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Daleen Berry

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born

San Jose, Calif., The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.daleenberry.com

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twitter.com/daleenberry

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Women & Gender Studies, Humor, Mystery & Thrillers

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Crossway Books, Crossway Books, and more books; travel; family, nature...more

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July 2011

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Because she's been a journalist for more than 20 years, Ms. Berry has expertise in the area of child sex abuse and interpersonal violence. She's an award-winning author and an accomplished journalist who speaks about these important social topics at conferences around the country. She has spoken at Johns Hopkins University; UC Berkeley, California; and elsewhere. Ms. Berry is also an award-winning editor, investigative journalist and public speaker, whose most recent freelance work can be found online at The Daily Beast. Since 1979 she has written more than 3,000 articles that have appeared in regional publications and newspapers across the country. She has been an invited speaker at local and national events, and will join Brenda Clubine (...more Because she's been a journalist for more than 20 years, Ms. Berry has expertise in the area of child sex abuse and interpersonal violence. She's an award-winning author and an accomplished journalist who speaks about these important social topics at conferences around the country. She has spoken at Johns Hopkins University; UC Berkeley, California; and elsewhere. Ms. Berry is also an award-winning editor, investigative journalist and public speaker, whose most recent freelance work can be found online at The Daily Beast. Since 1979 she has written more than 3,000 articles that have appeared in regional publications and newspapers across the country. She has been an invited speaker at local and national events, and will join Brenda Clubine (of the documentary "Sin by Silence") in speaking at ABIP’s18th Annual Conference in March 2012. In 2007 Ms. Berry received two second-place awards for her weekly columns from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. One award came in the “Critical Thinking” category for “Many factors involved when mothers kill,” which directly relates to Sister of Silence. The other award came in the “Feature or Humor” category. Ms. Berry also won a 1990 first-place prize for investigative journalism from the West Virginia Press Association for her three-part series on health care costs. In May 2005, Ms. Berry placed second in Fairmont State University’s M.M. Neely Persuasive Speaking Competition, for her speech regarding child sexual abuse and its link to domestic violence. Berry also served as editor of The Columns, FSU’s student-run newspaper, during the Fall 2004 semester. In that leadership position, Berry led her staff to a record number of awards in the Society of Collegiate Journalists’ annual competition. In 1991, Ms. Berry was editor-in-chief of publications she wrote and published for the West Virginia Deputy Sheriffs’ Association and the West Virginia Fraternal Order of Police. Ms. Berry has reported and edited many newspapers during her long career, including The Cumberland Times-News (2006-08); The Tracy Press, (1997-98); The Dominion Post (1997); The Buckhannon Record Delta (1991); The Kingsville Record (1993); The Preston County Journal (1988-91), and The Panther Press (1979-80). She was also an Associated Press stringer in 1994, and her work has been heard on West Virginia Public Radio.(less)

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Cultural Changes, Severe Consequences Needed to Reduce Domestic Violence

The end of my trip to Charleston for a discussion about domestic violence couldn’t have been more alarmingly apropos.

A Tuesday morning shower had just stopped and the sun was trying to peek around the clouds, when I heard a man yelling. I looked up from where I sat in my car reviewing my meeting notes, but didn’t see anyone. I looked up and down the street, and at a balcony overhead. To no...

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Average rating: 4.11 · 44 ratings · 23 reviews · 1 distinct work

Sister of Silence
by Daleen Berry (Goodreads Author), Megan Hagebush (Illustrator), Kenneth V. Lanning (Foreword)

4.09 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions

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Daleen Berry liked Carol Kean's review of Sister of Silence: " Negative reviewers who'd fault a woman for failing to get help -- did they really read the book? Are they blessed with so much self esteem, they can't fathom the process, from infancy, of teaching a child to doubt herself? Dad screams at Mom and h... " Read more of this review »
May 31, 2012 07:52pm · see review
Daleen Berry said "yes" to attending the event: "THE MAN IN THE MOUNTAIN" BY DOUG LUCAS FREE ON AMAZON! date: May 23, 2012 01:00AM location: Amazon.com, The United States description: For two days, "The Man in the Mountain" by Doug Lucas will be FREE on Amazon. The free day begins tomorrow, the 23rd of May and ends at 3:00 am in the morning on the 25th. Please download your copy of this magnificent title! [image] [image]src="http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee435/GreatMindsThinkAloud/Badgeformaninthemountain.jpg" width="694" height="431" alt="GMTA"/>
May 23, 2012 02:51am
Daleen Berry is now following Katie's reviews
Apr 25, 2012 05:37am
Daleen Berry gave to: Imperfect Birds by Anne Lamott	My rating:
While I was impressed with her writing (How could I not be? She's Anne Lamott!) the storyline seemed to drag along. However, that being said, it was very easy to picture myself there with the characters. I just wish Elizabeth, mother to druggie teen...more
Apr 18, 2012 06:17pm · see review
Daleen Berry is now following Max Tomlinson's reviews
Apr 14, 2012 08:08am
Daleen Berry liked Max Tomlinson's review of The Mill River Recluse: " Warning-spoilers ahead. Darcie Chan is the poster child for struggling indie writers. Her debut novel, The Mill River Recluse, has logged a staggering half million downloads and maintains a four plus star rating on Amazon with close to nine hundred... " Read more of this review »
Apr 14, 2012 08:08am · see review
Daleen Berry marked as to-read: for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange	My rating:
Apr 08, 2012 06:24pm
Daleen Berry marked as to-read: Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza	My rating:
Apr 08, 2012 06:23pm
Daleen Berry marked as to-read: Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife by Peggy Vincent	My rating:
Apr 08, 2012 06:23pm
Daleen Berry liked Delilah's review of Sister of Silence: " Daleen Berry's account of her early marriage and motherhood to a man who specifically groomed her is one that often ends in tragedy. The fact that she was able to overcome, survive and create a new life for herself and her children is an inspirati... " Read more of this review »
Apr 07, 2012 08:56pm · see review