Sharp and solid reporting and writing from a seasoned foreign correspondent

Charles Newbery

If you’re looking for an experienced editor or journalist, you’re in the right place.

I’ve been doing this for more than a dozen years as a foreign correspondent in Argentina, writing for major news outlets in Europe and the U.S.

What does this mean?

It means I write clean, well-researched copy that gets to the point and engages readers, all delivered on your deadline.

I’ve written about everything from film production to microlending, economic crises, “The Simpsons,” earthquakes, executives on the move and social trends. You name it. Bonds, interest rates, marketing strategies and shale gas. You can check out a selection of my work on the writing portfolio page.

I do fixing and stringing work, edit copy and write content for businesses, from press releases to research reports and whitepapers. You can read more on the hire me – services page.

And you can get in touch with me via the contact page.

 

My Life

I started working as a journalist in 1994 with a freelance gig at The Buenos Aires Herald followed by a staff position. This led to a newswire job at Bloomberg and then the now-defunct BridgeNews. I went full time as a freelancer in 2001.

I hadn’t set out to be a journalist or writer.

I tried math first.

I majored in numbers in a West L.A. high school. I played bass in a punk band. And once, rather embarrassingly, I thought of going pro as a surfer. I then, almost as embarrassingly, pursued art at university until getting into writing. I have a B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles.

My professional career began with a paper route in Los Angeles, where I was born and raised by my Argentine father and English mother. I am the youngest of five.

My career advanced to washing cars, baking potatoes, shucking oysters and grilling steaks. I waited tables and served coffee (pre-Starbucks). I cleaned and recharged golf carts, and collected balls on the driving range in a caged vehicle that rang loudly when balls hit it, aimed at times with intent. Security guard? Yep. I also sold (and folded) clothes (with socks) for nearly a year. And worked as snowboard instructor, tour guide and English teacher.

Then came the break.

I’ve written about financial and political crises, and about hip advertising campaigns and fish-skinned shoes and inventors trying to remove the stink from trash trucks. And, of course, about Diego Maradona. I’ve interviewed actors, dancers, executives and surfers, and labor leaders, lawmakers and presidents. I’ve written about youth trends and enterprising communists, companies on the rise and those going bust. I’ve written about renewable energy in Argentina, Chile and Mexico, and about Bolivia’s natural gas industry and the big attraction of Brazil for investors and marketers and, of course, for beachgoers.

I’ve edited documentaries, film scripts and museum guides.

And I have written lots of stories about parenting and a few fiction tales.

I live in Buenos Aires with my wife and three children. I’m into books and surfing. And slow parenting. It works best on a low-caffeine diet. Ray Bradbury is a favorite writer. I try get to the beach as often as possible. I’ve surfed in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Uruguay. After university, I took a year off to visit Argentina and England, taking detours to surf in Mexico, Ireland, Scotland, France and Portugal and to visit Moscow, Paris, St. Petersburg and Warsaw. I learned a lot about how to make the most of shrinking money supplies. It was a great experience.

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