WRITING ACHIEVEMENTS​

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• 2021, Completed original feature film screenplay “GIRL AT WAR” ©️ U.S. Copyright Joanna Smiley, 2021

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• 2017, Completed original feature film screenplay “SMILEYTOWN” ©️ U.S. Copyright Joanna Smiley, 2017

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• 2014, Earned 501c3 Massachusetts nonprofit status for founding the writing nonprofit, Journal Junkies

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• 2010, Fellow Winner, “Wisdom House Writers Fellowship,” Sponsored by The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

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• 2007, First Place, San Diego Society of Professional Journalists, Daily Newspaper Reporting Arts and Entertainment

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• 2007, Honorable Mention, Sol Price Prize for Responsible and Ethical Journalism, San Diego Society of Professional Journalists

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• 2002, “A Generation Awoken,” Carnegie Mellon University, produced and directed documentary film 

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• 1997 Edition, National Anthology of Poetry, The Teacher's Selection

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PUBLISHED WRITING SAMPLES

 

Additional Work Samples: LinkedIn

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• "Digital Twins Could Augment Clinical Research, Help Ease Data Disparities," BioSpace

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• "Weapons of Mass Expression," First Place Award, Society of Professional Journalism San Diego, Arts and Entertainment Writing: San Diego Union Tribune Today's Local News​

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• Masslive.com: "Joanna Smiley launches nonprofit to help Springfield teens learn journalism"

• Journal Junkies Brochure

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• UConn Today:

• A Dual Mission: Growing Green, UConn Professor Earns Income Licensing Plants that Fight Climate Change

• UConn Entrepreneur Wins Pitch Competition at 15th Annual SXSW

• Female Inventor Empowers Underrepresented Women in Science

• "UConn Senior Licensing Manager Wins Prestigious National Scholarship"

• Two Faculty Entrepreneurs Named to National Academy of Inventors List

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• BioSpace: "MAPS PBC Submits First NDA to FDA for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

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• Northeastern University: 

• "Empowered Innovators Launch Disruptive Startup with Novel Ceramics"

• "Spark Fund Takes a Northeastern Scientist’s Ion Discovery to the Next Level"

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• BioSpace: "Companies Bank on Psychedelics as Treatments for Mental Health Disorders"

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• Business West: "Tech Foundry Recruits a More Diverse Student Body"

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• BioSpace: "What you Need to Know to Launch a Biotech Startup"

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• The Baltimore Sun: "Support for Men with MS"

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• The University of Pittsburgh, Innovation Institute:

       "ET4: Cuffless endotracheal tube"​

• "Portable Shoe Tread Scanner"

• "Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Nuclear Translocation of Androgen Receptor for the Treatment of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer-Disclosure B"

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• Honorable Mention Sol Price Prize for Responsible Journalism Society of Professional Journalism Award San Diego: "Dancing Outside the Box"

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• Business West: "Laura Fitch Continues to Be a Pioneer in the Cohousing Field" 

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• The Hartford Courant: P.1- "A Silver Lining Made of Wood" 

• The Hartford Courant: P.2- "A Silver Lining Made of Wood" 

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• Hartford Business Journal: "Even in a Tough Economy Innovator is Keeping Busy"

• "Special Employees Fuel CompUshade Success"

• "Demographic Changes Bring Opportunities"

• "Secondhand Gems"

• "Phish Donation Puts Gifts of Love on Map"

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• Yale News: Yale Bridgeport Gear-Up Partnership

• ​​​​Carnegie Mellon Today:"Border Patrol" 

• NYU Today: "Predicting the Criminal Before the Crime Scholars Consider the Fusion of Law and Neuroscience" 

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• San Diego Union Tribune Today's Local News: "They Need our Help" P.1 

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• "Keep on Keepin' on," Carlsbad Woman Uses Art as Therapy in Battle Against Breast Cancer

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• Aid to Artisans Press Kit: A Tanzanian Female Entrepreneur

• Maker to Market Newsletter: Aid to Artisans

• Press Release:  "Aid to Artisans Launches First Distance Training Program in Iraq" 

• ​Case Study: Aid to Artisans, Armenia 

• Feature Story: U.S. Agency for International Development 

• PeaceCorps: WorldView Magazine 

 

• Press Release: "World's Only Umbrella Cover Museum Attempts Record" 

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