Professional/Personal Overview
An established and regionally/nationally published freelance journalist with 25+ years of experience and a string of writing awards, I offer a broad range of subject matter but I am best known for my sensitive, telling interviews and profiles of interesting people, mostly attorneys and artists, oddly enough, and places--villages and cities. I've spent most of my career as a general assignment staff writer/editor with various specialties and have been freelancing since 1995. I live in the northernmost, rural section of Bucks County about equidistance from Manhattan and Philadelphia, and I have gone to both cities on stories. I also write extensively about Bucks County and the Lehigh Valley which includes the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. My work samples show the range and quality of my work.
Work Info
Expertise
Reporter
10 Years
Writer
15 Years
Editor
25 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
25 Years
Lifestyle
25 Years
Travel
15 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
25 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Eastern PA Business Journal (11+), Lehigh Valley Marketplace (11+), Bucks County Herald (11+), PA/NJ SuperLawyer magazines (6-10), Pennsylvania magazine (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Dog Fancy (1-2)
Other Work History
Co-author of business book published by Jossey Bass in 1999; created, edited 8-page quarterly newsletter for local historical society for three years.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Photoshop,
Technical Skills
I frequently take my own photographs. Many have been published.
Equipment
Laptop, Canon Rebel XS,Nikon Coolpix L6, audio
Foreign Language Skills
Enough French to get by
References
Adam Wahlberg, executive editor, Pennsylvania Superlawyer (awahlberg@lawandpolitics.com) and John Moore, executive editor at Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal (john.m@epbj.com) -- more on request
Awards
About 40 writing awards including one from National Press Club; latest awards, a first, for environmental, outdoors feature writing in May 2009 in a state-wide writing contest, in May 2010, a second-place in travel, arts and entertainment category in same-contest.
Associations
Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, Pennsylvania Women's Press Association
Other
I'm a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, with a B.A. in English with writing as a special field of concentration; a 10-day professional seminar for city editors at the American Press Institute, Reston, Va., plus I've listened and learned every day of my life.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Philadelphia, PA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
lawyer profiles
(Pennsylvania SuperLawyer , 6/1/2007)
An ace attorney who fights for the little guy--and wins.
(New Jersey SuperLawyer , 4/1/2007)
Profile of a prominent divorce lawyer who is a cowboy at heart.
(New Jersey SuperLawyer )
Profile of an outstanding New Jersey attorney who has done a lot of pro bono work involving women's issues.
Stories about places
(Lehigh Valley Marketplace , 4/1/2010)
restaurant review
(Pennsylvania Magazine , 4/1/2010)
(Lehigh Valley Marketplace , 9/1/2009)
A profile of a new tourist destination in eastern Pennsylvania.
(Bucks County Herald , 5/3/2007)
A travel piece plus an essay on discovery.
(Lehigh Valley Marketplace )
A profile of a small Italian-American town in the Lehigh Valley that has retained its original character and values.
(Pennsylvania Magazine )
A story about a village tradition that has been carried on for more than a century.
Artist profiles
(Lehigh Valley Marketplace )
A self-taught woodcarver specializes in work for churches, cathedrals.
(Bucks County Herald )
Profile of New Jersey artist who is called " a second Thoreau" and "The Naturalist" at a three-month exhibit in Paris.
(Lehigh Valley Marketplace )
Profile of an artist who teaches at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, Pa., and talks about painting, earning.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
