Elena Berton

Elena Berton 12 rue du Pôle Nord 75018 Paris-- Experience Freelance journalist – Paris. Oct 2013-present Contributing lifestyle features and news articles to The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and Departures Magazine. Other activities include corporate writing and consulting projects, with a particular focus on the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, as well as business writing training for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Correspondent - Reuters, Paris. Aug 2011-Aug 2013 Real-time coverage of French pharmaceutical and industrial stocks with focus on features, interviews and analysis pieces. This involved regular contact with top executives and sector experts, travel to conferences and events. Duties at the bureau included running the Paris equities slot twice a week, liaising with London-based editors to drive news coverage, editing reporters’copy, translating French copy into English for the international wire. Reporter – Dow Jones Newswires, Paris. Dec 2009-July 2011 Real-time coverage of French banking and insurance stocks. Wrote breaking news stories, analysis pieces and interviews with top financialsector executives for both Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal as part of a European team of journalists. Trained and coached junior reporters, deputised for the bureau chief as needed. Business news editor – Women’s Wear Daily, Paris. May 2009-Dec 2009 In charge of covering the business angle of the fashion, luxury and retail sectors in Europe for the pre-eminent industry trade journal. Interviewed top executives, fashion designers, travelled to conferences and industry events, covered fashion shows. Reporter – Dow Jones Newswires, London. Sept 1997-April 2009 Real-time coverage of UK and European equity market beats, including banking, technology, utilities and, from June 2004, pharmaceutical and biotechnology stocks for Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal. Duties included extensive travel in Europe to cover industry events, conferences, interviews with top executives. Contributed freelance articles to the Wall Street Journal lifestyle section. Editorial assistant – Here! Magazine, London. March 1996-Apr 1997 Proofread and edited entertainment and lifestyle stories for weekly magazine, researched background material for reporters and wrote picture captions. Work experience while at university Various reporting jobs with daily newspapers Chapel Hill Herald and Daily Tar Heel, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Wrote articles for The UNC Journalist, the magazine published by the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA MA in journalism and mass communication – May 1995 University of Padua, Italy BA cum laude in English and Russian – Dec 1992 Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA Summer school journalism course – Jun-Aug 1991 Skills Bilingual English/Italian, professional working proficiency in French Awards Fulbright scholarship at UNC-Chapel Hill,- Scripps Howard Foundation scholarship for outstanding journalism students,- Leisure Member of the British Guild of Food Writers