Kurt Gottschalk has over 20 years of experience in print and radio journalism. He currently works as the Music Editor for Time Out New York, overseeing classical and opera listings. He also works as a copywriter for Adelphi University. Additionally, he produces and hosts the Miniature Minotaurs program on WFMU radio. He has written for numerous publications on music, arts, and local news topics. He holds a Master's degree from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

1. Kurt Gottschalk
60 Seaman Ave. 5J
NYC NY 10034
kcgottschalk@gmail.com
CURRENT
• Music Editor – Classical & Opera, Time Out-New York (May, 2015-present) Overseeing all classical and
opera listings and Critic’s Picks as well as special coverage for festivals and other events.
• Multi-Media Copy Writer, Adelphi University Marketing and Creative Services – (November, 2014-
present) Responsible for providing content in various voices through all aspects of university operations,
including web and video packages.
RADIO
• Producer and host, WFMU (December, 2007-present) Producer and host of the Miniature Minotaurs
freeform music program. Responsibilities include screening and selecting recordings for broadcast, booking
live acts for on-air performances, editing audio (in Adobe Audition) and board-opping for other programs.
PRINT JOURNALISM
Music and arts writing for A Gathering of the Tribes, Downbeat, Global Rhythm, Goldmine, New Music
Box, The New York City Jazz Record, Open Space, Time Out-New York and The Village Voice (New York
City); Signal to Noise (Houston); Coda and MusicWorks (Canada); Guitar Player (USA); L’Ecran
Fantastique and ImproJazz (France); Jazz.pt (Portugal); Jazz.ru (Russia); White Fungus (Taiwan) and The
Wire (England). Online outlets include: All About Jazz, I Care if You Listen, New Music Box, Perfect
Sound Forever, The Squid’s Ear and WFMU’s Beware of the Blog.
News articles published in City Limits (New York City), The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn Bridge and The
Phoenix (Brooklyn), The Norwalk Hour and Greenwich Time (Connecticut) and In These Times (Chicago).
• Assistant City Editor, Herald News (March, 2001 – June 2002)
Oversaw staff of 16 reporters for 37,000 circulation daily in Passaic County, NJ. Responsible for
assignments, editing and special projects
• Staff writer, Greenwich Time (January, 1999 – February, 2001)
Covered health, housing and social services for 14,000 circulation daily in Greenwich, CT.
• Staff writer, The Hour (August, 1997 – January, 1999)
Covered police, education and local government for 16,000 circulation daily in Norwalk, CT
• Founding Editor, The Squid’s Ear (December, 2003 – August, 2005)
Designed, edited and wrote for online jazz and experimental music magazine
• Co-founding editor, Brooklyn Metro Times (October, 1994 – March, 1996)
Wrote and edited as part of collective team publishing quarterly political journal
• Copy editor, The Village Voice (May, 1994 – August, 1997)

2. • Co-founding editor, The Paper (August, 1992 – May, 1993)
Designed, wrote and edited for free Chicago political monthly
CREATIVE WRITING
• Under a Scar-Filled Sky: The Buddy Zinn Mysteries (Lulu, 2014) – One-act farce about a Buddhist
detective staged at Dixon Place Theatre in New York City February, 2014.
• Sentences (Lulu, 2012) – Collection of single-sentence ruminations.
• Little Apples: A Story Cycle (Lulu, 2011) – Seventeen interlocking short stories set in New York City
• Short works published in A Gathering of the Tribes and Joyland Magazine.
AWARDS & HONORS
• First Place – Best Feature Writing, Newspaper Under 50,000 Circulation, Connecticut Society of
Professional Journalists, 1999
• Honorable Mention – Best Feature Writing, Newspaper Under 50,000 Circulation, Connecticut Society of
Professional Journalists, 2000
• First Place – Greeenwich Time, Newspaper Under 50,000 Circulation, Connecticut Society of
Professional Journalists, 2000
EDUCATION & INTERNSHIPS
• Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, Master’s degree, 1997
Course work focused on local political coverage and science and health reporting
• Illinois State University, Bachelor of Arts degree, 1990
Degree in Philosophy with minor in Psychology
• Les Brown (January – May, 1997)
Researched and prepared profiles of journalists for Les Brown’s Encyclopedia of Television
• Michael Moore (October – December, 1996)
Research assistance for book Downsize This
• In These Times (May, 1992 – May, 1993)
Contacted writers about articles, edited, fact-checked and proofread copy, and aided in research and
administration for Chicago-based bi-weekly political magazine
References and Clips Available Upon Request