Sharael Kolberg
(949) 395-7116  sharael@aol.com  http://www.sharael.com
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
June 2011-Present
SEEDS Arts and Education, Inc.- Laguna Beach, CA
Community Liaison
Position requires a variety of skills to assist the non-profit organization with
fundraising, program development, publicity, and Web site maintenance.
May 1996 – Present
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Various Publications- Laguna Beach, CA
Freelance Journalist
Laguna Beach Magazine – Contributing Writer: Publish monthly articles related
to life in Laguna Beach, plus an Eco Column.
Suite101.com – Family Travel Columnist: Publish monthly column about items
related to traveling with kids.
Successfully pitched stories for publication in various magazines, newspapers and
Web sites, proving ability to meet deadlines and write intriguing articles.
 Published in Outside magazine,Working Woman magazine, Women’s Health &
Fitness magazine, Marin Independent Journal, San Mateo Daily Journal, Palo Alto
Weekly, Pleasanton Weekly, Adventure Sports magazine, Rowing News magazine,
Newport Beach magazine, CitySearch.com, Wired News, BayInsider.com,
Away.com, GORP.com, Trazzler.com, MSN.com, Forbes.com, and many more.
Oct. 2003 – Dec. 2008
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Self Employed- San Jose, CA
Photographer
Portrait: Specialize in pregnancy, newborn and family in-home portraits.
Portfolio can be seen at http://www.sharaelkolberg.com.
Photojournalism: Published in the San Mateo Daily Journal (cover), Pleasanton
Weekly, Adventure Sports Journal and on About.com, Trazzler.com, and
Suite101.com.
Commercial: Photographs used for two international ad campaigns for
Columbia Sportswear and Mountain Sprouts clothing. Shot several in-store
promotional shoots for Babystyle.
Fine Art: Hula portraits fine art sold in galleries in Southern California and Hawaii.
June 2001 – July 2002
CNET News.com- San Francisco, CA
Research Editor/News Producer
Responsible for producing daily news articles under tight deadlines, which
included editing content and copyediting. Used keen sense of news to select
content to entice readers.
 Generated story ideas, interviewed sources, wrote articles, did background
research
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Ability to write provoking headlines and subheads and do proofreading
June 2000 - June 2001
ZDNet News- Sydney, Australia
International News Editor/Web Producer
Worked with editors in various countries to coordinate international news efforts
and produce a Web site focused on worldwide technology news.
 Built, edited and managed international news Web site
 Strong journalism skills used to edit stories from numerous foreign countries
Oct. 1998 - May 2000
ZDTV (TechTV)- San Francisco, CA
Project Manager/Web Producer
Managed Web production group and oversaw all Web site projects and
development.
 Met all launch dates on schedule and on budget, did quality assurance testing of
sites
 Coordinated efforts with graphic artists, sales department, and engineers
 Ensured consistency of over a dozen sites within zdtv.com
 Skilled in HTML, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator
Oct. 1998 - Dec. 1998
San Francisco magazine- San Francisco, CA
Editorial Intern
Assisted Food Editor with various journalism projects including editing restaurant
reviews and researching new restaurants to cover in the magazine.
 Position required proofreading, fact checking, writing, interviewing sources, and
transcribing
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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About.com - Columnist: “Climbing,” 2000-2004
Suite101.com - Contributing Editor, “Adventure Sports,” 1999-2002
NBC/Quokka Sports - Media Engineer for NBCOlympics.com, 2000
ZDTV- Columnist: “AOL Help,” 1999-2000
ZDTV- Broadcast Reporter, 2000
Learning Annex - Instructor: “Writing for the Web,” 2000
BAVC - Instructor: “Writing for the Web,” 2000
AmericaTrue.org - Web Correspondent, 1999
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San Francisco Independent newspaper - Sportswriter, 1998
Hawaii Paddler magazine - Staff Writer, 1996
Ka Leo‘O Hawaii, University of Hawaii newspaper - Staff Writer, 1995
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EDUCATION:
B.A., Journalism;
Minor in Spanish
University of Hawaii, 1996
Certificate in Multimedia
Bay Area Video Coalition, 2000
University of California Master Gardener Certification, 2011
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