New York - based business journalist and content provider with extensive expertise in investment- related topics including wealth management, financial planning, personal finance, investments, risk management, small business and retirement issues. My writing interests also include: social issues, environment, healthcare, insurance and politics. Looking to leverage my experience in a role as a freelance financial writer/content provider or contributing editor.
Professional Experience
Business Journalist and Editor:
Developed news and feature articles through networking and interviews with Wall Street experts and corporate executives
Work published by
NY Daily News (Your Money Section)
The Wall Street Journal
Fidelity Investments
Christian Science Monitor
Bloomberg Wealth Manager
Crain’s New York Business
Financial Planning & Financial Advisor
On Wall Street
Bankrate.com
Worth Magazine
CNBC.com
Forbes.com
Worth.com
Portfolio.com
Screened, selected and edited financial authors for a life-style /self-help book entitled “60 Things To Do When You Turn 60” (now in its 6th printing, Ronnie Sellers Publishing )
Wrote and edited The Treasury Manager and The AMEX Special Situations Newsletter
Taught communications courses at:
Baruch College (CUNY)
PACE University
Bureau Chief:
Whitney Communications, New York City, New York
Fairchild Publications, Houston, Texas
Corporate Partnerships:
J.P. Morgan Chase
Developed practice- management guides for use as sales tools by Chase’s key brokers/dealers, such as Merrill Lynch. Titles included:
“Converting to a Fee-Based Business”
"Creating Profitable Client Relationships”
“Working with Your Sales Assistant”
TD Ameritrade
Revised telephone “TradeDirect” brochure for use by customers and branch offices; edited 260-page brokerage manual for company’s independent financial advisors
Schwartz Law Firm
Conceptualized and wrote practice- management brochure
Oppenheimer Funds
Interviewed company’s international bond fund manager and produced a Q & A for annual report
Other partnerships included:
Impact Communications ( Client: Securities America, many others)
CNBC.com
Warren Financial (edited blogs)
Sherwood Forest (crafted press materials)
Savvy Ladies
Foreign affairs journalism:
Extensive travels in Europe and South America on assignments for the Christian Science Monitor, and other publications
Education:
Masters in Journalism & Political Science,
Syracuse University/Maxwell School/Newhouse School