Needed – skeptical left-liberal think tank

Something that’s got new creative thought to the left of the Democratic Party.

Something that would hire me, a newspaper editor looking for an employment stimulus:

STEPHEN J. SNYDER
212 W. Wintergreen Road, #2073
DeSoto, TX 75115
936-419-1539 (cell); 972-223-7111 (home)
E-mail: socraticgadfly@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE: A mutually beneficial job and career path where I can use my decade and more of skills, experience and training in news writing, persuasive writing, creative writing, copy editing, assignment editing, desktop publishing, photography, photo editing, teaching and more.

SKILL SETS –
NEWS WRITING – Texas Press Association first place award, news writing; North and East Texas Press Association, first place, news writing;
PERSUASIVE WRITING – Texas Press Association and North and East Texas Press Association, first place, editorial writing; training in persuasive communication and public speaking.
CREATIVE WRITING – Second place, TPA, headline writing; fourth place, feature writing; adult education instructor, English composition;
DESKTOP PUBLISHING – First place, TPA, page design, twice;
ASSIGNMENT EDITING – Experience working with staff writers, freelancers, part-time correspondents, multiple newspapers;
COPY EDITING – Experience editing works of staff writers, freelancers, and submitted articles;
PHOTOGRAPHY/PHOTO EDITING – Photography, photo editing work, multiple newspapers;
TEACHING – College adult education instructor in English composition, other liberal arts;
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP – College senate, student president. Started class by petition; North and East Texas Press Association Journalist of the Year; National Merit Scholar.
PUBLIC SPEAKING – Trained in speaking; spoken before various civic groups.