MARIA R. CERAULO

813 Potomac Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14209
telephone:  716.881.0729             fax: 716.886.6009

e-mail:  mceraulo@aol.com
www.mariaceraulo.com

Highlights

  • Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills
  • Proven Interview, Research and Photography Abilities
  • Consistently Meet Deadlines
  • Well Traveled to Six of the Seven Continents, Including Antarctica

Experience

Professional Freelance Journalist and Photographer

  • Specializing in travel, culinary, arts and entertainment articles
  • Monthly Columnist, “North of The Border: Toronto Happenings”, The Buffalo News
  • Select Celebrity Interviews:  American Idol Ruben Studdard and East Village Opera Company

Public Relations Director, American Association of University Women, Buffalo Branch

Consumer News Production Assistant, WKBW-TV Eyewitness News

Editor-in-Chief, The Perspective, Medaille College, Buffalo, NY

Writer and Founding Editor, Common Ground, Western New York Women’s Newspaper

Education

Media Communications, Medaille College, Buffalo, NY

 

Home Cities

Buffalo, NY (born and raised) and Boston, MA (12 years)

Travel Specialties

Arizona; Florida; Ontario, Canada; Boston, MA; New York State; Pennsylvania

Selected List of Publications

Professional Memberships

Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) and Just Buffalo Literary Center

Selected Public Speaking Engagements

Pennsylvania Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, State College, PA

Topic:  Press Trips 101:  How to Improve Press Trips

Bi-National (U.S.-Canada) Tourism Summit, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Topic:  Selling Cross-Border Regions:  Innovative Marketing and Working With Media