Greetings, all.
Welcome to the place that Caryl Anne Francia has reserved for organizing the words she writes, pictures she takes and illustrations she draws. This is both an outlet for professional use and creative expression. With that said, feel free to peruse.
I currently write news and features related to endowments, foundations as well as emerging and diverse investment managers for Pensions & Investments. Outside of that financial trade publication, I am known to edit or translate a thing or two for close peers, as well as mentoring journalism students.
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Work I can provide that folks may inquire about:
- News and feature writing: I particularly enjoy writing profiles of people and organizations. As much as I like what I get to report on now, I’m seeking variation in what I get to write on.
- Creative writing: My major track was journalism and creative writing โ so I’ve taken courses on playwriting, film writing and creative nonfiction. I particular enjoy writing people’s stories, so if I could write a memoir or biography someday, I would.
- (Copy) editing: Before I fell into business journalism, I was a general copy editor who adhered to AP style. I still use my skills from then.
- Photography and illustration: Photojournalism is a skill I’ve honed since high school, while I was also one to provide graphics for my college paper. I really wanted to be a (visual) artist when I was four years old.
- Mentorship: If I wasn’t pursuing journalism, I would be teaching history most likely. I still mentor journalism students at public schools or universities, and participate in roundtables and conferences on student journalism. I used to be a teaching assistant for Japanese language classes, and I used to be a tutor in that and algebra.
Good chaos to come!
Caryl Anne Francia, almost everyday.
The latest from the blog
Go support your local bookstores
This is a humble reminder that Queens is the best borough โ and one to say check out your community bookstores.
Finding empowerment from younger journalists
I felt empowered from reading this opinion piece by Ticker staffers attending a community newspaper conference.
My journalism roundtable takeaways โ for both students and professionals
From a journalism roundtable featuring alumni of Baruch College, here are my takeaways for students and industry professionals.
The latest from elsewhere
A collection of profiles on institutional investors
I figured I’d try to better organize my portfolio of profiles for Pensions & Investments.
A little encouragement goes a long way โ enough to write a story about it.
Everyone has a story to tell. For some career storytellers, they start at their high school newspaper.
โAudrey Hepburn in Parisโ in Glen Cove
Taking a book about Audrey Hepburn in Paris, France, all around New York City and Long Island.
Bringing life to MENA culture at Baruch
A feature on the Middle East and North Africa Society at Baruch College was my last club profile for The Ticker and one of the most profound feature-writing experiences Iโve had.
The best of my graphics for The Ticker
My last graphic was not of Jared Leto in a cat costume.
Editor’s Discernment: Final words for The Ticker
A repost of the two columns I wrote for my last semester as the business editor of The Ticker.
As for the pieces of wisdom I want to impart โ without fear or regret โ take a deep breath, move one step forward and try something new.
From Editorโs Discernment: More wise words from the business section
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Dearest Reverie 