EMPLOYMENT

PBS: NEXT AVENUE
January 2013 –
Articles Editor for national website for boomers. Assign and edit stories, write regular articles and blogs.

EXPERIENCE LIFE Magazine
January 2012 to January 2013
Executive Editor

WHOLE FOODS MARKET
2007 – 2010
Editor-in-Chief, InSeason at Whole Foods Market Magazine
Senior Copywriter North Atlantic Region

COOKS ILLUSTRATED / AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN
2006 – 2007
Deputy Editor

BODY + SOUL Magazine, Martha Stewart Omnimedia
2002 – 2006
Deputy Editor

WALKING Magazine, Readers Digest Corp
1998 – 2001
Deputy Editor

COOKING LIGHT Magazine
1994 – 1998
Senior Editor

PEOPLE Magazine
1984 to 1991
Senior Writer

SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
1980 to 1984
Senior Movie & Theater Critic
1972 to 1978
Feature Writer/Reporter

ETC.

EMMANUEL COLLEGE
Boston, 1999 –
Adjunct Professor, Magazine Writing

EMERSON COLLEGE
Boston, Spring 2006
Adjunct Professor, teaching a graduate workshop in travel writing

FREELANCE

My feature articles have appeared in such publications as the New York Times Arts & Leisure section, Newsday, Weight Watchers, AARP magazine, American Library magazine, Bark magazine, Cesar’s Way, Yoga Journal, the Boston Globe.

BOOKS

The Dictionary of Love (Avon, 2008)
The Walker Within (The Lyons Press, 2001)
Troopers: Behind the Badge (NJSP, 1993)

EDUCATION

Master’s in Communication, Boston University (2010)
Bachelor’s in Journalism, California State College at Hayward (1972)