Jackie Gladfelter Devereaux 

EDUCATION:

Graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of California, San Diego, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Writing.

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE:

California and Nevada - 1984 to Dec. 2006

Worked as an Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, News Producer, Reporter and Photographer.

Worked for Television, Radio, News Wires and the Internet covering politics, courts, entertainment and general assignment news

Politics and Public Relations for:

Weber-Shandwick; Hewlett Packard; KLPS, Inc.; Psychic Eye Bookshops; SandWorld International; art galleries; restaurants; lawyers; comedians and musicians

Worked as the Press Secretary for two highly controversial political campaigns

1992 San Diego Susan Golding for mayor campaign

1999 Oscar Goodman for Mayor campaign in Las Vegas, Nevada

Media clients include:

• KFMB-TV, News 8, San Diego, CA; Contract Reporter

• KGTV/10 News, San Diego, CA; Contract Reporter

• KNSD-TV-7/39, San Diego, CA, Contract Reporter

• KUSI-TV, Channel 9, San Diego, CA; Contract Reporter

• KLAS-TV, Channel 8, Las Vegas, NV; Weekend Assignment Editor

• KSDO-AM, 1986-89, Producer for: “The Stacy Taylor Show” and “The Ken Kramer Show”

• Noble Broadcast Group, 1989, XTRA-AM, Executive Producer for: “The Steve Garvey Sports Show”

• MetroNetworks, 1990-94, San Diego, CA, On-Air Anchor, Producer, Reporter, Writer

• Shadow Broadcasting, 1994-98, San Diego, CA On-Air Anchor, Producer, Reporter, Writer

• The Associated Press-S.D. Bureau, Freelance Reporter, covering courts, government an. General Assignment News.

• County News Service, SD News Source, Staff Reporter covering courts, crime, city hall, immigrations and local general assignment news.

• The Los Angeles Times-SD Bureau, Freelance Reporter

• San Diego Union-Tribune, Entertainment Freelance Writer

• Escondido Times-Advocate, Contract Reporter

• Oceanside Blade-Tribune, (North County Times), Contract Reporter

• Vista Morning Press, Staff Reporter

• Poway Publishing Group, Staff Reporter for the Rancho Bernardo Journal, the Poway News Chieftain and the Penasquitos News.

• San Diego Business News, Associate Publisher and Astrological Columnist

• City Life Magazine - Las Vegas, Freelance Reporter, Law and Courts Beat

• Your Wedding Day Magazine, San Francisco, Associate Publisher & Astrological Columnist

• AOL - Digital City, Online Entertainment Reporter covering Las Vegas

• CII-Corporate Intelligence International, LV, NV, Private Investigator Assistant/Process Server/Court Runner

• KLPS, Inc., San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose, CA, Private Investigator Assistant/Court Runner

• Mercury Investigations, Oakland, CA, Private Investigator Assistant/Process Server/Court Runner

• Letzia Communications, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada, Public Relations Director

• Fierro Communications, Las Vegas, Nevada, Communications Strategist

• Shawn Khorrami, Esq., L.A., CA, PR Director

REFERENCES:

Clearchannel Broadcasting KOGO/KSDO Radio (ABC), Deb Welsh, Managing Editor, 858.210-5581

KNSD-TV, (NBC), Ken Kramer, Anchor, Reporter, Historian, 619.250.3873

The Associated Press, Amanda Covarrubias, currently LA Times, Features Editor, 213.237.5000

Las Vegas City Life Magazine, Steve Sebellius, Editor, 702.871.6780

Dr. Robert Julian Milner, Professor, Penn State Medical School, 717.531.6407, Lifelong Friend

Mrs. Elizabeth Milner, Former President PA League of Women Voters, 717.533.1188 Lifelong Friend

Mr. Keith Zakarin, Esq, San Diego, CA, 858.952.3430, Lifelong Friend

Ms. Kimberly Lutjen, President KLPS, Inc., San Jose, CA 408.892.0974, Former Boss and Lifelong Friend

Fred Hoar, Weber-Shandwick, Inc., Silicon Valley PR Pioneer for 650.327.7454 (Public Relations Mentor)

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, 702.229.6241

Former San Diego Mayor Susan Golding, 619.236.6330  



SCREENWRITING WORK:

In October 2002, I accepted a challenge from a media colleague who asked if I could turn a true story into a feature-length screenplay. I did and it's called MARS BONFIRE.

I entered it into Project Greenlight sponsored by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. I didn't win but it got good reviews and feedback. I didn't touch it again until 2008.

In October 2009, I was commissioned by the COO of Gidget Worldwide Inc., to write a spec script of a 21st-century version of Gidget. I later wrote a TV Pilot with the same theme.

As of November 2011, I rewrote MARS BONFIRE, wrote a TV episode and entered three writing contests scoring well in all.

HOUSE MD - THE PERFECT STORM won 2nd Place in the 2010 Scriptapalooza TV Writing Contest in the one-hour existing drama category.

MARS BONFIRE advanced to the Semi-Final round of the 2011 American Screenwriting Contest and the 2010 Big Break Screenwriting Contest in the feature-length Drama  category.

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Other Writing Projects:

Bandidos - an Action script scheduled for  completion.by January 2012

White Roots - a historical novel and work in progress

Palimpsest - a novella about reincarnation slated for screenplay adaptation

A Feminine Manifesto -  a collection of vignettes about female sexual experiences. Red Shoe Diaries meets Californication.

Travels with Ray -  a collection of short stories told by a dog intended for children's television

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

galley girl (at 14) on a sports fishing boat; waitress; bartender; guitar player; singer; physician’s assistant in an acupuncture clinic; astrologer; psychic counselor; bookkeeper; executive secretary; property manager; fundraiser; assistant private investigator, process server and court runner.