SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS:  Award-winning free-lance journalist, author, editor, newspaper columnist, business writer and photographer.

EDITING EXPERIENCE
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, Nutrition Business Journal
1997-present: Responsible for hundreds of business articles and corporate profiles for national trade publication covering alternative medicine, nutrition, and natural products industries.

NONFICTION EDITOR, San Diego Writers' Monthly
1996-1997:  Assigned and edited nonfiction articles for literary magazine.

NONFICTION WRITING EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE JOURNALIST
Sold over 2,000 articles to regional, national and international publications including Woman's Day, CityBEAT,  Environmental Business Journal, In Business, Arizona Highways, Home Magazine, Writer's Digest, Nutrition Business Journal, Décor & Style, East County Californian, Ranch & Coast Magazine and Friendly Exchange.

SENIOR NATIONAL WRITER, RAWSTORY.COM ,  2005-present:    As an investigative journalist for RawStory.com, Raftery has broken many major national political stories involving senior members of Congress and the administration.   A national expert on electronic voting issues, her network of sources includes whistleblowers inside Diebold and the National Whistleblowers Coalition.   

COLUMNIST, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
"Small Change" remodeling column 1993-2000;
"Mortgage Points" financial column published in mid-1990s. 

COMMERCIAL/BUSINESS WRITER
Experience includes writing newsletters, marketing materials, advertising copy, reports, press releases, and speeches.  Clients include commercial real estate firms, interior designers, medical professionals, and associations. 

GHOSTWRITER
Ghostwritten materials include books, journal articles, and reports.

CORRESPONDENT, CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE JOURNAL
1986-1988:  Covered commercial real estate market in San Diego.

REGIONAL MARKETING MANAGER, CON AM
1984-1986:  Coordinated marketing activities in California and Nevada for a nationwide real estate developer/property management corporation.

NEWSROOM COPY ASSISTANT, IDAHO STATESMAN
1983-1984:  Wrote and edited copy for daily newspaper.

PRESS SECRETARY, ASSEMBLYMAN ELIHU HARRIS
1982-1983:  Media spokesman; drafted press releases, legislative testimony, and newsletters in state capitol office, Sacramento.

AUTHOR: 100 Books That Shaped World History, Bluewood Books, 2001

FICTION WRITING EXPERIENCE
AUTHOR:  Apollo's Fault, historical novel, Leisure Books, 1996

COAUTHOR, Santa Paws, holiday anthology, Leisure Books, 1997

PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE
Photos have been published in Arizona Highways, Sunset Magazine, Décor & Style, Palm Springs Life and other magazines as well as in Eddie Bauer Catalogs, Idaho Department of Tourism materials, and other publications.

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Arts degree, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1979

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Steering committee member, National Writer's Union, San Diego Chapter
Past president, California Press Women, San Diego Chapter
Member, Authors Guild, National Writers Union, and San Diego Press Club