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Seamus McGraw EXPERIENCE January 2001 to present: Freelance writer Publications include Reader's Digest, SPIN, Stuff, the Forward, Court TV's Crime Library.com, and LexisOne.com, the publication arm of Lexis-Nexis. Highlights include an investigation into OxyContin abuse and a study of the deleterious effects of Megan's Law statutes on juvenile offenders, both for SPIN, a piece on the emerging gay neo-Nazi subculture for the Forward, and an analysis of what it would mean to actually capture Osama bin Laden for LexisOne.com. April 2000 to January 2001: Senior writer, APBnews.com, New York Reported and wrote about breaking crime news throughout United States and Canada. Highlights included a story about a young college student lured to his death by an Internet siren who later turned out to be a homicidal 30-year-old man, and the story of a man seeking his birth mother in Oregon while serving a life sentence for murdering his adoptive parents. Stories appeared on APBnews Web site, as well as affiliated Web sites such as Yahoo, AOL and MSNBC. 1992-2000 Law enforcement reporter, columnist, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Responsible for coverage of breaking news and trend pieces. Created weekly "Street Stories" column in 1998, delving into the personalities behind crime stories. Wrote an award-winning piece on Newark's car thieves and a series of stories on Conrad Jeffrey, a mentally ill killer who slipped through the cracks of the criminal justice system and killed a 7-year-old Passaic girl in 1993. The Jeffrey series led to the creation of a Supreme Court panel that issued a report in 1997 calling for sweeping changes in the courts, parole board and the state Human Services Department. 1988-1992 General assignment reporter, News Tribune, Woodbridge, N.J. Covered the arrest of John List, the Westfield man who vanished for 17 years after slaughtering his family in their bleak Union County mansion. Won NJPA award for a series detailing life in the seedy welfare motels along routes 1&9. Covered the Statehouse during the Florio Administration. 1987-1988 Political writer, columnist, editorial writer, Register, Shrewsbury, N.J. Awards for editorial writing, coverage of 1988 Democratic and Republican National Conventions. 1985-1987 Reporter, editor, Greater Media Newspapers. Began as a beat reporter; became managing editor of The News Transcript, a 100,000 circulation twice-weekly in Central Jersey. EDUCATION Wilkes College, Stella Adler Theater Conservatory, National Shakespeare Company. AWARDS Nominated for a National Magazine Award by Spin for "The Unforgiven," a story detailing the weaknesses of Megan's Law as it applies to juvenile offenders. Runner-up, 2002 Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism for "The Unforgiven." Freedom of Information award, Associated Press Managing Editors, 1997, for series of stories detailing how police routinely withhold critical information about crimes. Society of Professional Journalists, 1993, enterprise award for Newark car theft stories. New Jersey Press Association Awards in 1986, 1988, 1992, and 1993 for feature column writing, editorial writing, enterprise, spot news reporting. |