Janine Fleri
  • About
  • Curriculum Vitae
    • Education
    • Affiliations
    • Work History
    • Projects & Events
    • Publications
    • Production Credits
    • Professional Development
    • Skills
  • Writing Samples
  • OST Radio Series
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Education
M.A., Media Studies, 2013
New School for Public Engagement, NYC
Concentration: Social & Interactive Media

Graduate Certificate in Media Management, 2011
New School for Public Engagement, NYC
Thesis Paper: "No Comment: The value and abuses of anonymous speech online"
Advisor: Paul Hardart

B.A., Film Studies & Creative Writing, 2003
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Concentrations: Experimental film & creative writing
Thesis Presentation: “Rx” multi-media installation and research paper on the relationship between chronic illness and anxiety
Advisors: Karen A. Rader & George Nicholas

Affiliations 
Member, Vermont Community Access Media Board of Directors
Member, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Former Signatory & Member, Writers’ Guild of America, East

Work History 
Community Health Centers of Burlington, Burlington, VT
Communications Coordinator, November 2017 - Present
Community Relations and Development Specialist, April 2016 - November 2017

Green Mountain Gore Society/Sullen Belle Productions, Burlington, VT
Producer, Co-Curator and Event Host, September 2012 - June 2016

Champlain Housing Trust, Burlington, VT
Maintenance Support Coordinator, September 2014 - April 2016

Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Adjunct Faculty, Video Storytelling, Jan 2014 - May 2014

Rockefeller University Press, NYC
Senior Manuscript Coordinator, The Journal of Cell Biology, Jan 2008 - April 2013

Lifetime Television, NYC
Post Production Scheduler, Mar 2006 - Dec 2007
Quality Control Sessions Tape Librarian, Mar 2005 - Mar 2006

Hell on Reels: Astoria Moving Image Festival, Astoria, NY
Co-director & marketing coordinator, May 2006 - Aug 2006

IWC Media Services, LIC, NY
Account Coordinator/Archivist, Aug 2003 - Mar 2005

Sarah Lawrence College Film Dept., Bronxville, NY
Student Technical Supervisor, Sep 2000 - May 2003
Teaching Assistant, Documentary Studies, 2001 - 2002

Sarah Lawrence College Art History Dept., Bronxville, NY
Slide Librarian, Sep 1999 - May 2003

Projects & Events
First Friday Art Walk (Wishbone Collective, Winooski, VT - 2019)
"Soft Wax" video

All the Feels 
(S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT - 2019)
"Soft Wax" video

Portals & Rituals: An Exhibition of Eerie and Mysterious Art (Grange Hall Cultural Center, Waterbury, VT - 2018)
"Soft Wax" video

The Art Show #9 (RLPhoto Studio, Burlington, VT - 2018)
"Pooh La-La" prints 1 and 2, digital photography
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HUSK: Vermont Artists Explore Parasitic Relationships (S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT - 2018)
"Suck Us Dry" illustration and interactive concept piece
"Unlightened" mixed media sculpture, collaboration with Athena Kafantaris

Dark Matter (S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT - 2017)
"Pooh La-La" prints 1 and 2, digital photography

Simulacrum Project (Brickwork Art Studios, Burlington, VT - 2015)
GMGS Immersive Dance Party, interactive installation

The Things We Saved (Online - 2013)
Tumblr-based photo exhibit of items salvaged from an apartment fire

Anonymous Heartache Project (Online - 2011)
“AHP15” web video

Two Truths and a Lie: Freaks, Geeks and Beauty Queens (Union Hall, NYC - 2011)
Storyteller

The Sketchbook Project touring exhibition (Brooklyn Art Library, NYC - 2011)
Author/Illustrator, Clobsters? Clobsters! Children’s book

AbecedariumNYC (Online/New York Public Library - 2008)
 “Welkin” video and blog production, Feb 2008

La Superette Functional Art Fair (Eyebeam Gallery, NYC - 2005-2008)
     Contributing artist, mixed media crafts

Publications
Graphic Policy
Portfolio of reviews written for Graphic Policy, where comic books and politics meet.
     Lumberjanes: Friendship to the Max
     Paper Girls #1
     Poop Office
     Paper Girls #2 
     Bitch Planet Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine
     Paper Girls #3
     Paper Girls #4
     Paper Girls #5
     Chica de Fuego: Falling in Love with a Loca (Personal Essay)
     Xena #1
     An Interview with Colorist K. Michael Russel
     Kim & Kim #1
     The Eighth Seal and Glitterbomb

Top Documentary Films
 Selection of titles summarized for TDF's website. 
     Bare Knuckle
     Myths for Profit
     Superhuman: Iceman
     Digital Food

Humane Society of Chittenden County
   
     From Lost to Found: The Benefits of Microchipping Your Pet (for 4 Legs & a Tail Magazine)
     
     Watch Out For Wildlife!
     HSCC Blog article concerning the impact of traffic on wildlife populations and proposed solutions.

     Dispatches from The Adoption Floor (via LifeWithCats.vt)
     First-person accounts of the therapeutic benefits of volunteering with shelter pets.

Best Friends Animal Society – NY and VT Go Local! Initiatives
     The volunteer blog network was eventually dissolved, and is no longer live on the Best Friends website. 
     Any linkable stories will open in PDF format.

     Plant a Tree For Humane Education 
     Interview with Kelly Overton of People Protecting Animals and Their Habitats, a non-profit promoting the
     importance of humane education.

     True PALs of Animals
     Interview with Caryl Shulman of The Pet Adoption League of New York covering their participation in Best Friends’  
     Strut Your Mutt walk-a-thon fundraisers.

     Best Friends of Best Friends 
     Interview with Allyson Halm, president of Adopt-A-Dog, Inc., highlighting their regular involvement with local Best 
     Friends events.

     BYOD (Bring Your Own Dog) 
     Promotional piece advertising the Brooklyn Bridge Pup Crawl fundraising event.

     “Fetch” Yourself a New Best Friend 
     Interview with Adam Powers, executive chef and owner of Fetch Bar & Grill, a dog-themed Manhattan eatery that 
     actively promotes rescue initiatives.

     A Rockin’ Fundraiser for Rockaway Dogs 
     Interview with Christine Drakatos, a rescuer leading efforts to track and trap feral dogs in the Far Rockaways of 
     Queens, NY.

     Lucy’s House: Preventing Pet Homelessness
     Interview with Jan Ellis-Clements, founder of Lucy’s House for the Prevention of Homeless Pets, a Vermont-
     based non-profit whose mission is to keep every pet in their original homes with their owners.

Broken Pencil Magazine
     Can’tLit
     Anthology of short fiction selected by the editors of Broken Pencil magazine. Gynecomastia, which originally
     premiered in BP’s first annual Indie Writer’s Deathmatch, is one of the few American contributions.
     
     “Rockin’ the Oven” Music Review
     An overview of what happens when you invite an experimental musician you met via MySpace into your kitchen       
     to perform for your friends.
     
     Indie Writer’s Deathmatch ’08 
     Gynecomastia, the tale of a flat-chested girl who falls for a bosomy boy in her class, debuted as a quarter-finalist 
     in the first ever BP Indie Writer’s Deathmatch.

Misc. Interviews
     Interview with horror director Jeremiah Kipp
     Interview with experimental filmmaker Carey Burtt

Production Credits 
Eurydice (Music Video) Producer, Sullen Belle Productions, pre-production

Matador (Music Video) Producer. Sullen Belle Productions, 2013

Aquoerea Glow (Mock commercial used in the feature film Babylon A.D.) Production Assistant, performer. Dominican Dialect Productions, 2008

Gagsters (Children’s TV) Production Manager. Gotcha! Productions, 2003

Wilderness (Feature) Assistant Director. After The Duck Productions, 2001-2002

Head (Short) Director of Photography. Corcoran Films, 2002

Wet, Hot, American Summer (Feature) Production Intern. Eureka Productions, 2000

In Jest (Feature) Production Assistant. Kingdom County Productions, 1998​

Professional Development       
Humane Society of Chittenden County, South Burlington, VT
Events, communications and shelter volunteer, Oct 2012 - Present

Bamboo and Bone Productions, NYC
Digital media consultant, untitled archival project of the Vancouver Actors’ Workshop and Firehall PAC, Dec 2011 - Oct 2012

Crossroads Films, NYC
Script Coverage Intern, Sep 2002 – Dec 2002​

Skills
Mac & Windows literate 
Proficient in MS Office applications
Proficient with Google collaborative tools 
Proficient in Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, Flickr, Blogger, Wordpress, TypePad, Pinterest, Instagram and LinkedIn social networking and blogging platforms
​Proficient in MailChimp e-marketing tools
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat 
Practiced in Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Flash and Dreamweaver
Practiced in LittleGreenLight, OneSite, GiftWorks, ScheduALL & XPressTrack database systems
Practiced in basic HTML
Basic conversational and written French
Typing speed 90 wpm
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