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Branding, messaging, and content/digital strategy. Recent clients have included a revolutionary medtech startup, a tele-health shop, an old school print newspaper, a Division One university, a digital storytelling platform, a national media company, and others. Have also done extensive ghostwriting/behind-the-scenes editing on two nonfiction book titles, including Richard Behar's "Madoff: the Final Word" (S&S, 2024).In moments of nostalgic transport, I still write the occasional journalistic piece.

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A second abortive attempt to save the Voice.

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I helped Audubon rebuild its editorial properties—both print and digital. Special issue on climate change was a finalist for the 2015 National Magazine Award (Single Topic Issue). Website redesign was nominated for a 2016 NMA. Commissioned feature nominated for 2017 NMA in Feature Writing and included in Best Magazine Writing 2017.

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Wrote long-form pieces on emerging, disruptive tech companies, including: A feature on Jasper, an invisible Internet of Things giant: http://bit.ly/1Tvb1njAnother (on one of the architects building Google's new campus): http://bit.ly/1OVrP8rAnother (on social media company Banjo): http://bit.ly/1KQV4VeAnother (on entrepreneurs rising up against data mining): http://bit.ly/TGW20oAnother (on D-Wave's quantum computer) here: http://bit.ly/1fjozlWAnother (on GitHub, the social coding platform) here: http://bit.ly/16C58Q7

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An experiment that didn't get far. See here for details: http://nyti.ms/1cD8LZx.

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Oversaw editorial development for a funded digital start-up focused on the nonfiction book market. App launched onstage with Walt Mossberg at "All Things Digital" (May 2012).

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Created a new editorial blueprint for FC (paid circulation: 750,000) as the first progressive business magazine centered on creativity, design, technology, and innovation.Pieces assigned and edited won the Overseas Press Club’s 2009 Cunningham Award for reporting abroad, a 2009 George Polk award, a 2009 “Best of the Best” from SABEW, a 2007 Deadline Club award, and inclusion twice in "Best Technology Writing." Finalist nominations included the Gerald Loeb Award (2), Business Journalist of the Year, the Michael Kelly Award, the Deadline Club Award, the Mirror Award (2), the 2010 National Magazine Award for Magazine of the Year, and 2009 NMAs in both the Reporting and General Excellence categories.

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Spent six weeks in South Asia in late 2011, then edited (and helped conceive and write) an April 2002 Fortune article on Pakistan’s conflicted role post–9/11, winner of the 2002 Morton Frank Award from the Overseas Press Club, a 2002 Deadline Club award, and the 2003 Daniel Pearl Award from the South Asian Journalists Association. Also wrote a Fortune article from Kashmir featuring an interview with Abdul Majid Dar, the Kashmiri militant leader assassinated in March 2003. Created the first two Power List cover packages for Details (2002 and 2003); edited dozens of Details features, many in the issues nominated for the 2002 and 2004 National Magazine Awards. Have also written for Harper’s Magazine, Business 2.0, Esquire, Arena, Men’s Journal, The New York Times, and Seven Days.

Assigned and edited feature articles for international business biweekly (paid circulation: 880,000). Generated scores of standard Fortune stories. Oversaw photo portfolios and design-intensive features. Mentored and trained young writers. Supervised reporters, support staff, and design and photo departments.Also served as editor for investigative reporter Richard Behar, whose work during this period won the 1999 Best Feature Writing award (Society of Publishers in Asia). Finalist nominations included a 2000 IRE Award and a 2000 Gerald Loeb Award.

Served as second in command for national environmental conservation magazine (paid circulation: 550,000). Duties included helping to conceive and assign stories for bimonthly issues, editing science and investigative articles, top editing, vetting art and photos, writing display type for the bulk of the magazine, monitoring budgets, managing a staff of twelve.

Assigned and edited features on a full-time freelance basis for special quarterly editions of the magazine. Wrote display type, features, and extensive house copy; did heavy rewriting; helped supervise staff of five. Written work for Esquire proper—during this period and later—included travel features, profiles, real estate columns, and ghostwriting for Bill Blass.