Jane
Regan
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2005
- Masters of Philosophy in Communication Studies, University of the
West Indies (CARIMAC), Jamaica |
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1983
- B.A. magna cum laude, Harvard and Radcliffe, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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Fluent:
English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole |
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Awards/Distinctions |
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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/ |
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2008 |
Poynter
Institute grant to attend one-week The Backpack Journalist seminar |
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2004 |
Rory
Peck Award for Hard News for freelance video work in a war zone: finalist |
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2004 |
Sam Chavkin Prize for Integrity in Latin American Journalism,
North American Congress on Latin America |
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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] |
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1998 |
World Association of Community Radio Animators (AMARC), Peru: Citation for radio
program on women's rights |
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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 |
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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 |
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1983 |
Radcliffe Fellowship grant for travel to Liberia |
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Work |
(selected
full- and part-time positions)
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| 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 |
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05-Jan. 09
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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/ |
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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. |
November 07 |
Director/editor: Seeds of Change video, shot in Haiti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5futZAcazw0 |
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Oct. 07-Jan. 08 |
Freelance producer and consultant for The Real News http://www.therealnews.com |
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Apr.-June 06 |
Expert Assessor/Writer (researched and wrote 48-page report)
on human rights Canadian elections program |
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/ |
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2004-2005 |
Haiti correspondent for Reuters
TV (http://rtv.rtrlondon.co.uk/index.html) |
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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/
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2003 |
Co-director/producer/shooter/editor: Circles of Change http://www.circlesofchange.com/ |
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2002-2003 |
Consultant to several Haitian organizations, like SAKS (below)
and ICKL http://ickl-haiti.org/ |
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2002-2004 |
Haiti correspondent for Associated Press Television News
(APTN) |
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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 |
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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 |
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2000-2001 |
Executive Director, Somerville Community Access TV, Somerville, MA, http://www.access-scat.org/ |
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2000-2001 |
Part-time Faculty/Curriculum Development, University of
Massachusetts College
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2000 |
Part-time Faculty, Experimental College, Tufts University,
Medford, MA, USA. |
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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 |
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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. |
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1992-1999 |
Editor and Executive Director, Haitian Information Bureau, news agency and documentation center,
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, publisher of biweekly Haiti Info bulletin. |
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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. |
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1985-1987 |
Production Assistant, various productions, WGBH-TV, Boston, MA, USA. |
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1983-1985 |
Reporter, Daily Hampshire Gazette,
Northampton, MA, USA. |