Cynthia Rose - Resumé, Curriculum Vitae

Basics BA, Newnham College, Cambridge UK. Member: National Union of Journalists and Reporters sans frontières. After college, staff writer for five years at New Musical Express weekly, London, UK. Then, Deputy Editor, Wire magazine, London, UK and Editor, City Limits weekly, London, UK. Selected archived music writing online at www.rocksbackpages.com. General writing selections under journalism or at www.seattletimes.com (requires login).   
2005 - present

Broadcasting, journalism, arts criticism (sample catalogue essay), web design and consultancies, especially regarding marketing and media strategies. Independent producer of arts coverage (UK and US) via film, print and web. In-progress film projects include a profile of US artist Elizabeth Jameson.

Residencies Digital Artist in Residence, 911 Media Arts (Andy Warhol Foundation/NEA, US) and Jack Straw Productions, Seattle, WA, US, for the 2006 documentary The Typing Explosion presented during the 50th Venice Biennale
Books TRADE SECRETS: Young British Talents Talk Business, Thames & Hudson (Dec, 1999); DESIGN AFTER DARK: The Story of Dancefloor Style (Thames & Hudson, UK & US, 1994-present); LIVING IN AMERICA: The Soul Saga of James Brown (Serpent's Tail, UK & US, 1992-present); Contributor to "SNEAKERS: Size Isn't Everything" (Milk/Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1999); "COOL CATS: 25 Years of Rock & Roll Style" (Eel Pie/St Martin's); "Anatomy of the Movies" (Macmillan); "TIME OUT GUIDE to the Cinema" (yearly)
TV production, presenting, reporting
MTV Europe (producer of weekly magazine program Weekend Edition; writer/producer, Features; writer, Daily News); presenter and features producer for BBC-TV daily arts programs "The Late Show" & "Late Show Live", assistant presenter for BBC Radio 4's live "Start The Week". Consistent work for BBC World Service Radio; Kaleidoscope (BBC); Omnibus (BBC-TV); Illuminations Productions (BBC and Channel Four); "The Radio Program" (BBC). Also Radio 5; Jazz-FM; Greater London Radio and Kiss-FM Radio
Selected consultancies British Film Institute, UK (development of web site); 2007 UK digital relaunch of "The Battle of Algiers"; Methodologie (US); Artspace Projects, Inc., US; Atlanta College of Art Gallery; British National Jazz Awards (UK). Curatorial work and catalogue content: Microsoft, Seattle, WA (US); Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Arts Council of Great Britain; South Bank Arts complex (UK); Dallas Museum of Art (US); Gallery Holly Snapp (Venice, Italy).
Print & online journalism
US & UK
The Guardian, US magazine, Entertainment Weekly, International Herald Tribune, Crafts, New Statesman & Society, www.crosscut.com, Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly, The Observer, British Vogue, The Dallas Morning News, Rolling Stone, The London Times, Arena magazine, City Limits, The Face, Time Out, Independent on Sunday, The Independent, Sight & Sound, Dazed & Confused, American Way magazine, Eye, Elle, Elle Decor, Art News, The Sunday Times

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