Current positions:

Writer, editor and/or project manager for nonprofit institutions and organizations, commercial enterprises, and for publications and publishing outlets. Work typically involves the analysis of scientific or other material, interviews with scientists or other experts, and creation of written or web material that matches the client's desires. Finished materials have included individual articles and press releases, website copy, entire newsletters, brochures, booklets, magazines, annual reports, and book chapters. Clips are available on request or by clicking here.

Non-fiction author for major publishers including Harper Collins (for the Smithsonian), McDougal Littell (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin), Gale, Greenwood Press, and Oryx Press. See Writing Samples for a list of book titles.

Past positions:

Science writer/editor and assistant director, Office of Marketing Communications, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. Served as editor, project manager, and/or writer for hundreds of publications, including magazines, annual reports, newsletters, booklets, and brochures. Also wrote many successful press releases.

Communications specialist, Communications Department, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Mich. Edited and wrote the campus newsletter, and wrote press releases and feature articles. Media contacts resulted in considerable publicity. Science writer/editor and assistant director, Public Relations Department, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich. Edited and wrote the campus newspaper; wrote press releases, and feature articles; and originated, edited and wrote the university science magazine, a glossy, color, at least 48-page publication. Media contacts and related press conferences resulted in regional. state, national, and international press coverage of research.

Staff writer, associate editor, and editor, Advisor Newspapers, Utica, Mich., and Demers & Gregg Publishing (local newspaper group), St. Clair Shores, Mich. Editor and primary reporter, including environmental reporter, for community newspapers in southeastern Michigan.

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