Anu Partanen
 
 
Congratulations, you have found one of the many Anu Partanens out there in the world (mainly in Finland).
 
I am the Anu Partanen working as a freelance journalist in New York City and Helsinki, Finland. During the summer of 2010 I’m working as a staff writer for Kuukausiliite, the monthly magazine of Helsingin Sanomat, which is the biggest newspaper in Finland. I’m also writing a regular column for the Sunday section of the same newspaper.
 
During the spring of 2009 I worked at Fortune Magazine as part of my Innovation Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University. I am originally from Finland, and I write all sorts of articles for all sorts of magazines and newspapers in both Finnish and English. For many years I worked as a journalist in Helsinki. My past posts there include being the Managing Editor of a monthly general-interest magazine called Image; debating news trends and current affairs in a live television program Pressiklubi (The Press Club); working as a staff writer for the aforementioned Helsingin Sanomat (at the national news section and the Sunday pages); writing a regular column for the Metro newspaper (Finnish edition); and teaching magazine writing at Tampere University in Tampere, Finland. I have a Master’s degree in Social Sciences and I have studied for a year both in France and Australia. If I’m the Anu Partanen you are looking for, please make yourself at home.
 
Unfortunately, I am none of the Anu Partanens who have: translated foreign literature into Finnish; worked at the Etelä-Saimaa newspaper; taken part in the Pirkanmaa Writing Competition; been involved in the Arto Paasilinna Society (a crazy Finnish novelist); worked as the secretary of the Väinö Linna Society (a distinguished Finnish novelist); competed in the Suuri seikkailu (The Great Adventure) reality TV series or spent time in Ireland in 1996. If you are trying to find one of these Anu Partanens, I must with regret advise you to move along.
 
If, on the other hand, you happen to be the Anu Partanen who was some years ago standing in line in front of Vuorikatu 20, Helsinki for the entrance exams of the Faculty of Law at Helsinki University and who is originally from the Kerimäki area, Jukka is looking for you. Please send me a message, and I will forward your contact info to Jukka.
 
In any case, have a great day!
 
 
 
You can find examples of  my work here or by clicking the link above.
I can be reached at anu at anupartanen dot com
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