Age Range: 50-59 | Joined: September 2000
Chicago, Illinois
About Me: Candace Dean
1414 Kansas St. Apt. 2
San Francisco, CA 94107
H: 415.821.2594
W: 415.552.1515 x108
E-mail: candacedea@hotmail.com
Account Executive
The Jona Group, San Francisco from May 15 to present
-Helped strategize for clients and suggested ways to help client avoid
disasters
-Pitched major news organizations and trade publications for
high tech clients with excellent results: won bonus every month I’ve
been employed here
-Pitched reporters to make appointments with our clients at trade
shows, wrote abstracts for speaking opportunities
-Connected high tech clients abroad with foreign correspondents to
enhance their presence in the media
-Supervised Account Coordinator
Editor
Ragan Communications, Chicago from March 1999 to April 2000
-Wrote newsletter about the media (Media Relations Report)
-Interviewed high profile media and media relations
professionals
-Opened opportunities with other departments by promoting
conferences in newsletter and posting information on
Web site
-Contributed ideas to conference planning and moderated
sessions at conferences
Freelance Writer
-Wrote health, real estate, lifestyle stories for the
Portland Press Herald, Portland, ME from March 1996 to
February 2000
-Published my own free monthly newspaper and several travel articles
Previous News Experience
-WBBM, Chicago; news writer
-CNN Radio Network; anchor, writer, tape editor
-WGST, Atlanta; anchor, reporter
-WPOR Radio, Portland, ME; anchor, reporter
-WBUR Public Radio, Boston; reporter, internship
-Monterey Peninsula Herald, Monterey, CA; reporter
Education
MS Broadcast Journalism, Boston University
MS Community Development, Southern Illinois University
BS Journalism, Southern Illinois University
Other Interests/Skills
Travel: US, Europe, Australia & Central and South America, Scandinavia
Speak some French
Trip Journals by Candace
Reviews by Candace
Stories and Tips by Candace
More About Candace
I love to travel to...
Santiago, Chicago, Paris, Sapporo, London
It's my dream to travel to...
Athens, Florence, St. Petersburg, Rome, Zurich