Professional Experience
Sparkling, smart, precisely-researched service pieces on diabetes, alternative/complementary medicine, nutrition, women's health, relationships, weight loss, green living and mind/body/spirit topics. Former Prevention alt med editor. Rodale and Reader's Digest health book author. Presently contributing to leading magazines.
Expertise
Book Author
17 Years
Editor
15 Years
Writer
20 Years
Specialty
Health
17 Years
Lifestyle
15 Years
Other, Specify
15 Years
Industries
Book Publishing Consumer
17 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
15 Years
PR (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. clients
12 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
30 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Diane (10+), Reader's Digest (10+), Taste of Home (10+), Reader's Digest Health (6-10), Reverse Diabetes (3-5), Rodale Books (1-2)
Other Work History
Author, Kitchen Cabinet Cures (Reader's Digest, 2011); co-author, The Belly Melt Diet (Rodale, 2012)
Foreign Language Skills
Some Italian
Unions
Freelancer's Union
Computer Skills
OS X, Windows XP, Quark, Word, Excel
Equipment
iMac, iPad, iPhone, Bloggy, digital camera, audio recorder
Work Permits & Visas
Passport
References
Catherine Cassidy, EIC, Taste of Home
Claire Kowalchik, EIC, Diane Magazine
Jeanne Ambrose, editor, Taste of Home
Awards
National Health Information Award, 2003, "Nothing Left To Lose," feature on alternative cancer treatments
Associations
American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of Health Care Journalists
