Professional/Personal Overview
I am an expert in all things canine. Most recent book: PAWS & EFFECT: The Healing Power of Dogs. I'm an AKC dog show judge, a longtime breeder, and show exhibitor, and owner of multiple breeds. Last year: PAWS & REFLECT: A Special Bond between Men and their Dogs. Author of more than 100 articles in the canine press.
Work Info
Expertise
Book Author
11 Years
Producer (television)
14 Years
Writer
18 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
9 Years
Dogs in the Home
8 Years
Home & Garden
13 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
18 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Court TV (11+), Dog News (11+), Dogs in Review (11+), Food TV (11+), NBC News (11+), ABC News (11+), Bantam Books (3-5), WNBC News (3-5), Princeton Packet Newspapers (1-2), Roker Productions (1-2), Wiley Publishing (1-2)
Other Work History
I've worked freelance for ABC News, NBC News, and various local television stations. Also as a newspaper reporter at Princeton Packet newspapers.
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, Windows, Mac, iNews
Technical Skills
Avid, Adobe
Equipment
still camera
Unions
CWA, NABET, National Writers Union
References
References in either publishing or television are available upon request.
Awards
Emmy Award for television news
Associations
Professional Writers Association of Mercer County, CG Jung Society of New York
Other
BA Georgetown University, English. MFA New School for Social Research, Creative NonFiction
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Magazine & Newspaper
(New York Times , 4/27/2007)
Excerpt from my book of interviews of men about their dogs: PAWS & REFLECT: A Special Bond Between Man & Dog.
(Dogs in Review magazine , 10/10/2005)
Article from an experienced dog expert on how to get your dog back if he runs away from you.
Books
(Alyson Books , 12/15/2007)
An exploration into how dogs help man, revealing some incredible stories of dogs who detect cancer, dogs who alert their owners to seizures, dogs who save their owners' lives. Recommended by Temple Grandin, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, and Betty White.
(Barrons Educational Publishing , 2/2/2007)
A book on how to choose and live with a wonderful breed: the Brussels Griffon. A Complete Owner's Manual, written by a longtime breeder with many years of personal experience.
(Alyson Books , 11/1/2006)
Book of interviews of 25 men about their special dog, some celebrities, some ordinary guys, including Edward Albee, Philadelphia screenwriter Ron Nyswaner, actor/playwright Charles Busch, film director Jonathan Caouette and many others.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
