George De Stefano Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

Expert word mechanic who can make any piece of writing flow better. Copy, line, and substantive editing of nonfiction academic and trade books, essays and articles, reports, educational materials, and other publications of public and private agencies. Authors I have worked with have sold their manuscripts to publishers after I edited them.I offer a combination of skill, experience, subject matter expertise, and affordability you’re unlikely to find elsewhere.My experience comprises journalism, trade and academic publishing, and nonprofit/nongovernmental agencies. I have edited and written books, essays, articles, policy papers, and reports.​As the editorial manager of the publications office of a major public health agency, I conceptualized, edited, and wrote everything from brochures to scientific articles and reports for the general public and medical/health specialists. I also am a published author and journalist. The expertise I have gained in writing about various topics has helped make me a versatile editor. It also has taught me how to be a supportive editor who helps writers to say what they want to say as effectively as possible.I have edited nonfiction books for major publishers including the Hatchette Group, Palgrave Macmillan, The Nation Books, Monthly Review Press, Perseus, and Cambridge University Press. I have edited research reports, briefings, policy papers, and articles for the United Nations World Food Programme and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. I work with many style guides -- Chicago, MLA, AP. I edit and proofread using Microsoft's "track changes" function and Adobe Acrobat's editing tools.I have a Certificate in Editing from Poynter News University/American Copy Editors Society and am a member of the American Copy Editors Society (ACES).If you're looking for an editor, please get in touch to discuss how we might collaborate to make your work the best it can be.

Long Island City, Ny

Author:"An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America" (Faber & Faber/Farrar, Straus, Giroux)Contributing author:• Re-Thinking the Godfather 50 Years Later (2024)• The Routledge History of the Italian Americans (2018) • Our Naked Lives (2013) Bordighera Press • The Essential Sopranos Reader (2011) University of Kentucky Presses • Mafia Movies: A Reader (2011) University of Toronto Press • Mediated Ethnicity (2010) University of the City of New York • Is the Mafia Still a Force in America? (2006) Greenhaven Press • American Voices: Culture and Community (2006), McGraw Hill • Writing in a Changing World: Writer's Guide with Handbook (2003) Longman UK • Witness to Revolution: The Advocate reports on gay and lesbian politics, 1967-1999 (2000) Chris Bull, ed. Alyson Press • Reggae, Rastafarians, Revolution: Jamaican Music from Ska to Dub (2000) Schirmer Ltd. • Contribute articles to print and online publications, including The Nation, Newsday, PopMatters, Rootsworld, OffBeat, New York Journal of Books, I-Italy, Film Comment, Italian American Review, Gay City News. • Experienced public speaker, conference presenter, and media consultant/on-screen interviewee for documentaries ("The Italian Americans," PBS, 2015; "The Godfather Legacy," History Channel, 2014; "Beyond Wiseguys," PBS, 2008)

New York, Ny

Planned, edited, and wrote agency publications for healthcare professionals and the public: progress reports, epidemiological and other scientific reports, policy papers, brochures, newsletters, and fact sheets. Ensured consistency of public health messaging across multiple platforms in collaboration with the press office, the Media and Marketing group, and the Digital Media office • Produced 25-30 new print and digital publications per quarter, in multiple languages, providing important health information to millions of New Yorkers. Publications also distributed to public health organizations in other cities and states, and outside the US• Wrote and edited reports on various public health and mental health issues, including New York’s successful efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases, which the City of New York and the director of the World Health Organization presented at a UN summit• Provided agency-wide leadership and support on language access services (translation and interpretation) for New Yorkers with limited English proficiency.

New York, Ny

Director, Media and Special Projects, 1999-2010• Wrote and edited materials to support the mission of the Department's HIV/AIDS Bureau: requests for proposals, policy analyses, position papers, brochures, fact sheets and reports • Developed social marketing campaigns that informed the public about HIV/AIDS and available prevention and treatment resources• Wrote grant proposals and funding reports to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), resulting in enhanced grant funding for agency and community-based initiatives• Chaired agency panel that approved Department-funded literature produced by New York health and medical organizations; reviewed and edited materials to ensure scientific accuracy and appropriateness for target audiences; developed evaluation standards and instruments; supervised team of reviewers