Judith Reitman-Texier

• Created and directed creative tours in Italy and France.
• Taught writing workshops.
• Created and maintained all social media, including website creation and ongoing original content. See www.youritalyadventures.com and www.AdventuresFrance.com

• Proposed and wrote engaging Feature articles on a wide-range of subjects, from budget and luxury travel to rescuing dogs.
• Columnist for Bonjour Paris. For 2 years wrote about my experiences living in Provence with two American hound dogs.

• Wrote in-depth profiles of companies based on interviews of industry leaders for European Development Agencies.

• Created the Women's Prison Writing and Performance Project, the first writing program at the Raleigh Correctional Center for Women in North Carolina.
• Weekly program became the only inmate repertory “company” allowed to publicly perform its work.
• Gained national recognition and was awarded The University of North Carolina's Public Service Award.

• News Instructor.
• Facilitated class discussions, stimulating intellectual curiosity and active participation from students.
• Presented complex information in dramatic narratives to facilitate knowledge absorption.

• News Instructor.
• Engaged students with hands-on activities, resulting in increased interest in subject matter.
• Encouraged critical thinking and problem-solving skills through group activities.

• For the Atlantic 2000

“From the Leash to Laboratory.”

Winner of the International Genesis

Travelled extensively for on-the-ground reporting.

Executed investigative reporting and crafted compelling narratives.

• https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2000/07/from-the-leash-to-the-laboratory/378269/

*For the Village Voice 1991

"Monkey Business at New York University"

Winner of the International Genesis Award

Executed investigative reporting that resulted in the closing of the lab and a state investigation of primate research at NYU.

• Bad Blood: Crisis at the American Red Cross
• Broke the story of the ARC’s role in the AIDS epidemic as told through the stories of three affected families.
• Created dramatic narrative using original, on-the-ground reporting.
• Referenced as a legal resource in plaintiff cases and as a model of investigative reporting in journalism schools.
• A Book of the Month Club selection
• Chosen as one of the "Ten Best Interview Broadcasts of National Public Radio."

• Stolen for Profit
• Broke the story of the theft of pets for medical research, told through the stories of victim families.
• Winner of the Dog Writers Association Book of the Year.
• Winner of the Maxwell Medallion Ethics Award.
• Two-year national TV and radio media book tour, including testimony before the US Congress Agriculture Committee.

• Blood Legacy
• The story of a dysfunctional family and a murder told through the eyes of the perpetrator and her family.
• The first Dutton true crime to be selected as a Doubleday Book of the Month.
• Gained a loyal reader base with engaging storytelling techniques.