.aptn.com/

Present

Producer/Field director: When The Drum is Beating, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2011 and subsequantedly garnered numerous awards around the World. Airdate on PBS Indepdendent Lens - April 12, 2012. http://www.whenthedrumisbeating.com/

November 07

Director/editor: Seeds of Change video, shot in Haiti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5futZAcazw0

Oct. 07-Jan. 08

Freelance producer and consultant for The Real News http://www.therealnews.com

Apr.-June 06

Expert Assessor/Writer (researched and wrote 48-page report) on human rights Canadian elections program
in Haiti – CANADEM http://www.canadem.ca/home/

Mar. 06-June 07

Writer, webmaster, co-curator Facing our history project http://www.facingourhistory.org

2005

Co-director/co-producer on Unfinished Country, for PBS Wide Angle series on elections in Haiti. 47 minutes. Aired in September, 2005. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/haiti/

2004-2005

Haiti correspondent for Reuters TV (http://rtv.rtrlondon.co.uk/index.html)

2003-2005

Correspondent for various publications, including Miami Herald (USA), Interpress Service http://www.ipsnews.net/index.asp and Latinamerica Press http://www.latinamericapress.org/

2003

Co-director/producer/shooter/editor: Circles of Change http://www.circlesofchange.com/

2002-2003

Consultant to several Haitian organizations, like SAKS (below) and ICKL http://ickl-haiti.org/

2002-2004

Haiti correspondent for Associated Press Television News (APTN)

1982-2005

Numerous freelance writing assignments for newspapers and magazines, including Americas (OAS), Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, Z Magazine, The Progressive, Sun-Sentinel, Choices (UNDP), Dollars & Sense, Index on Censorship, Harvard Magazine, and agencies like UNICEF-Haiti

2002-2005

Co-founder and co-director Wozo Productions multimedia, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Work included documentaries, articles and short videos. http://www.wozoproductions.org

2000-2001

Executive Director, Somerville Community Access TV, Somerville, MA, http://www.access-scat.org/

2000-2001

Part-time Faculty/Curriculum Development, University of Massachusetts College of
Public & Community Service, Boston, MA. Designed/taught three courses http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/cmt/

2000

Part-time Faculty, Experimental College, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.

1999

Editor, principal writer and designer, first Ajennda Popil 2000, annotated 120-page date book in Creole. Now in ninth year: http://www.saks-haiti.org/article.php3?id_article=90

1999-2000

Multimedia Consultant, Sosyete Animasyon Kominikasyon Sosyal (SAKS), Port-au-Prince, Haiti. http://www.saks-haiti.org/ Worked with grassroots groups in the area of communications.

1992-1999

Editor and Executive Director, Haitian Information Bureau, news agency and documentation center, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, publisher of biweekly Haiti Info bulletin.

1987-1992

Associate Producer, Co-producer, Segment Producer, documentaries and series for WGBH-TV (PBS) and other PBS stations, including Dogs Best  Friend, Americas series, Local Heroes, Global Change series, Mexico and Destinos.

1985-1987

Production Assistant, various productions, WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, USA.

1983-1985

Reporter, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, USA.

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