3017 Ashley Green Court, Waldorf, MD 20602-2523

Jeffrey W. Mason

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Professional Summary

Experienced writer/editor/op-ed writer/political analyst with detailed knowledge of environmental issues, climate change, nuclear weapons policy, science and technology issues, U.S. foreign policy, international military issues, U.S.-Russian Relations, and global sustainability. Excellent communication, computer, Internet, news database search, and press relations skill sets. Extensive interaction with major news media representatives including CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, ABC News, German TV, Moscow Times, Washington Post, and many others. Experienced PBS-TV and radio scriptwriter, researcher, editor, blogger, published author, fundraiser and office manager. Committed environmentalist and global warming activist with ties to Sierra Club and NAPF. Worked a summer as a high donor telephone fundraiser for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. See LinkedIn profile.

Experience

Senior Policy Analyst/Editorial Writer, Robert Weiner Associates, April 2014 - .

1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. #28271, Washington, DC 20038-8271

· Write and edit op-eds and press releases, attend editorial meetings, interact with newspaper and website editors, and assist in arranging radio and TV spots.

Adjunct Faculty Instructor 2001 -2014

· Taught International Relations, Government, U.S. History, & Political Science courses at local colleges with a focus on environment, Cold War history, and global affairs, nuclear strategy, politics, and public policy.

Reference Specialist/Editor/Proofreader, U.S. State Department, 2005 - 2005

Office of International Information Programs [InfoCurrent contractor],

Washington, DC [Part-Time]

· Wrote Article Alert reviews of journal articles on nuclear strategy, the environment, Russia, and arms control issues published on State website.

· Assisted in writing and editing of eJournal on nuclear proliferation and terrorism distributed to foreign embassies and news media for May 2005 NPT RevCon.

· Managed interlibrary loan requests and searched subscription databases.

Research Librarian, Congressional Research Service, 2003 -2004

Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Washington, DC

· Alerted analysts and news media to arms control policy, space militarization, global warming, and nuclear weapons-related reports, articles, and legislation.

· Tracked nuclear proliferation and military environmental toxics for analysts.

· Fact checked and edited footnotes for accuracy of CRS Reports to Congress.

Jeffrey W. Mason (301)433-1667, Email:

Assistant Editor, To The Point daily newsletter March 2003

Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia

· Worked as contract employee for DOD scanning dozens of websites for news on WMD proliferation, nuclear theft, and military environmental toxics.

· Downloaded articles and distributed to DHS, EPA, and other U.S. agencies.

Senior Research Analyst/Press Assistant 1992 – 2003

Center for Defense Information (CDI), Washington, DC

· Wrote and helped produced PBS-TV scripts for half-hour episodes of America’s Defense Monitor on nuclear weapons, cleaning up American and Russian nuclear bomb factories, “The Legacy of Hiroshima,” and child soldiers.

· Wrote and narrated “Question of the Week” two-minute radio commentaries broadcast on public radio stations in the U.S. and Canada.

· Wrote four-part online series, Space: Battleground or Frontier.

· Press representative/facilitator for radio/TV interviews with CDI senior staff by major media journalists including CNN, C-SPAN, ABC-TV, NY Times, etc.

· Wrote and edited grant proposals, book chapters, and fundraising pitch letters.

· Wrote newsletter articles, online op-eds, fact sheets, and briefing summaries.

· Distributed daily news clipping service to senior staff utilizing resources obtained from the web and from hard copy newspapers & periodicals.

· Attended Pentagon, National Press Club, and Congressional press briefings & interacted with Pentagon/military public affairs officers and Hill staffers.

· Distributed monthly calendar of military, arms control and environmental events.

· Responded to media queries on arms control, nuclear weapons, and environment.

Other Relevant Experience

· Office Manager/Research Associate, Professionals’ Coalition, Wash, DC Lobbied Congressional staff to support arms control/nuclear reductions.

· Membership Coordinator/Researcher, International Studies Association, Columbia, South Carolina. Invoiced members & administered membership database. Assisted with research projects. Helped organize annual convention.

· Telephone Fundraiser, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (high donors), Clean Water Action, and other environmental/progressive charities.

· Free-Lance Blogger/Writer of letters-to-the-editor and op-eds in a variety of publications including FAS: Public Interest Report on de-alerting nuclear weapons, cleaning up nuclear bomb factories, and related issues.

Education

MA, International Affairs, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

· Presented two papers on missile defense at Amer. Pol. Science Assn. meetings.

· MA Studies focus on nuclear weapons strategy, Nuclear Winter, and abolition.

· Studied Russian language and culture for two years.

MA, U.S. & Latin American History, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV