ShareThisJournalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee are lucky to have friends in high places, a former vice president, the secretary of State and especially former President Bill Clinton, who had the contacts to borrow an airliner, raise the money and get hurry-up approvals from the White House, State and the FAA to fly to Pyongyang and bring them back to, literally, a Hollywood ending. The two were incarcerated for the very brief period, by North Korean standards, of 140 days.
Less fortunate from the standpoint of friends in high places are a South Korean factory manager, arrested for speaking ill of the regime while working in North Korea, and four South Korean fishermen whose boat wandered into North Korean waters, and who are still being held with no release in sight. Former President Clinton was said to have put in a word on their behalf with Kim Jong Il.
Those five might only be the best known and most recent of the 1,000 or so South Koreans the North is accused of abducting over the years.
Less fortunate still are the Japanese kidnapped by the North. In 2002, Pyongyang admitted to the abduction in the 1970s and '80s of 13 Japanese nationals for use in training spies. The North Koreans returned five of the 13 but said the other eight had died. The Japanese believe the North Koreans kidnapped far more of their nationals than the 13 they admit to and is seeking an explanation. Clinton is also said to have urged Kim to cooperate with the Japanese in locating their citizens.
And don't let us forget that in 1968 the North Koreans captured a defenseless American spy ship, the USS Pueblo, and held the 82 surviving crewmembers basically as hostages for 11 months.
Kim Jong Il's harmless theatrics and the exuberant return to their families of Ling and Lee should not obscure the enduring fact that this is a cruel and cold regime.
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
Journalism, The New York Times
Female Competitiveness At The New York Times
I'm taking a huge breath, after just hanging up with the NYT Metropolitan Desk Editor, who told me, "You can email a pitch, but we're going to say no." I thought to myself, "I hope she doesn't have kids."
After years and 50 articles with the New York Times, it's been my experience that only 1 in about 30 females, editors, reporters and photographers, has ever been close to kind. Among males I have dealt with on the phone at the NYT, 100% have been even pleasant. I find this to be an interesting fact of my experience at the NYT, as a "freelancer", with over 50 bylines in the paper since 1998.
However tough an economic environment, especially for print media, there seems to be an unfortunate bias towards women by women employed by the NYT. After my experience on the phone with women at the NYT, perhaps the worst was with a regional editor, who told me a few years ago, "Haven't I already talked to you and told you no once?"
At the land of no, men can be fierce indeed, but at the NYT, but I have found there to be an autopilot chip-on-the- shoulder in operation directly following female to female contact. It's an unfortunate liability to be a woman dealing with any women at the NYT, and I can't quite figure it out.
I highly doubt the NYT would admit to anything resembling a bias, but my now final sojourn with the Old Gray Lady has undoubtedly taught me otherwise. Despite intense loyalty, good reporting and story ideas, and experience, women appear to really have to pit themselves against other women for some reason.
I remember what my mentor, Barth Healy, who has now passed, told me about this and his words will ring true to me forever. "There's always time to be kind." And I'm still here, waving good-bye to what was once a paper I respected and worked hard for.
At the risk of inviting the trite "disgruntled employee" perspective, I hope also to invite truth through experience. Never believe anyone who tells you that you can't do something, or you won't because you choose to.
copyright Elizabeth Adams Miller, 2009
Elizabeth Adams Miller
50 East 72nd Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 646-386-7530
Cell: 646-539-8862
Email:ekiggen942@aol.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Editorial Experience
-Assistant Beauty Editor, Seventeen Magazine, under Suzanne Kennedy Flynn
-Columnist for Young Miss Magazine, Heart-to-Heart.
-Assistant Editor, Young Miss Magazine, 1977-1979; Responsible for fashion choices, model
choices, photo shoots, story ideas, and writing copy, such as “From Pretty to Punk”,
etc., testing beauty products and samples, services, reviews of fashion events, etc.
-Assistant Editor, Divorce magazine, 1979-1980
-Copy Editor, Dan’s Papers
-*Freelance Editor, various clients, current, for fashion, art, style, book reviews, manuscripts, etc., Specializing in style, language, diction, grammar, organization of ideas, and formatting
-*Co-author 3 books: Let’s Get Growing ; By Rodale Press, Organic Landscaping, by McMillan Press-IDG Press, and Organic Guide to Controlling Pests (Now Available), by Smith & Hawkin.
Reporting Experience
-*Reporter for The New York Times (52 Bylines), since 1998
-*Host of own T.V. Show “Animal Friends”; on WVVH-Southampton,
2002 (created, written, reported and researched by Elizabeth Adams Miller)
-*Investigative Reporter for NewsFactor.com, several articles syndicated by Yahoo
-*8 years Animal Columnist, numerous of Long Island, National and Internati0nal Newspapers and Magazines
-Writer for Themestream.com
-*8 years column “It’s Our Garden” in Times-Beacon Record Newspapers, National Magazines and Newspapers
-3 years organic gardening column “It’s Our Garden”; in Dan’s Papers
-*Television Correspondent, Independent News, WVVH-Southampton, 2000
-*Assistant Producer, Children’s Television Network, PBS, NY
-*Host of “It’s Our Garden” Call-in Green Living Radio Talk Show on WLNG, Long Island
Awards, Other Experience
-*Language and General Education Tutor for Bridgehampton Tutoring Center and privately.
-Graduate Internship on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
-Extensive training in theater arts (actress) for 30 years *The Neighborhood Playhouse, Gene Frankel Theater, Napa Valley Theater Company
-Lecturer and Organic Product/Animal Advocacy Educator
-Long Island Press Club 1999- 2nd place, Best News Column,
-Long Island Press Club 2000- 3rd place, Best News Column,
-Print and Commercial Model,1996-current
-Featured on Channel 55 News, News 12 Long Island, Channel Four News and one of the News 12 Long Island Earth Day Spokespeople for 1995
Educational Background
-Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City
-Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Aspen, Colorado (modeled after Outward Bound Programs). Graduated in 1982.
-Colorado College (Special extended study-abroad Program in Mexico, living with a Mexican family as an exchange student)
-Hobart-William Smith College
-Associates Degree, Merrimount College, NYC, 4.0 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa
-B.A., Journalism, Ashcroft University, 1989
Additional Skills
-Fluent Spanish, intermediate French, Portuguese, Italian
-Computer Knowledge of MS Word, Microsoft Works, Windows, Office Professional, IBM-compatible, Macintosh, etc.,
-Internet-savvy, web design, PhotoPaint, graphic design, etc.
-Excellent editing, interviewing skills, reporting on News, Investigative Issues, Government, Environmental Issues, Features, Style, Beauty/Fashion, Internet Technology and Cybercrime, Individual Profiles, Book Reviews, Art, Politics, Investigative/Police Issues and Celebrity Interviews.
-Extensive production experience in entertainment industry, with celebrities such
as Whitney Houston, Cab Calloway and Stevie Wonder at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, and worldwide tours with established artists. Additional information available on request.
- Lifelong training in theater arts, attendance at “The Neighborhood Playhouse” School of Acting, NYC, Napa Valley Theater Company, Gene Frankel Studios, NYC
Hobbies, Interests, and Areas of study
-Words, communication, education, trends, languages, performance, television, radio, news, public speaking, truth in media and media ethics, reading, environmental issues, organics/ green lifestyle, animal advocacy, geopolitical structure, community and human relationships, US and World History, specificity, words and translation, “the trickle-down theory”, Nature, American Government, (Federalist Papers, in particular), philosophy (Hegel), criminal and constitutional law, anthropology, computers, linguistics and semantics, sports, jazz dance, horseback riding (trained in both English and Western), music, ethics, international travel, beauty/fashion/style, entertainment industry.
Ethics in Journalism, The New York TImes
Female Competitiveness At The New York Times
I'm taking a huge breath, after just hanging up with the NYT Metropolitan Desk Editor, who told me, "You can email a pitch, but we're going to say no." I thought to myself, "I hope she doesn't have kids."
After years and 50 articles with the New York Times, it's been my experience that only 1 in about 30 females, editors, reporters and photographers, has ever been close to kind. Among males I have dealt with on the phone at the NYT, 100% have been even pleasant. I find this to be an interesting fact of my experience at the NYT, as a "freelancer", with over 50 bylines in the paper since 1998.
However tough an economic environment, especially for print media, there seems to be an unfortunate bias towards women by women employed by the NYT. After my experience on the phone with women at the NYT, perhaps the worst was with a regional editor, who told me a few years ago, "Haven't I already talked to you and told you no once?"
At the land of no, men can be fierce indeed, but at the NYT, but I have found there to be an autopilot chip-on-the- shoulder in operation directly following female to female contact. It's an unfortunate liability to be a woman dealing with any women at the NYT, and I can't quite figure it out.
I highly doubt the NYT would admit to anything resembling a bias, but my now final sojourn with the Old Gray Lady has undoubtedly taught me otherwise. Despite intense loyalty, good reporting and story ideas, and experience, women appear to really have to pit themselves against other women for some reason.
I remember what my mentor, Barth Healy, who has now passed, told me about this and his words will ring true to me forever. "There's always time to be kind." And I'm still here, waving good-bye to what was once a paper I respected and worked hard for.
At the risk of inviting the trite "disgruntled employee" perspective, I hope also to invite truth through experience. Never believe anyone who tells you that you can't do something, or you won't because you choose to.
copyright Elizabeth Adams Miller, 2009
Elizabeth Adams Miller
50 East 72nd Street
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 646-386-7530
Cell: 646-539-8862
Email:ekiggen942@aol.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Editorial Experience
-Assistant Beauty Editor, Seventeen Magazine, under Suzanne Kennedy Flynn
-Columnist for Young Miss Magazine, Heart-to-Heart.
-Assistant Editor, Young Miss Magazine, 1977-1979; Responsible for fashion choices, model
choices, photo shoots, story ideas, and writing copy, such as “From Pretty to Punk”,
etc., testing beauty products and samples, services, reviews of fashion events, etc.
-Assistant Editor, Divorce magazine, 1979-1980
-Copy Editor, Dan’s Papers
-*Freelance Editor, various clients, current, for fashion, art, style, book reviews, manuscripts, etc., Specializing in style, language, diction, grammar, organization of ideas, and formatting
-*Co-author 3 books: Let’s Get Growing ; By Rodale Press, Organic Landscaping, by McMillan Press-IDG Press, and Organic Guide to Controlling Pests (Now Available), by Smith & Hawkin.
Reporting Experience
-*Reporter for The New York Times (52 Bylines), since 1998
-*Host of own T.V. Show “Animal Friends”; on WVVH-Southampton,
2002 (created, written, reported and researched by Elizabeth Adams Miller)
-*Investigative Reporter for NewsFactor.com, several articles syndicated by Yahoo
-*8 years Animal Columnist, numerous of Long Island, National and Internati0nal Newspapers and Magazines
-Writer for Themestream.com
-*8 years column “It’s Our Garden” in Times-Beacon Record Newspapers, National Magazines and Newspapers
-3 years organic gardening column “It’s Our Garden”; in Dan’s Papers
-*Television Correspondent, Independent News, WVVH-Southampton, 2000
-*Assistant Producer, Children’s Television Network, PBS, NY
-*Host of “It’s Our Garden” Call-in Green Living Radio Talk Show on WLNG, Long Island
Awards, Other Experience
-*Language and General Education Tutor for Bridgehampton Tutoring Center and privately.
-Graduate Internship on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
-Extensive training in theater arts (actress) for 30 years *The Neighborhood Playhouse, Gene Frankel Theater, Napa Valley Theater Company
-Lecturer and Organic Product/Animal Advocacy Educator
-Long Island Press Club 1999- 2nd place, Best News Column,
-Long Island Press Club 2000- 3rd place, Best News Column,
-Print and Commercial Model,1996-current
-Featured on Channel 55 News, News 12 Long Island, Channel Four News and one of the News 12 Long Island Earth Day Spokespeople for 1995
Educational Background
-Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York City
-Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Aspen, Colorado (modeled after Outward Bound Programs). Graduated in 1982.
-Colorado College (Special extended study-abroad Program in Mexico, living with a Mexican family as an exchange student)
-Hobart-William Smith College
-Associates Degree, Merrimount College, NYC, 4.0 GPA, Phi Beta Kappa
-B.A., Journalism, Ashcroft University, 1989
Additional Skills
-Fluent Spanish, intermediate French, Portuguese, Italian
-Computer Knowledge of MS Word, Microsoft Works, Windows, Office Professional, IBM-compatible, Macintosh, etc.,
-Internet-savvy, web design, PhotoPaint, graphic design, etc.
-Excellent editing, interviewing skills, reporting on News, Investigative Issues, Government, Environmental Issues, Features, Style, Beauty/Fashion, Internet Technology and Cybercrime, Individual Profiles, Book Reviews, Art, Politics, Investigative/Police Issues and Celebrity Interviews.
-Extensive production experience in entertainment industry, with celebrities such
as Whitney Houston, Cab Calloway and Stevie Wonder at Carnegie Hall, Avery Fischer Hall, and worldwide tours with established artists. Additional information available on request.
- Lifelong training in theater arts, attendance at “The Neighborhood Playhouse” School of Acting, NYC, Napa Valley Theater Company, Gene Frankel Studios, NYC
Hobbies, Interests, and Areas of study
-Words, communication, education, trends, languages, performance, television, radio, news, public speaking, truth in media and media ethics, reading, environmental issues, organics/ green lifestyle, animal advocacy, geopolitical structure, community and human relationships, US and World History, specificity, words and translation, “the trickle-down theory”, Nature, American Government, (Federalist Papers, in particular), philosophy (Hegel), criminal and constitutional law, anthropology, computers, linguistics and semantics, sports, jazz dance, horseback riding (trained in both English and Western), music, ethics, international travel, beauty/fashion/style, entertainment industry.