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An experienced, award-winning health writer and editor, I have worked as a staff editor for top magazines, including Good Housekeeping, Parents and Health; assigned, written edited and produced health content for MyHealthNewsDaily.com; written for magazines ranging from Prevention to Ladies' Home Journal to MediZine; penned advertorials for the New York Times, MediZine and Media Planet; and written and proofed releases and manuscripts for public relations firms. Recently I was a ghostwriter on a major Rodale book. Early in my career, I wrote "How to Talk To Boys and Other Important People," a Bantam "Sweet Dreams" title, which made the Young Adult Best-Seller List at B. Dalton. If you need a feature on health, nutrition or fitness; a profile; a breaking news story; an advertorial; a press release; an editor to fill in during vacation times or close a project; or a ghost-writer, I am your person. |
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Expertise |
| Writer |
9 Years |
| Advertorials, Special Marketing Sections |
5 Years |
| Editor |
30 Years |
Specialty |
| Fitness |
10 Years |
| Nutrition, profiles, kids' health, some travel, home & lifestyle |
10 Years |
| Health |
25 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
MediZine (11+), Prevention (11+), Spry (11+), Arthritis Today (6-10), New England Health Advisory (6-10), Health Monitor: Arthritis (6-10), Ladies' Home Journal (6-10), lifescript.com (6-10), Parents (1-2), Reader's Digest (1-2) |
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
New York Times Marketing (6-10), Ogilvy (1-2), Media Planet (1-2), Burson Marstellar (1-2) |
Other Work History
Acting Health Editor, MyHealthNewsDaily.com
Acting Senior Editor, Prevention
Ghostwriter, Rodale Books
Acting Heath Director, Ladies' Home Journal
Special Projects Editor: For three years, I was responsible for finding nominees for Ladies' Home Journal's Health Breakthrough Awards program and writing profiles of the winners. At Prevention I worked on the complementary and alternative medicine awards program, again finding nominees and profiling the winners.
Health Editor, Good Housekeeping
Senior Editor, Parents
Senior Editor/Managing Editor, Health
Senior Editor, YM
Fiction/Teen Features Editor, Seventeen |
References
Will be provided upon request. |
Awards
Gold Triangle Award, American Academy of Dermatology |
Other
New York Times Fellow, Age Boom Academy, sponsored by International Longevity Center-USA, June 2009
Panelist, Council for Responsible Nutrition, 2009
Panelist, Bulldog Reporter, May 2009
Attendee, Medicine in the Media, National Institutes of Health, 2007
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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. |
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(Prevention, 9/1/2011)
A major feature on ovarian cancer and the search for a screening tool.
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(Arthritis Today, 1/1/2011)
How Australian Karen Ager has triumphed over her rheumatoid arthritis. Cover story for the January/February 2011 issue of the magazine.
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(Arthritis Today, 12/1/2010)
Rising-star chef Seamus Mullen sizzles despite rheumatoid arthritis. Cover story for the November/December 2010 issue of the magazine.
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(lifescript.com, 12/1/2010)
Part four of a four-part series on depression. Experts discuss common side effects associated with antidepressants and strategies for dealing with them.
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(Parents, 12/1/2010)
Just how much D do parents and children need?
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(lifescript.com, 10/21/2010)
Part two of a four-part series on depression. This article focuses on the different treatments available for depression, from medication to talk therapy to transcranial magnetic stimulation.
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(lifescript.com, 10/18/2010)
Part three of a four-part series on depression. A look at the healthy habits that may keep your depression at bay.
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(Spry, 10/1/2010)
Dr. Susan Love discusses the latest breast cancer headlines. The full interview can be found at Spryliving.com/susanlove
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(lifescript.com, 9/21/2010)
Part one of a four-part series on depression. This story looks at what depression is, who's at risk and how to recognize the symptoms.
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(Spry, 9/1/2010)
Why it's so important to strength train as we age.
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(Prevention, 8/1/2010)
Stay cool while lowering your energy bill and helping the planet.
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(Prevention, 3/1/2010)
The rewards of starting a good habit (or mending a bad one) come quicker than you think.
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(Spry, 2/1/2010)
Top doctors share their tips for keeping your heart healthy
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(Spry, 2/1/2010)
Top doctors share their tips for keeping your heart healthy.
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(Media Planet, 12/8/2009)
A special report on orthopedic health, which ran in the Boston Globe.
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(Prevention, 12/1/2009)
The prime sleep stealers in the over-50 crowd and what can be done about them.
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(Spry, 11/1/2009)
How you can lower your risk for these pesky winter illnesses.
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(Prevention Magazine, 11/1/2009)
Why certain areas of our body dry as we age.
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(Prevention, 9/1/2009)
Minimize your risk for the most common threats to vision.
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(Prevention, 7/1/2009)
A look at common causes of foot problems as we get older and what can be done to prevent and ease them.
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(Prevention, 6/1/2009)
What your partner's ED may be saying about his health--and
lifestyle strategies that may ease the problem.
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(Health Monitor: Arthritis, 5/1/2009)
The facts about psoriatic arthritis and the best ways to manage the disease.
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(Columbia University: Department of Ophthalmology, 3/1/2009)
Wrote all copy for department's winter newsletter, which is distributed to faculty, donors and patients.
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(Ladies' Home Journal, 1/9/2009)
An in-depth look at why we need Vitamin D and why so many people aren't getting enough.
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(Spry, 10/1/2008)
Promising developments in the field of breast cancer.
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(Ladies' Home Journal, 2/1/2008)
One woman's quest to find the cause of her baffling symptoms.
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(Ladies' Home Journal, 12/1/2007)
How to think--and speak--more like a doctor so you get the most from your next check-up. This was the lead story for a section that won a Meredith Creative Excellence Award. (Meredith is the parent company of LHJ.)
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(New York Times Marketing Division, 5/1/2007)
An advertorial tied to National Nurses Week that examines the nursing profession's benefits and oppportunities.
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(Health, 4/1/2007)
A guide to foot health.
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(Ladies' Home Journal, 9/1/2006)
Outstanding researchers whose contributions are having a major impact on health care. The first year of the annual awards program. I worked on the first three years of the program.
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(Ladies' Home Journal, 4/1/2006)
The facts about trans fats.
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(New York Times Marketing Division, 11/1/2005)
A New York Times advertorial tied to World AIDS Day 2005. I profiled four people whose work is making a difference in the lives of those with HIV/AIDS. I found all the subjects.
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(New York Times Marketing Division, 9/1/2004)
One part of a 3-part advertorial on post-retirement careers. This story focused on health care.
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(New York Times Marketing Division, 9/1/2004)
Part of a 3-part advertorial on post-retirement careers. This one focused on finance.
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(New York Times Marketing Division, 9/1/2004)
Part of a 3-part advertorial on post-retirement careers. This story focused on retail.
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(Ladies' Home Journal, 9/1/2004)
Why we get cravings and how to handle them.
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