Welcome to Masada Siegel’s Web Site
Welcome to my new home. I just published my first novel, “Window Dressings” which is available on Amazon. It is sure to touch your heart and the reviews have been outstanding. As often as possible- I write positive- good news.. travel stories…and exciting adventures… Please enjoy the articles. I write for newspapers, magazines, online sites and now am back on camera doing on air reporting… If you have a story- that needs to be heard… Feel free to contact me at any time.
From Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates to Olympic Gold Medalist’s Dara Torres and Jason Lezak, everyone has an inspiring story…. Click on the story to check them out!
- Toronto Star- Asia Travel: Two Ways to See the Wonders of Hong Kong
- Toronto Star-Romantic Destination Weddings – Scottsdale, Hawaii, Scotland….
- Toronto Star: USA Travel- Conquering Alaska’s Matanuska Glacier all part of mother-daughter adventure trek 2012
- Toronto Star— Whistler B.C. combines summer scenery and friendly folk 2012
- Toronto Star- Tel- Aviv Features Awesome Beaches, Great Shopping and Top-Notch Nightlife
- AZJL Magazine: Singles & Travel- Paris, Phoenix & Vegas
- Phoenix Business Journal The magic of Mentoring 2013
- The Daily– No Snow? Then Go 2012
- Newsweek/The Daily Beast- Jared Loughner’s Path in Hours Before Arizona Shooting
- Newsweek/ The Daily Beast- Loughner’s Parents: Did They Know About His Mental Illness?
- Newsweek/ The Daily Beast- Is Jared Lee Loughner Mentally Ill?
- Newsweek- Jared Lee Loughner’s Mental State
- SKI Magazine- Summer in Whistler 2011
- Yahoo News- On Camera Story- Looking to Stay Warm- Go to Alaska VIDEO
- Yahoo News- On Camera Story- Denali National Park, Alaska VIDEO
- Incisal Edge Magazine “Call of the Wild” Dec 2011
- Sparkling White- Jerusalem Post, January 2011
- Going Full Circle at Full Tilt- Jerusalem Post, January 2011
- Touching the World- Jerusalem Post Dec 31, 2010
- The Toronto Star- Journey to an Active Volcano in Japan Dec 16, 2010
- CBS NEWS.com Terrorism Ripples Still Felt, Decades Later Sept 11, 2010
- 2010 Jerusalem Post- Get Wild in South Africa
- 2010 San Francisco Chronicle: In Pope’s world, Say Nope to Dope
- 2010 San Francisco Chronicle– An Offbeat look at Scottsdale, Arizona
- 2010 San Francisco Chronicle- Lions, Tents and Telephones
- 2010 New York Times- Israel’s Rules help Figure Skater from Australia
- 2010 New York Times- Tamar Katz is an Olympic Qualifier but Not in Israel’s eyes.
- Jerusalem Post- Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres Story
- Jerusalem Post- Olympic Gold Medalist Jason Lezak Story
- Jerusalem Post- Mike Wallace and Me!
Here are a few video stories- where I am either on camera reporter- or worked as a field producer & camera woman.
- Yahoo News- On Camera Story- Denali National Park, Alaska – VIDEO
- Reuters Television- Field Produced/Shot Santa & Machine Gun Story- VIDEO
- ITN Television- Field Produced/Shot Pose with Santa & Machine Guns- VIDEO
- AOL Television- Field Produced/Shot Welcome to Santa’s Gun Club- VIDEO
Traveling is fun…. from Skydiving in New Zealand to Feasting in Florence…. there is always a good story to be found…. enjoy
- Toronto Star- Tel- Aviv Features Awesome Beaches, Great Shopping and Top-Notch Nightlife
- SKI Magazine- Summer in Whistler 2011
- An Unlikely Adventure- Petra, Jordan 2011 CJN- Toronto, Canada
- Ten years later still feeling the Pain- Sept 11 Story- JT Seattle
- September 11- “The Day the World Cried” – Yahoo News 2011
- 9/11 Seen through my Father’s Art- Yahoo 2011
- A September 11 Story- JUF- Chicago
- Olympic Inspiration : Lenny Krayzelburg & Sasha Cohen
- Hollywood star finds his way to Jewish Alaska
- From Banter to Blessing- Interviews with Comedians- Larry Miller, Shawn Pelofsky..
- Travel Alaska 2011
- “Royal” Cruise stops in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia 2011
- Sparkling White- Jerusalem Post January 2011
- Going Full Circle at Full Tilt- Jerusalem Post, January 2011
- Touching the World- Jerusalem Post Dec 31, 2010
- Jerusalem Post, Captivating Cape Town 2010
- Jerusalem Post, Experience Magic- Wild Coast of South Africa 2010
- Jerusalem Post, Shanghai, China, 2010
- Jerusalem Post, No Fairies to be Found, Ireland 2010
- Jerusalem Post, 48 Hours in Florence
- The Jerusalem Post, Basel, Switzerland
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Traveling Solo in New Zealand
- South Africa Safari
- Skydiving in New Zealand
- Jerusalem Post – Turquoise and Target Practice
Being the fun girl columnist is all about finding meaningful fun stories to make the world a better or funnier place…. take a look… and smile..
- Titanic- Of Love and Principle- Interview with great grandson of Isidor & Ida Straus
- Life is Full of Surprises 2011
- Sparkle in the Snow 2011
- A Little Change can go A Long Way 2010
- Important to Focus on the Little Things 2010
- What’s in a Name? 2010
- Ireland 2010
- Adventures in Asia 2010
- Holocaust Survivor Breaks her Silence after 50 years. 2010
- Shanghai, China 2010
- NY- Israeli Film Festival 2010
- Interview with NBC Correspondent Martin Fletcher 2010
- World Famous Violinist Vadim Gluzman 2010
- Olympic Hopefuls in Vancouver, Canada 2010
- 2010: The year of motivation
- A positive beginning 2010
- A day at the spa with Mom
- Energy Healers?
- September 11, 2001 & the Masterpiece Painting
- Don’t Curse the Darkness, Light a Candle
- A Passover ritual: clearing clutter, cleaning house
- A ticket to a faraway land
- Cape Town simply stunning
- An evening with Ugandian Rabbi Gershom Sizomu
- Resistance fighter honoured by Yad Vashem
- Remembering 9/11
- Golf, Aikido & Peacemaking
- Struggling actors make Broadway
- Discovering new life, new love in Israel
- Adventures from the African bush
- Interview with Sandy Hackett
- Similaritude
My Generations column- co-written with academy award winner Stephanie Zweig…. who is the author over 14 plus books and translated into 20 plus languages….
- Somewhere in Africa
- Man Plans and God Laughs
- A Conversation between Generations
- Falling out of the Sky
- The Return to Africa
- Koalas and penguins
- Olympic sadness
- Family food festivals
- Election day
- My favorite holiday
Masada Siegel is an International correspondent… reporting from all over the world… She likes to write fun, positive, and adventurous stories as often as possible.
Masada writes for The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Jerusalem Post and about 40 other newspapers around the USA, Canada and the UK. She has a monthly column with the CJN in Canada and the JT news in Seattle and is a syndicated columnist. She has been a featured guest speaker at the University of Southern California and Women’s Symposiums.
She has covered three National Conventions for CNN, rode in a Vice Presidential Motorcade, covered terrorism and general news for CNN, Fox News Channel and CBS News. She received her Master degree from Columbia University in International Media and Communications with a focus on the Middle East and her Undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California also in International Relations and Communications.
Masada has interviewed President Gerald Ford, Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates, Mike Wallace, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator John McCain, NBC correspondent Martin Fletcher, Comedian Sandy Hackett, Spin City Producer Gary David Goldberg, Author and Academy Award winner Stefanie Zweig, Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres and Olympic Gold Medalist Jason Lezak to name a few.
Keep smiling,
Masada, The Fun Girl Correspondent
Masada Siegel is a journalist and media personality known as The Fun Girl Correspondent. She writes for the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Jerusalem Post and many other fine publications. She is a world traveler, athlete and has been a featured guest speaker.