JUNE AVIGNONE
Phoenix Mill 15 1/2 Van Houten Street, No. 307
Paterson, New Jersey 07505
(973) 345-9539
juneavignone@aol.com
OBJECTIVE A position as a Web editor or content specialist that utilizes my extensive writing background and web design experience.
COMPUTER

Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word,
Macintosh OS 8.5, HTML, QuarkXPress; Internet
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
1997-Present Freelance editor and writer

Edit books and write articles for magazines and newspapers on a variety of subjects, including for Fortune Magazine's website.

Author and editor of Downtown Paterson, May of 1999, by Arcadia Publishers.

Design and development of correlating museum photography mixed media exhibit and website entitled Downtown Paterson.Recipient of Congressional Recognition Award in 1999 for outstanding and invaluable service to the community.
1996-1998

NORTH JERSEY HERALD & NEWS,
Passaic, NJ

Columnist

Wrote column about a variety of issues from a progressive perspective for Sunday issue of daily newspaper, 70,000 circulation.
1986-1999 MILL STREET FORWARD,
Paterson, NJ

Editor

Progressive quarterly newspaper, funded, in part, by the New Jersey State Council for the Arts, that featured the work of area residents, students, and artists, including Allen Ginsberg, Sonia Sanchez and Carolyn Forche.

1984-1985

THE NEWS,
Paterson, NJ

Reporter

Staff writer for daily a.m. newspaper, circulation 70,000.

Provided general assignment, news and feature articles about state and local issues, including the environment, housing, politics and personality close-ups.
TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
1993-1999

PATERSON COALITION FOR HOUSING,
Paterson, NJ

Literacy Coordinator

Developed and supervised educational program for single women with children living in transitional housing to continue their education and/or pursue career goals.

Provided counseling for adults and taught writing and art workshops to children.
1994-1996

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY,
Montclair, NJ

English Professor

Taught creative writing courses to college students.
1987-1992 PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Paterson, NJ

English Professor

Taught literature, creative writing, journalism and composition courses to ethnically diverse students of the Paterson area.
EDUCATION

City College of New York, NY, MFA,
Graduate Writing Program
New York University, NY, BA, English Major,
Journalism Minor.

Montclair State University in cooperation with Data Quest Systems, NJ: Certificate in Web Design
PUBLICATIONS Author and editor of Downtown Paterson, May of 1999, by Arcadia Publishers
Author of Cianci Street: A Neighborhood in Transition, 1996, Itailian Girls Press, funded by the National Park Service through a Making History! grant.
Publication of the book Travelling Small Distances, Chantry Press, 1993.Poetry.
Publication of the book A Place Like Paterson, 1990.Santa Rosa Press, Editor.

© 1999 June Avignone
Last modified December 12, 1999

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