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VALCOULON L. ELLICOTT
1335 Chetworth Court
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
h) 703-683-3246 w) 202-224-9708
email: vle2@aol.com
website: www.valellicott.com
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Speechwriter
U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg
Washington, D.C.
Also write op-ed-pieces, floor statements, talking
points. Edit all staff-generated content. |
April 1999 to present |
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Reporter, The Palm Beach Post
(175,000 circulation daily),
West Palm Beach, FL
*1994 - 1999: Courts Reporter:
Investigative and computer-assisted reporting
projects, enterprise stories, legal analysis, profiles, features.
*1991 - 1994: Special Projects Reporter:
Investigative projects and William Kennedy Smith
sexual battery case.
*1987 - 1991: Medical Writer:
Investigative and explanatory projects, business and
feature stories. |
March
1987 to April 1999 |
Pulitzer Fellow
Awarded fellowship for graduating third in class
from Columbia University School of Journalism. Freelanced from New
York City and Mexico City. Contributor to New York Times op-ed page,
Mexico City News, Houston Post and inflight magazines. |
May
1986 to February 1987 |
Bureau Chief, Prince George's Journal
(40,000 circulation daily),
Lanham, MD |
March 1985 to September 1985 |
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Press Secretary
U.S. Congressman Roy Dyson (D-Maryland-1st) |
October 1982 to December 1984 |
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Reporter, The Star-Democrat
(11,000
circulation daily), Easton, MD |
September 1978 to October 1982 |
EDUCATION
Columbia University School of Journalism,
M.S.,1986. Graduated 3rd in class. |
May 1986 |
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Vassar College, B.A. in English |
June 1978 |
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Experiment in International Living
Veracruz, Mexico. Fluent in Spanish. |
Summer 1973 |
AWARDS
"Justice Denied" project nominated by
paper for Pulitzer Prize
Second Place, News Reporting, Florida Society of
Newspaper Editors
First Place, Deadline Reporting, Green Eyeshade
Awards, Sigma Delta Chi
Honorable Mention, Non-deadline Writing, Florida
Press Club
First Place, Deadline Writing, Best of Cox (Cox Newspapers)
Second Place, Public Service Series, MD/Delaware/D.C.
Press Association
Dateline Award, Spot News Reporting, Sigma Delta Chi |
1996
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1990
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