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Geri Aston

Chicago, IL

EditorWriter

I am a Chicago-based journalist who has covered health care for more than 25 years, first as a reporter, then as an editor and now as a freelancer. My specialties are policy reporting, health care quality, hospital issues and general health topics. I'm experienced in news, feature and editorial writing, as well as editing. I'm skilled at taking complex subjects and making them accessible to readers. I can write for any audience, from doctors and hospital CEOs to consumers. I enjoy both hard-hitting pieces and light, consumer-oriented articles. Although health care is my area of expertise, I'm versatile enough to write about almost any subject.

29Years XP

Member since 6/13/2008

Jonathan Sapers

New York City, NY

ReporterWriterOther, Specify

I am a freelance writer specializing in education writing. I have completed features for the Hechinger Report, which also appeared in the Nation, Christian Science Monitor and PBS News Hour online. From 2011 until it closed last summer, I was a regular writer for Scholastic Administrator and I have written regularly for Teachers College’s alumni magazine TC Today since 2006. My education writing has also appeared in Harvard's Ed Magazine. I have more than 30 years of experience as a reporter and writer with journalistic credits ranging from The New Yorker's Goings on About Town section to stringing for U.S. News & World Report to Family Fun and the New York Law Journal. I have published personal essays in Newsday, Family Fun and Smithsonian as well as more than a dozen short stories. For more than twenty years, I have also been a regular writer for inhouse publications at corporate clients including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer, American Express, Deloitte and Clairol.

30Years XP

Member since 5/19/2006

Peggy Paul

Philadelphia, PA

EditorWriterBook Author

I am a recipe editor, developer, and tester; cookbook editor; publishing consultant; and writer with more than 15 years of editorial experience in the cookbook and lifestyle genres. My recipe website, ThursdayNightPizza.com, contains the largest selection of original pizza recipes on the Internet, and my first book, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Cookbook, has more than 1k five-star reviews and consistently ranks in the top 15 pizza cooking books on Amazon.

20Years XP

Member since 9/8/2010

Esther Shein

Framingham, MA

Content Editor (online)ReporterWriter

AI, quantum, phishing, oh my. Despite what you've read, technology/business articles do NOT have to be dry and dull. I know how to jazz 'em up. I'm a freelance writer and editor with over 25 years of experience specializing in how disruptive technologies can and are making businesses more competitive. I've also reviewed restaurants and have written extensively about education and human interest topics. I write features, case studies, ebooks, profiles and breaking news stories.

25Years XP

Member since 9/15/2006

Cathryn Drake

New York, NY

EditorPromotionsWriter

Cathryn Drake is a freelance writer and editor. Formerly copy chief of design magazine Metropolis, she edits publications for Yale School of Architecture as well as for book publishers, cultural institutions, curators, and academics. She is especially adept at tightening texts and refining translations for more clear, concise, vivid, grammatical, and graceful texts. She has written about art, design, travel, and culture for Artforum, e-flux Criticism, frieze, Metropolis, Men’s Vogue, Kathimerini, BBC, Time, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, among other periodicals. She has contributed essays to many exhibition catalogs, including “Present Perfect: Meme and Memory,” on artist Leonard Qylafi, for the Albanian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2017. She also curated the exhibition “The Presence of Absence, or the Catastrophe Theory,” shown at Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre (NiMAC), in Cyprus, in 2018, and at Izolyatsia, in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2016.

28Years XP

Member since 11/24/2002

Kimberly Flynn

Wayne, PA

EditorFact-CheckerWriter

My work for national magazines and established websites has focused mainly on the body: how to take care of it (health, fitness, nutrition) and how to have fun with it (style, sex, liquor, cigars). I've also written about personal finance, parenting, and weddings. I've been involved in every phase of the editorial process--from idea generation to the final proofread. I'm resourceful, reliable, and ready to match my skills to your editorial style.

25Years XP

Member since 5/22/2002

Eileen F Michaels

New York, NY

Content Editor (online)Web DeveloperPromotions

eCommerce professional, Web developer and multi-channel communications promoter that optimizes channel development, online marketing and digital content resources to win sales, build brands and drive meaningful online traffic to Web stores, mobile devices and landing pages for consumer and business audiences. At different stages, both managed and participated as a team member across all online channels to implement best practices in eCommerce including web design, UX, content marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), consumer shopping engines (Amazon, Google and other shopping feeds), social media outreach, affiliate programs, display advertising and re-marketing to B2B and B2C customers.

25Years XP

Member since 11/15/2013

Judith Cole

Gastonia, NC

Content Editor (online)EditorWriter

As a professional writer/editor/content maven with more years of professional experience than you can shake a stick at—unless you really enjoy shaking sticks—along with interviewing everyone from homeless artists, street soccer activists, business entrepreneurs, designers, chefs, magicians, musicians, assorted celebrities—and even the occasional ecdysiast and dominatrix—I’ve brainstormed/assigned/authored/polished and published both long- and short-form content across a broad swath of subject matter and a wide range of deliverables encompassing pretty much any and everything that’s ever sprung to mind or fallen in my lap that demanded coverage. In addition to a keen ear for language, a finely tuned eye for trends, and the ability to turn out crisp, focused copy quickly and cleanly, I can keep a fair number of plates spinning at the same time, make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and I play well with others.

30Years XP

Member since 8/28/2004

Mary Desmond Pinkowish

Larchmont, NY

Book AuthorEditorWriter

A health and medical news fanatic, I bring vast experience to the art of understanding and filtering this information for thoughtful readers. I write for physician audiences wherever they are—mobile, Web, and even--gasp!--print. My repertoire includes professional promotional tactics, medical news, speaker series, Web sites, mobile products, banners, and CME activity. A particular strength: my ability to speak to professional and lay audiences with clarity, ease, and succinctness. I have contributed health-related features to the Johns Hopkins White Papers, Barron’s, Ode, and Real Simple. I’ve been a blogger since 2003, primarily in health-related areas, but also covering environmental and conservation issues for a social media site of recreational anglers and hunter with nearly 200,000 Facebook fans. I am constantly searching for writing or editorial projects to which I can bring my fascination and deep experience in these fields to a large professional or consumer audience.

20Years XP

Member since 4/28/2005

Nora Wertz

Bloomfield, NJ

Art DirectorGraphic DesignerCoordinator

Creative, competent and quick! PRINT ADS, WEB ADS, E-BLASTS, CATALOGS, BOOKS, BROCHURES. Producing successful designs on time and within budget has kept me in business as a freelancer for 15 years. Creativity and aesthetic sensibility are two central reasons for this. Equally important factors are: communicating with the client so I can accurately depict their message; the ability to handle and prioritize several projects at once; a strong knowledge of traditional and developing production technologies; excellence in computer design software. My work includes a broad range of print and electronically delivered media for industries ranging from book publishing to radio. I have also worked with a number of public interest and non-profit groups. Please have a look at my online portfolio at: http://www.norawertz.com

25Years XP

Member since 1/14/2008

Wendy Leonard, PhD, MPH

Silver Spring, MD

WriterResearcherBook Author

Do you profoundly care if your target audience truly gets it? Do you believe in: • Educating people about health, science, disease, illness, and serious medical topics, in a remarkably interesting, and easily understandable style; • Engaging people in such a way, that those who were previously feeling overwhelmed, now feel better equipped to handle whatever may come next; • Empowering people with knowledge they can use with increased confidence. Yes? Then, contact Dr. Wendy Leonard: An award-winning medical writer with audience-focused sensibilities. From Alzheimer's disease to cancer to vaccines to zygotes, Wendy is your go-to person. UPDATES • TEDx Speaker: – Zebrafish, Practically People (https://youtu.be/HDHvZk1d0u8) • Award-Winning Science Documentary - Zebrafishfilm.org • PhD Thesis– Vaccine Hesitancy: "Parental Confidence in U.S. Government and Medical Authorities, Measles (Rubeloa) Knowledge, and MMR Vaccine Compliance" • Johns Hopkins Osher Series – Commonly Held Science Myths

25Years XP

Member since 5/4/2005

Kathleen King

Hastings on Hudson, NY

EditorWriter

I am interested in transitioning to a creative role as a full-time content editor or copywriter. I am willing to freelance to gain additional experience before taking on a new full-time position. My staff and freelance experiences have been numerous and varied over the years: I served as a Book Editor for well known Boston and New York publishing houses; a magazine writer for the Discovery Channel School science series for kids in NY; a freelance proofreader in NY and around the US remotely; an online Writer and Editor for a women's startup website based in CA. Later, when my kids were young, I freelanced several years as an Editorial Consultant, handling copyediting and proofreading for a diverse client list, including book publishers, authors, colleges, ad agencies, and nonprofits. In my most recent role as Copy Editor at ASPIRE Design and Home magazine, I oversaw all copyediting from earliest article drafts to final proofreading stages. I am thoroughly versed in the Chicago Manual of Style and AP and br

23Years XP

Member since 6/26/2006

Linda Kallman

New York, NY

CopywriterContent Editor (online)Writer

I love helping clients get their message out! I'm a seasoned writer/editor with experience in just about every subject area. Call me for Editorial or PR/Marketing projects, print or digital. Excited by consumer health/patient info assignments, but lots of experience with biz, tech, employee communications + much more. You've seen my work in newspapers and magazines like The Journal News/Gannett, Patch.com, RightatHome.com, WebMD.com, LHJ.com, MORE.com, BHG.com, Woman's World, and Essence. Sample corporate, agency and non-profit clients: SeniorBridge, R.R. Bowker, Meredith Interactive, Advanstar Communications, AdLarge Media, R/GA, Iridium, Planned Parenthood, Simons Foundation, and Rockefeller Foundation. So, take a look at my Website for more info ... get an idea of my skills ... read what my clients have to say about working with me / kallmancommunications.com / see my profiles on LinkedIn and Contently.com. Whether I'm WRITING or EDITING for you ... or CONSULTING ... I will make a difference!

30Years XP

Member since 3/21/2002