Jan Barry

Staff writer, The Record of Bergen County, NJ, 1987-2008

Adjunct professor,
New York University Department of Journalism, Spring 2008

North Jersey Media Group Journalist in Residence, Rutgers University, Spring 2005

New Jersey Press Association workshop panelist, Journalism Resources Institute, Rutgers University, 1995-2008

Instructor, Rutgers University, Citizenship and Service Education program, Spring 2001

Guest lecturer at Columbia University, University of Massachusetts, Montclair State, Ramapo College and many other colleges

Guest speaker at many high schools and elementary schools

Poetry readings at the Asia Society, New York Public Theatre, Paterson Museum, and many other forums

Addressed numerous national, regional, and community organizations. Appeared on many New Jersey, New York, national, and Canadian radio and television programs

Cofounder, Montclair-Cherepovets Sister City Committee, 1990

Co-director, New Jersey-Volgograd Bridges for Peace citizen exchange program, 1986-87

Director, Essex County (NJ) Office on Peace, 1986-87

Public information officer, YWCA of the USA, 1981-87

Cofounder and past president, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1967-71

Member, Authors Guild, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society), Society of Environmental Journalists, Society of Professional Journalists, United Nations Association, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans of America

Listed in A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, Who's Who in America

May 7 - (Boonton, NJ) Boonton High School, presentation at Vietnam era course

May 7 - (Brooklyn, NY) Brooklyn Historical Society, panel discussion on Iraq and Vietnam wars

Nov. 7 - (Teaneck, NJ) Puffin Cultural Forum, veterans' poetry reading

Nov. 8 - (Smithfield, RI) Bryant University, panel discussion on "Leave No Soldier" documentary

Nov. 13 - (Piscataway, NJ) Rutgers University, presentation at workshop for journalists on reporting stories on municipal and school budgets

Nov. 13 - (New York, NY) Dieu Donne artist workspace, poetry reading with Iraq veterans in Combat Paper Project

Nov. 14 - (New Brunswick, NJ) Rutgers University, poetry reading with Iraq veterans in Combat Paper Project, students with Rutgers Against the War and Saul Williams

Feb. 25 - (Montclair, NJ) Presentation at fund-raiser for production of a documentary film on ways war veterans cope with death and grief

Mar. 1 - (Hackensack, NJ) Journalism program for Lakeland Regional High School class visiting The Record newsroom

April 11 - (New Brunswick, NJ) Rutgers University, presentation at Vietnam Legacy class

May 10 - (New York, NY) New School University, panel discussion on "Iraq and the Lessons of Vietnam," a new book edited by Lloyd C. Gardner and Marilyn B. Young

Aug. 4 - (Chicago, IL) Roosevelt University, panel discussion and poetry reading, Vietnam Veterans Against the War 40th anniversary celebration

Sept. 14 - (Wanaque, NJ) Wanaque Elementary School, Newspaper in Education program classroom visit

Sept. 26 - (Paramus, NJ) Bergen Community College, panel discussion on "Toxic Legacy" project

Sept. 28 - (Wanaque, NJ) Haskell Elementary School, Newspaper in Education classroom visit

Oct. 1 - (New York, NY) Columbia University School of Journalism, guest speaker at news reporting class

Oct. 19 - (Holmdel, NJ) NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Vietnam Era Educational Center, panel on "Weighing In On War: Public Opinion and Its Influences, Vietnam to Iraq"

Nov. 29 - (Piscataway, NJ) Rutgers University, presentation at workshop for journalists on reporting stories on municipal and school budgets

Dec. 1 - (Newark and Paterson, NJ) Presentation to New York University journalism students on bus tour of historic industrial areas in New Jersey

Dec. 5 - (Boonton, NJ) Boonton High School, presentation at Vietnam era course

Jan. 19 - (Princeton, NJ) Panel discussion after showing of "Winter Soldier" film, Princeton Public Library

Mar. 6 - (Mahwah, NJ) Ramapo College, presentation on "Toxic Legacy" project to environmental science class

Mar. 20 - (Sparkill, NY) St. Thomas Aquinas College, presentation on poetry and Vietnam at "Literature & War" class

April 12 - (New Brunswick, NJ) Rutgers University, presentation at Vietnam Legacy class

April 28 - (Mahwah, NJ) Ramapo College, presentation on "Toxic Legacy" project at Ramapo River Watershed Conference

June 17 - (Fort Worth, Texas) Investigative Reporters and Editors conference, panel presentation on "Toxic Legacy" project

Sept. 26 - (New York, NY) New York University, presentation on "Toxic Legacy" project to investigative journalism class

Oct. 23 - (Burlington, VT) Environmental Journalism Boot Camp, Michigan State University's Knight Center for Environmental Journalism program at Society of Environmental Journalists conference, presentation on covering environmental issues as a municipal reporter

Dec. 1 - (Piscataway, NJ) Rutgers University, presentation at workshop for journalists on reporting stories on municipal and school budgets

March 12 - (Trenton, NJ) New Jersey Land Conservation Rally panel on "Communicating Your Message to the Press and Donors"

March 16 - (Washington, DC) Brookings Institution, "Winning Hearts and Shaping Minds: Public Diplomacy and International Education in an Age of Conflict" symposium panel

April 13 - (New Brunswick, NJ) Rutgers University, "Vietnam Legacy" class presentation

April 13 - (New Brunswick, NJ) Rutgers University, "Tapping the Grassroots: Unofficial Sources - the News-making Role of Ordinary Citizens," talk as journalist in residence at the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies

April 30 - (Piscataway, NJ) Rutgers University Busch Campus, NJ Foundation for Open Government conference, "Know Your Rights" panel presentation by NJ chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists

Aug. 19 - (New York City) Panel discussion after showing of "Winter Soldier" film at Quad Cinema, Greenwich Village

Sept. 3 - (Philadelphia, Pa.) Poetry reading at "Operation Rapid American Withdrawl" art exhibit, Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts Building

Nov. 2 - (New Brunswick, NJ) Rutgers University, presentation on "Toxic Legacy" project to investigative journalism class

Nov. 11 - (New Brunswick, NJ) Rutgers University, presentation at workshop for journalists on reporting stories on municipal and school budgets