Reporter. Columnist. Public relations professional. Crisis communicator. Publications manager. Blogger. I’ve worn many hats, but they’ve all been cut from the same piece of felt. The common element that has linked all endeavors in my professional life is a desire to write. In sixth grade I was named managing editor of our classroom newspaper, and ever since I’ve been working with words.
As far as paying gigs go, my first job out of college was in a university PR office, where I did media relations, newsletter editing, magazine writing, and more. From there I moved on to a daily newspaper, covering the municipal governments and school districts in six towns, writing business stories, and filing a weekly personal column. I followed this up with a stint in trade journalism, writing and editing stories for a biweekly science newspaper. My first corporate job was doing editing and writing for an insurance company, and then I returned to higher education in a series of professionally more responsible positions in university communications. Most recently, I did marketing and media relations for a law firm.
Throughout my career I’ve scratched my writing itch by freelancing, until finally I realized that maybe those folks who say to do what you love and the money will follow aren’t just blowing smoke. And thus was born a full-time career as a freelancer, which allows me to feed my passion by doing what I most love to do — work with words. (For more, see my website.)
What more would you like to know? Let’s see … In addition to my b5 blog, The 501(c) Files, on the business of nonprofits, I write a personal blog, Shallow Center. I hold a bachelor’s in English and an M.B.A. I’m a sucker for pop music with catchy harmonies and jangly guitars. And the things I couldn’t live without include my ever-patient, funny, and terrific wife and two unspeakably beautiful, smart, and sweet daughters; cold beer and hot coffee; my iPod; Bic Velocity pencils, Pilot G-2 pens, and Miquelrius A-5 notebooks; and watching Chase Utley play second base for the Phillies for the next dozen years.
Oh, and pizza. I really couldn’t live without pizza.
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