Group shot with Martha Stewart on her porch
Cover shot for my book Troopers (© Barbara Bordnick)
Cocktail party at Gracie Mansion with jazz singer Anita O’Day (© Barbara Bordnick)
Holding F. Murray Abraham’s Oscar at People party.
On roller coaster for People magazine story
An unsolicited love note from Old Blue Eyes after I wrote about him
Interviewing Lillian Gish
Interviewing Paul Newman
Ruth Buzzi press lunch
With drag queen Lori Shannon at Finnochio’s
Interviewing Flo, coffee shop waitress
Rocky Picture Horror Show
Singing lessons with Hal Schaefer, Marilyn Monroe’s vocal coach
Interviewing Carol Burnett
Interviewing Ansel Adams
Beach Blanket Babylon cast with pineapple
Interviewing man with snake
Top rankers, Advocate newspaper
I am a veteran journalist and editor who has had staff positions on the SF Examiner/Chronicle, People magazine, Cooking Light magazine, Martha Stewart’s Body + Soul, Cooks Illustrated and Walking magazine. My stories have appeared in such print publications as the Sunday The New York Times, Newsday, AARP magazine and The Boston Globe. I was a founding editor of PBS’ “Next Avenue” website for boomers, where I wrote 100 blogs and features. I spent two years with the New Jersey State Troopers writing an on-the-job book called “Troopers.” I have written for Huffington Post and PurpleClover.com. I also do college essay coaching. I hold a master’s in journalism from Boston University. The blogs presented here represent my electronic writings. I have been published since I was in college, and have no way to post those stories, if I could even locate them. I am not, for the record, Jon Stark (Lord Snow), Tony Stark (Ironman), John Starks (NBA), or Revolutionary Gen. John Robert Stark (we even share the same middle name) who coined the phrase, “Live Free or Die.” which is on every New Hampshire license plate. I am semi-retired and live in Palm Springs.
Please contact me at johnrstark73@gmail.com.
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