Professional Experience
Last year I wrote about Ireland’s leading architectural preservation group, a new generation of private jets, art museum tours, and a college course taught in a women’s prison to both inmates and university students. I also profiled artists, art collectors, an Olympic rower, a renowned photographer, and the rules guru at the United States Golf Association. Other recent profile subjects include baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra and Nobel Prize-winning economist (and New York Times columnist) Paul Krugman.
In other words, I’m an accomplished general assignment writer with a long list of professional awards. These days I focus on culture, sports, travel, business, and preservation. Having worked as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor, and freelance writer, I recognize the particular demands of each job. That understanding helps me collaborate with editors to produce the best possible work.
Expertise
Editor
9 Years
Reporter
15 Years
Writer
14 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
4 Years
Sports & Recreation
3 Years
Travel
3 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
4 Years
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
9 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
15 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
26 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
The New York Times (6-10), Art & Antiques (10+), New Jersey Life (6-10), District Administration (3-5), National Geographic Traveler (1-2), Ritz-Carlton (1-2), Continental (1-2), Arrive (1-2), Elevations (1-2), Executive Traveler (1-2), Leader's Edge (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
BSDI (1-2)
Other Work History
I teach magazine writing and news reporting at Rutgers University. I've also taught at Seton Hall University and Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Computer Skills
Word, OS 10
Equipment
Laptop, Canon digital camera, digital audio recorder
Work Permits & Visas
Have passport, will travel.
Awards
2006: First Place, Profile Writing, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists,
for “It Ain’t Over,” a profile of baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra.
1998: Silver Medal, Reporting, City and Regional Magazine Association
First Place, Reporting, New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists,
for “Guilt by Perception,” a critical examination of the criminal case against the former chairman
of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority {he was later acquitted of all charges}.
1995: First Place, Journalism Award for Distinguished Business and Financial
Reporting, Rutgers University/CIT Group
First Place, Business Writing, New Jersey Press Association
First Place, Enterprise Reporting, New Jersey Press Association,
for “Johns-Manville’s Haunting Legacy Lives On,” a four-part series on a former asbestos factory
where hundreds of workers suffered asbestos-related diseases and deaths.