Michael Boslet

Winter Park, FL USA
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Professional Experience

Experience includes editing and writing at large metro dailies and magazines, public relations work with a Fortune 500 company.I'm a very capable news editor with excellent reporting skills. I've written everything from columns to features to in-depth news stories.

Expertise

Editor
30 Years
Writer
30 Years
Photographer
5 Years

Specialty

Outdoors
5 Years
Lifestyle
10 Years
Philanthropy
3 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
10 Years
Newspaper - National
8 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
14 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

32 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Florida Trend business magazine (3-5), Florida GATOR alumni magazine (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Salter Mitchell PR (10+), Deatrick PR (10+), MB Inc. (10+)

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Mac OS

Equipment

Mac Air, iPad, digital voice recorder, Nikon camera equipment

Awards

Many. Feature and column writing, Best Department, Headline Writing. Edited several award-winning stories

Showcase

Florida Gator alumni mag

Legacy feature of prominent alumni
Intro and profiles of four (of five) Florida Gator 100 businesses.

Column writing

Editor's column on the cover story about a high school baseball player who lost a leg in a boating accident, nearly died and came back to play ball in his final year at school
Editor's column on controversial US Congressman Alan Grayson
Editor's column on using Twitter
Editor's column on skydiving
Editor's column on controversial rail project
Editor's column on city's decision to fund the development of a downtown movie theater
Editor's column on the latest example of wrongdoing in the city's police dept.
Editor's column on my personal choices for Best of Orlando
Editor's column on Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer's perseverance in the face of great odds.

Editing

Edited profile of Judge Belvin Perry, written by Brad Kuhn
I edited this feature piece on Pat Williams by Peter Kerasotis.
Edited feature piece on Montverde Academy's basketball program, written by Peter Kerasotis
Edited cover story on legendary aviator Joe Kittinger, written by Dave Seanor
Edited cover story on the comeback of Nate Winters, written by Dave Seanor
Edited and rewrote cover story on super-car salesman David Maus, reporting by Jim Leusner
Edited six-month project covering Alan Grayson, written by Mark Pinsky

Travel stories

Travel story on Sundy House in Delray Beach
Roundup of destinations in Florida
Travel story on a hidden gem, Delray Beach
Travel story on Costa Rica during wet season

Features

Humor. Orlando mag had a standing feature called A Story of, which was a series of quotes from an interview with an interesting person. If you're familiar with What I Learned in Esquire, well, that's the concept here. Anyway, I fictionalized the column for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Feature on a family with long ties to a local high school's football history
Q&A with a relationship therapist as part of a cover feature on Love. Interview with a "ladies man." Directed and edited entire Love theme concept
Profile of timeshare mogul David Siegel
Cover piece on Orlando's new civic arena, Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic
Humor. Orlando mag had a standing feature called A Story of, which was a series of quotes from an interview with an interesting person. If you're familiar with What I Learned in Esquire, well, that's the concept here. Anyway, I fictionalized the column for the Christmas holiday.
Preview of Queen of Versailles documentary on David and Jacqueline Siegel. I was the first person to view the movie in Orlando in advance of its showing.
Q&A with Cheney Mason, co-counsel on Casey Anthony defense team
Q&A with Jeff Ashton, former asst. DA in State of Florida vs. Casey Anthony capital murder trial. He had just published a book after leaving the DA's office.

Business

News feature on CNL, an Orlando-based real estate investment trust run by founder Jim Seneff.
News feature on Stetson University's Roland George Investment Program, a $3 million fund managed by students
News feature on Florida Power & Light's power trading unit; how power is sold and bought. Attached PDF is a proof version.