RESUME
Skills
Freelance Experience
1989-PRESENT
Baby on the Way, Bottom Line/Health, Bottom Line/Personal, Bottom Line/Women's Health, Consumer Reports on Health, Family Circle, First for Women, Fitness, Glamour, Healthy Woman, In Touch Weekly, Johns Hopkins White Papers, McCall's, More, New Woman, Parenting, Prevention's Guide to Weight Loss, Quilter's Home, Reader's Digest, Redbook, Self, Shape, She, The Female Patient, Today's Health and Wellness,Through the Needle, US Air Magazine, Vegetarian Times, Washington Woman, Weight Watchers Magazine, Woman's Day
Writer, Editor, On-Air Spokesperson
Write lifestyle, health,
nutrition, fitness, craft, pet, entertainment and relationship features and bits for
these national magazines and newsletters. Also occasionally appear on
various television programs as a writer/spokesperson.
1988-PRESENT
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Delaware Media Group, MBK Associates, Menopause Alliance, National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unintended Pregnancy, PROmedica Communications
Writer, Editor, Reporter
Write and edit continuing
education, patient education, and other materials for health
professionals for these organizations and companies. Cover meetings,
write executive summaries, create newsletters, monographs, web copy,
slide sets, etc. Work with an artist to oversee layout of print and web
materials. Manage other writers and editors in the creation of
publications, perform literature searches and help to craft proposals
and needs assessments.
1997-PRESENT
Amazon.com, Ciaomed.org, Foundation for Better Health Care (FBHC), Netfolio.com,Today's
Health and Wellness, Women's
Wire
Web Writer
Write medical monographs for FBHC and medical articles for Ciaomed.org.
Wrote book reviews for Amazon.com. Wrote health and financial articles for
netfolio.com (now defunct) and a weekly women’s health column for
Women's Wire (now part of ivillage.com).
2005
Craft to Heal: Soothing Your Soul with Sewing, Painting, and Other Pastimes
Author
2000-PRESENT
For
Various Authors
Book Editor and Writer
Collaborate with authors on book
proposals, as well as ghostwrite and edit book proposals and book copy
on health, diet, relationship, sexuality and other topics.
2000
AMC
Television
Scriptwriter
Wrote copy for AMC Television movie classics program Behind
the Screen.
1998
The Smart Guide to Boosting Your Energy
Author
Wrote this consumer book, published by John
Wiley & Sons in 1999.
1993-1995
Medizine, Inc.
Senior Writer/Editor
Helped to create, wrote and edited 68-page
guidebooks for consumers on safe drug use. The guidebooks are
distributed through drugstore chains nationwide.
1984-1990
PW Communications, Inc.
Editor/ Writer
Edited all single-sponsor medical publications in the CONVENTION
REPORTER series, which was devoted to coverage
of medical meetings; supervised two staff members and numerous
freelancers; assisted in promotional and development activities; wrote
proposals; interacted with clients regarding editorial needs and
objectives; and coordinated publication with art, production and sales
departments. Frequently covered medical meetings as a reporter and wrote
articles. Hired as associate editor and promoted.
1979-1985
Various Productions
Actress
Appeared in film, television and theatre
projects, and commercials.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Magna Cum Laude, Boston
University College of Communication. Major, Communications. Minor,
Psychology.
Honors
Listed in "Who's Who of American Women."
Recipient of 2004 Health Information
Resource Center Silver Award for article on cervical cancer and human
papilloma virus,
published in Shape magazine in 2003.
Associations
Member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Screen Actor's Guild
(inactive).