Editor, World Bank, Washington DC.
Skilled editor working in diverse, multi-lingual environment (French and Arabic) on English language content for website blogs, features, economic overviews, concept papers, social media posts, research papers, webpages, and full-length reports for digital and print publication.
Interested also in working from London or Nairobi. Can travel. |
 Contact Catherine Rosemary Bond
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Area of Expertise: |
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Communications, Media, Knowledge Management, Editor
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Professional Experience: |
Editor/copy editor (print/online). Working in creating and editing website content and academic research papers; in communications for key humanitarian and development agencies; in editing grant proposals and reports for NGOs with US/UK donors; and in media development (for popular, public interest TV). Background in mainstream UK and US press (print, radio and television).
Expertise: editing, writing, communications.
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Education: |
MA Joint Hons. Philosophy & English Literature (major), African History (minor), Edinburgh University, Scotland (UK).
International Development. International Humanitarian Law. Editing and writing. Editing/composing social media output. Working with graphic artists.
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Affiliations and Achievements: |
Editor: World Bank headquarters, Washington, DC, 2014 to present (2021). English Language Editor (in French/Arabic environment), English Editor (in English/French environment), and Publications Editor (for print/digital public-facing publications, English/French/Arabic) for Africa and the Middle East. Editing/writing content as varied as website blogs, social media posts, press releases, economic overviews, features, and major thematic and strategic reports.
Publications I edited/wrote in 2014, include:
• Between Somaliland and Puntland, by Markus van Hoehne, University of Leipzig:
http://www.riftvalley.net/publication/between-somaliland-and-puntland#.VXdNQoHXa-Y
• Hosts and Guests: A historical interpretation of land conflicts in southern and central Somalia, by Lee Cassenelli, University of Pennsylvania:
http://www.riftvalley.net/publication/hosts-and-guests#.VQwKbSn4ulI
• Talking peace in the Ogaden, by Tobias Hagmann, Roskilde University in Denmark:
http://www.riftvalley.net/publication/talking-peace-ogaden#.VOxCLyn4vlI
• Federalism in the history of South Sudanese political thought, by Douglas Johnson, formerly University of Oxford, RVI fellow:
http://www.riftvalley.net/publication/federalism-history-south-sudanese-political-thought#.VOxCtCn4ulI
• And a report for a major conference on climate change in Lima in December 2014, written jointly by the United Nations/Technical University of Denmark: http://www.unep.org/climatechange/adaptation/gapreport2014/
• Plus, authored e-Briefing on first month’s media coverage of the 1994 Rwandan genocide to mark 20th anniversary (for Holocaust Museum, Washington DC): https://www.facebook.com/catherine.bond.779/posts/891293380912250
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Available for: |
- Consulting assignments
- Job opportunities
- Internships / Fellowships
- Being headhunted – make me an
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