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April 2003-Present Freelance articles writer, book author, editor, website content developer, photographer Owner, Imagine Media LLC, Long Valley, New Jersey
WebsiteS CharterWave.com, owner and editor. Launched October 2006. Read my daily blog at www.CharterWave.com/blog BoatNameGame.com, owner and editor. Launched July 2007. MadMariner.com, regular contributor. RobbReport.com, connoisseur guides writer. Boats.com, “The Yacht Insider” regular columnist.
Magazine Clients Celebrated Living, Sports Illustrated, Power & Motoryacht, Voyaging, Offshore, NJN Publishing, Traveler Overseas, Elite Traveler, Stratos, Robb Report, Palm Beach Illustrated, International Yachtsman, Cruising World, Transport & VIP Interiors, Soundings, Soundings Trade Only, Chesapeake Bay, Boston Whaler magazine, Washington CEO, Nigel Burgess magazine, Northeast (Sunday magazine of The Hartford Courant), Forbes Life Executive Woman, Caviar Affair, The Affluent Page
BOOKS Maptech Cruising Guide, Long Island to Cape May, New Jersey chapters, 2008 Everything Guide to Northern California and Lake Tahoe, 2008 Dream Cruises: The insider’s guide to private yacht vacations, 2007 (the second edition of Have the Whole Boat, listed below) Everything Guide to Magazine Writing, 2007 Have the Whole Boat: The insider’s guide to private yacht charter vacations, 2006 Everything Family Travel Guide to Timeshares, 2006 Tools of Native Americans: A Kid’s Guide, 2006 Everything Family Travel Guide to Cruise Vacations, 2005
February 2000-April 2003 Yachting magazine, South Norwalk, Connecticut Executive editor of 137,000-circulation monthly consumer magazine
January 1997-February 2000 The Journal News, White Plains, New York April 1999-February 2000, night metro editor at 180,000-circulation daily newspaper August 1998-April 1999, assistant metro editor March 1998-August 1998, interim bureau chief, Putnam County January 1997-March 1998, copy editor
December 1995-December 1996 New Haven Register, New Haven, Connecticut Saturday editor, copy editor, page designer for 100,000-circulation daily newspaper
August 1994-December 1995 The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Copy editor, page designer for 80,000-circulation daily newspaper
August 1992-August 1994 Internships and college work Newsday, Melville, New York (Dow Jones editing internship) Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey (reporting internship) The Missourian, Columbia, Missouri |
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American Society of Journalists and Authors Member since 2004 Annual writing contest judge, articles category. 2007 and 2008 writing conference moderator, panelist
American Society of Magazine Editors Member since 2001
Society of Professional Journalists Member, national and state chapters, since 2003
Boating Writers International Elected president in February 2007 Elected first vice president in February 2005 Elected second vice president in March 2003 Member since 2001 Ethics Committee member. Contest Committees member. Annual writing contest judge, rotating categories. Communications Committee chairwoman. Innovations Award judge.
Charter Yacht Brokers Association Affiliate member since 2006 Member, public relations committee |
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Married in August 2005 to a PGA golf professional We share our home with two shelter rescue hounds, Floyd and Stella. I am an active volunteer at our local dog park, including creating and publishing its quarterly newsletter. I’m an avid scuba diver, reader and cook who enjoys hiking along the woodsiest of our local park trails I love to travel and have visited more than two dozen countries—with many more on my wish list
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University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism B.A. Journalism, 1994 |
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2007 Boating Writers International Writing Contest Second place, travel/destinations category. For a feature about cruising France’s Canal de Borgogne, published in Power & Motoryacht magazine Second place, megayachts category. For a feature about the 164-foot Westport motoryacht Evviva, published in Power & Motoryacht magazine.
2007 Reader’s Choice Designation For Have the Whole Boat: The Insider’s Guide to Private Yacht Charter Vacations (iUniverse, October 2006). Awarded for volume of sales through commercial channels.
2006 Society of School Librarians International Honor Book award for Tools of Native Americans: A Kid’s Guide to the History and Culture of the First Americans (Nomad Press, August 2006)
2006 ForeWord Best Travel Guide Book Competition Finalist, for Have the Whole Boat: The Insider’s Guide to Private Yacht Charter Vacations (iUniverse, October 2006).
2006 IUniverse Editor’s Choice Award For Have the Whole Boat: The Insider’s Guide to Private Yacht Charter Vacations (iUniverse, October 2006). Awarded for editorial quality.
2005 Arlene for Magazine Articles From the American Society of Journalists and Authors For “The Crisis Cops,” about how Crisis Intervention Team training helps police officers work better with mentally ill offenders. The cover feature appeared in Northeast and inspired $2 million in funding for CIT programs in Connecticut
2004 Boating Writers International Writing Contest Second place, travel/destinations category. For a feature about Long Beach Island, New Jersey, published in Offshore magazine Second place, profiles category. For a human-interest feature about a Greek dockmaster, published in Traveler Overseas magazine Certificate of Merit, safety/seamanship category. For a feature about hands-on boater training, published in Offshore magazine
2004 Mental Illness Awareness Media Awards Competition First place, print category From the Connecticut Psychiatric Society, state Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and state chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill For “The Crisis Cops” (see Arlene for Magazine Articles, above)
2003 Excellence in Journalism Award for In-Depth Reporting Finalist, for “Treated and Released,” a Northeast Sunday newsmagazine cover feature about being attacked by a man suffering from untreated schizophrenia From the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists
2003 Boating Writers International Writing Contest First place, features in newspapers category. For a feature published in Northeast about a megayacht owner from Connecticut Certificate of Merit, travel/destinations category. For a feature published in Yachting about yacht charter in Spain’s Balearic Isles
2003 Power & Motoryacht Staff Appreciation Never Misses A Deadline Award |
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