Janet Rae-Dupree

Half Moon Bay, CA USA
31 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I've witnessed heart surgery and urban riots, covered everything from bioengineering to quantum computing, and interviewed everything from a talking gorilla to the world's wealthiest avatar. Innovation is my passion and emerging technology, science, business, start-ups, entrepreneurship, health, and medicine are among my myriad beats. I specialize in translating geek-speak into stories that draw in readers and keep them engaged. In more than three decades as a journalist, I've shared in a Pulitzer Prize, been on staff at numerous regional and national publications, written a book, freelanced for dozens of outlets, and never once had a boring day. Wouldn't you like to tap into some of this energy for your readers?

Expertise

Book Author 3 YearsEditor 10 YearsWriter 30 Years

Specialty

Business (general) 17 YearsScience 17 YearsTechnology 17 Years

Industries

Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 12 YearsNewspaper - National 20 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 10 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • New York Times (10+)
  • Internet News (6-10)
  • Silicon Valley Business Journal (3-5)
  • Silicon Valley ONE Magazine (3-5)
  • Cleveland Clinic Magazine (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Fortune/Time Special Sections (6-10)

Awards

Pulitzer Prize, Spot Reporting, 1993 Bronze Medal, 2005, American Society of Business Publication Editors Award for Excellence in Technology Journalism, 1998, from PRSA Technology Section. Chosen from 450 entries. Numerous Peninsula Press Club awards, Los Angeles Press Club awards and Copley Ring of Truth awards.

Associations

Society of Professional Journalists National Association of Science Writers Northern California Science Writers Association University of Michigan Alumni Association

Other Work History

U.S. News & World Report, senior editor/Silicon Valley correspondent, 2000-2003 BusinessWeek, Silicon Valley correspondent, 1998-2000 San Jose Mercury News, staff writer/editor, 1993-1998 Los Angeles Times, staff writer/editor, 1989-1993 and 1984-1986 The Daily Breeze, staff writer, 1986-1989

Technical Skills

Product testing (for consumer-type reviews), basic Photoshop editing, HTML coding

Foreign Language Skills

Intermediate Spanish, basic French

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Photoshop, HTML, Windows (all versions), some OS 10 experience, some Linux experience.

Equipment

Windows laptop and desktop, Panasonic Lumix digital camera (with Leica lens), Casio Exilim, Linux laptop and desktop, Livescribe pen, audio recorder, photo editing software, speech recognition software, multiple flash drives.

General

Workplace Wellness
(Cleveland Clinic Magazine 6/1/2010)
Tackling tobacco use, weight loss, nutrition and stress management on the job is good for everyone's bottom line.
The Sunshine Vitamin
(Cleveland Clinic Magazine 11/1/2009)
Is fear of sun exposure leaving us with dangerously decreased vitamin D levels?
Diagnostic Drinks
(Cleveland Clinic Website 12/1/2009)
How people react to alcohol may reveal health problems.
UNBOXED: Innovation Should Mean More Jobs, Not Fewer
(New York Times 1/4/2009)
The general wisdom is that innovation leads to automation, which leads to fewer workers. Not so.
UNBOXED: Disruptive Innovation, Applied to Health Care
(New York Times 1/31/2009)
The health care system in America is on life support. Reformers shouldn't be worried only about how to pay for it.
UNBOXED: Design Is More Than Packaging
(New York Times 10/5/2008)
"Design thinking" focuses on people's actual needs rather than trying to persuade them to buy into what businesses are selling.
UNBOXED: When Academia Puts Profit Ahead of Wonder
(New York Times 9/7/2008)
The University Small Business Patent Procedures Act is under increasing scrutiny by swelling ranks of critics, who charge that it has distorted the fundamental mission of universities.
UNBOXED: Even the Giants Can Learn to Think Small
(New York Times 8/3/2008)
After spending decades growing and merging, big businesses are rediscovering the charms -- and the innovative side effects -- of thinking small.
UNBOXED: Can You Become a Creature of New Habits?
(New York Times 5/4/2008)
Brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can encourage a way to innovation.
The Pitch: Rumbafish
(Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal 1/22/2010)
Palo Alto start-up Rumbafish fine-tunes marketing campaigns through social networks.
CIO UPDATE: IBM Talks Up New Data Management Strategy
(InternetNews.com 2/4/2010)
With enterprises collecting, analyzing and distributing huge pools of data at a dizzying pace, IT managers are continually looking for new technologies and policies to manage the deluge. CIOUpdate details IBM's new 'information governance' strategy to help companies track the quality and flow of all this information.
Balancing the Equation
(ONE Magazine 10/1/2009)
For the sake of Silicon Valley's students and businesses, educators must close the achievement gap in math.
UNBOXED: For Innovators, There Is Brainpower in Numbers
(New York Times 12/7/2008)
True invention requires the meeting of minds from myriad perspectives, even if the innovators don't always realize it.
UNBOXED: Eureka! It Really Takes Years of Hard Work
(New York Times 2/3/2008)
As humans, we want to believe that creativity and innovation come in flashes of pure brilliance, with great thunderclaps and echoing ahas. Balderdash.
BRIGHT IDEAS: Innovative Minds Don't Think Alike
(New York Times 12/30/2007)
Experts in a field can benefit from an outsider's perspective. This is the essay that prompted creation of the "Unboxed" column.
The Power of Corporate Philanthropy
(ONE Magazine 5/1/2009)
Dan Warmenhoven and NetApp weave generosity into the company's culture.
UNBOXED: It's No Time to Forget About Innovation
(New York Times 11/2/2008)
The sour economy is bad news for corporate innovation and technology, and it could spell trouble for years to come.
Case Study: 99 Cents Only Stores' Efficient IT Infrastructure
(CIO Insight 1/1/2004)
In-depth case study of 99 Cents Only Stores' efficient information technology infrastructure.
Civic Citizens
(ONE Magazine 10/15/2008)
Impassioned people change their communities, and community involvement changes people. Call it the hopeful cycle of public progress.