Michael Gollust Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

New York, Ny

New York, Ny

Quality control manager for print properties | founding research editor and writer, Health digital• Ensure factual accuracy of all copy in monthly Health magazine, multiple best-selling books, single-topic point-of-care magazines, and diseases-and-conditions library content for Health digital• Recruit, train, and manage teams of researchers and fact checkers• Establish journalistic standards and educate fact checkers, writers, and editors in protocols• Serve as brand’s point person on legal issues (including defamation, copyright, fair use, privacy, and contests) and act as brand’s liaison with corporate decision-makers on journalistic best practices• Write SEO-friendly articles for Health digital on trending topics including medicine, well-being, food, fitness, mindfulness, and technology• Managed medical review process for Health digital’s diseases-and-conditions library

New York, Ny

Research chief for monthly general interest and health magazine • Ensured factual accuracy of 75-plus pages of editorial copy per month on health, fitness, diet, and entertainment• Recruited, trained, and managed staff of six fact checkers; consulted with legal counsel on sensitive material

New York, Ny

Magazine, newspaper, web, and guidebook writer and editor • Author of articles on travel, health, food, sports, viral video, and current affairs for titles including The New York Times, Health.com, Men’s Journal, Time Out New York guidebooks, TheDailyTube.com, JD Jungle, The Rough Guide to South America, The Providence Phoenix

New York, Ny

• Established factual accuracy for publications in a variety of content categories, including Brill’s Content, Talk, Premiere, Us Weekly, In Touch Weekly, Men’s Journal

New York, Ny

Research chief for weekly celebrity and entertainment magazine • Supervised factual vetting of editorial content in fast-paced, high-pressure environment• Served as liaison between reporters, editors, and legal counsel on issues of privacy, defamation, and libel • Recruited, trained, and managed staff of eight fact checkers

New York, Ny

Associate research editor for monthly golf and entertainment magazine• Fact checked, researched, reported and wrote original articles

Washington, Dc; New York, Ny

Editor and ghostwriter of historical memoir by former FCC Chairman Reed E. Hundt • Developed tone, structure, characterization and content of manuscript and performed rewrites• Managed the work of a researcher, fact-checker, and manuscript editor; served as primary liaison to publisher

Washington, Dc

White House intern / assistant to Presidential Speechwriter Lowell A. Weiss • Researched, fact checked, and wrote sections of President Clinton’s speeches on a range of highly-sensitive national affairs topics • Authored President Clinton’s December 1997 address to the National League of Cities