About
Before falling in love with journalism, writing and editing, Cathy was a struggling actress living in New York City. Cathy was in the right place, at the right time – it just wasn’t what Cathy expected – a job working for OMNI Magazine, a science magazine for the lay public. Before Cathy knew it, she was writing stories about the environment, politics and science. Cathy was editing articles by well-known scientists and public figures. Cathy was speaking out for social injustice and environmental degradation, and was in love with her job.
Today, 40 years later, Cathy lives in the desert. She is mother of three grown children. She went back to school and in 2015 completed her graduate studies in Journalism at the University of Arizona. Go Cats! Cathy is also a Professional Essay, Resumé and Business Profile Advisor. She helps high school seniors write their essays for their college applications. She works on resumés and is available to any organization interested in her services which include writing their mission statement and projecting their speciality.
For fun Cathy enjoys hiking, biking, running, bird watching, diving, snorkeling, gardening and cooking. She writes poetry, but has never published any pieces. She especially adores her three children: Rachel, Michael and Daniel.
Resume
Cathy Spencer Rosenberg
Email: cathyrose@me.com
520.349.1174
Experience, Background And Education
Graduate Studies: Completed May 2015.
Master of Arts, School of Journalism, University of Arizona. Focused on the changing dynamics of journalism in a global communication network through multimedia and high technology. Special interests include a focus on science, natural history and the environment.
Experience:
Book Project: 2018 to 2024. Fiction. Currently in revisions.
Arizona Cat’s Eye, Assignment Editor
Sky View Magazine, contributing author/photographer Tucson Weekly, Freelance writer/photographer Arizona Daily Star, Freelance writer
College Essay, Resume, and Business Profile Advisor News Week Magazine, Freelance writer
OMNI Magazine, Editor and Writer
Skills: Photography, Videography, Final Cut Pro, Photo Shop
Awards:
Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year – 2015 University of Arizona, School of Journalism
Excellence in Science and Environmental Journalism – 2014 University of Arizona, School of Journalism
Recent Publications:
How to defend leopard frogs from big bad bullfrogs, Special to the Arizona Daily Star, September 25, 2015.
Why the desert bighorn sheep crossed the road, Special to the Arizona Daily Star, October 22, 2015.
Back from the Brink: The Future of the California Condor. Vermilion Flycatcher, October–December 2015 | Volume 60, Number 4. Long version Retrieved from: http://www.tucsonaudubon.org/what-we-do/publications/449-condor.html
Of Wolves and Men, The challenge of reintroducing the Mexican wolf and its journey home. Tucson Weekly, July 23-29, 2015, pg. 10.
Rebalancing Nature, A look at the reintroduction of bighorn sheep to the Catalina Mountains. Tucson Weekly, January 9-14, 2014, pg. 12.
Key to happiness is a meaningful life, not money, UA prof tells Tucson crowd. Arizona Daily Star, October 16, 2013, pg. 6.
Birding without fear. Blue Guitar Magazine. Spring 2014 Edition.
Arizona Public Media, A Birdwatcher’s Haven. A video featuring the hummingbird haven at Paton’s in Patagonia, Arizona.
NatureWatch,LLC: August 2015 to Present.
A Multimedia project for the environment and its wildlife.
College Essay, Resume, and Business Profile Advisor: 2008 to Present. Works with high school seniors as they prepare their essays for college applications. Helps professionals express their voice in each resume. Will help to distinguish what makes any organization or business stand out in their field.
Writer & Editor:
OMNI Magazine: Author of feature articles including: High-Tech Rescue of Endangered Species, Interview with Garret Hardin – author of ‘Tragedy of the Commons’, Interview with William Rathje – innovative archeologist and garbologist.
Co-editor of the Body Column, a monthly column dedicated to health and medicine. Column topics include co-enzyme Q10, advances in medicine from NASA technology, sleep disturbances, new approaches to vaccines.
Editor and co-author of the First Word Column, a monthly opinion statement from a public figure of national or international prominence. Co-authors include Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi, Secretary Bruce Babbitt, Pulitzer Prize winning entomologist E.O. Wilson, playwright Arthur Miller, Vice-President Dick Cheney, AIDS virus co-discoverer Robert Gallo, internationally acclaimed Russian Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
Editor and author of the Earth Column dedicated to innovative and complex environmental issues.
Concept and story development with OMNI’s lead editorial team.
Freelance Writer & Contributing Editor, Newsweek Magazine
Author and co-editor, The Green Catalogue, an annual supplement, offering innovative business approaches to environmental protection.
Assistant Editor, OMNI Book
Chief of Research, OMNI’s Future Medical Almanac. Analysis of book proposals, development of new book ideas.
History:
Master of Arts, University of Arizona, 2015
Professional Essay Advisor: 2008 to present
Freelance writer and editor, 1992 to present
Writer and Editor, OMNI Magazine, 1984 to 1992
Actress, New York, NY, 1979 to 1984
Actress, Milwaukee, WI, 1978 to 1979
Graduate Education, Performing Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1978-1979 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1978
Recent Goals: I went back to school in 2012 in an effort to retool and expand my journalistic know-how. Embracing an academic career has provided many opportunities to develop a new understanding of investigative reporting and has spurred a renewed interest in science and the environment. The challenge of embracing theory, research and law in relation to journalism has driven me to examine my own ideas and personal views while projecting the facts, ideas and opinions about a particular topic; in other words, finding a voice in unbiased reporting.
References:
Patrice Adcroft
Past Editor in Chief of Omni Magazine and Seventeen, adcroftpatti@aol.com, 646.592.3758 Rogelio Garcia, University of Arizona
Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Journalism, rgarcia3@email.arizona.edu,
520.465.8329
Carol Schwalbe, University of Arizona
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, School of Journalism 520.300.0693
cschwalbe@email.arizona.edu