Professional Experience
As an award-winning journalist, author and editor I focus on business, health, science, environment, education, families, lifestyles, parenting, profiles, real estate and social issues. As both a magazine editor and publisher, I’ve managed editorial products from the concept stage to distribution: assigning, editing and writing; managing art and production teams; trafficking; interfacing with printers; and managing advertising sales teams. I’m an excellent mentor who can create editorial teams who work cohesively to produce award-winning content. In addition, I’m the author of 40 nonfiction books, a ghostwriter, and a journalism professor.
Expertise
- Reporter 33 Years
- Editor 30 Years
- Book Author 35 Years
Specialty
- Health 30 Years
- Lifestyle 30 Years
- Education 15 Years
Industries
- Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 33 Years
- Book Publishing Consumer 27 Years
- Newspaper - Local/Regional 33 Years
Media Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Newsday(10+)
- Stony Brook Medicine(10+)
- AARP magazine(3-5)
- Adelphi University(10+)
- USTA(10+)
- HC & G magazine(3-5)
- Stony Brook Medicine(10+)
- Writer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Digest(6-10)
Corporate Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Newsday(10+)
- Square One Publishing(3-5)
- Stony Brook University(3-5)
- Hosftra University(1-2)
- Northwell Health(3-5)
- USTA(10+)
Other work history
I was publisher/owner of my own magazine, Long Island Parent, and website, liparentonline.come, for five years until I sold them in August 2012. I continued to work with the company for two years and founded a new magazine with them. Since then I have managed editorial projects, including magazines, websites and brochures for Stony Brook University, Adelphi University, Bonnier Corporation (Working Mother magazine), New Jersey Family magazine, Expos Your Business, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Island Federal Credit Union, USTA, Blank Slate Media, KGG Enterprises, and Family Caregiver Magazine. I am also a senior adjunct journalism professor and faculty newspaper adviser. Further, I am the author of 42 books, including children's books and How to Publish Your Children's Book, 2nd edition. I am also a frequent quest speaker at events, and on radio and TV programs.
Technical skills
Graphic design
Computer skills
Word, Excel, InDesign, InCopy
Equipment
I have my own laptop and camera.
Awards
Reporter of the Year, second place, The Press Club of Long Island Media Awards, 2025 Public Relations Professionals of Long Island Outstanding Media Award, 2022 The Press Club of Long Island Media Awards, First, Second and Third Place Best Magazine Opinion/Best Feature Magazine/Newspaper Article, 1996-2025. Parenting Publications of America, Gold Award for Travel Writing, 2006-2011. Parenting Publications of America, Silver Award for Feature Writing, 2005-2011. Parenting Publications of America, Bronze Award for Feature Writing, 2003-2004. New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age 1996, World Hunger.
Associations
American Society of Journalists and Authors Society of Professional Journalists Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators Press Club of Long Island
General
Scientific Synergy
(Stony Brook University 7/2/2025)
Stony Brook University’s long-standing collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory empowers faculty to accelerate their impact on research innovation, and four joint faculty members explain their cutting-edge research, from X-ray imaging and microscopy to cloud and precipitation microphysics.
5 Ways to Get Cash for the Collectibles Your Kids Don’t Want to Inherit
(AARP 5/20/2025)
For the Money column, collectible experts talk about the steps needed to fetch top dollar now for those cherished collectibles you’ve been collecting for decades that your kids have told you they don’t want to inherit when you’re gone.
Women in aerospace and defense work to solve labor shortage and diversify Long Island’s manufacturing sector
(Newsday 3/1/2025)
Women in aerospace and defense are working to solve the labor shortage and diversify Long Island’s manufacturing sector. As skilled manual labor retires, there aren’t enough workers drawn to the industry to replace them. As companies try to build a workforce to meet current and future needs for the U.S. defense industrial base sector, maritime manufacturing and electronic systems, there’s a shortage of machinists and engineers. The solution? Encourage women to join the workforce.
Not Your Average Fossil Hunters
(Stony Brook University 7/2/2025)
Stony Brook’s paleontologists are using extinct species to expand our knowledge of evolution and climate change