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Kathleen’s resume

Kathleen is a widely traveled journalist with more than 35 years of experience in publishing, print and broadcast media. In recent years she has specialized in medical, health and sustainable living for national magazines and newspapers and as author, co-author and editor of 11 books.

She has lived in Europe, Asia and Africa and brings a broad international perspective to her writing.

Professional experience:

• Author of The Secret of Health: Breast Wisdom with Dr. Ben Johnson (Morgan James, 2007).
• Author of 8 Weeks to Vibrant Health: A Woman’s Take Charge Program with Dr. Hyla Cass (McGraw-Hill, 2005). Nautilus Award finalist 2005.
• Author of Users Guide to Natural Hormone Replacement (Basic Health Publications, 2006).
• Author of User’s Guide to Thyroid Disorders (Basic Health Publications, 2006).
• Author of Arthritis and Joint Health (Woodland Publishing, 2005).
• Editor of The Real Skinny on Weight Management: Confessions of a Formerly Fat Kid by Dr. John Walker (Common Sense Publishing, 2007). Work in progress.
• Editor of Memory Loss is Not Inevitable: Secret Ways to Naturally Save Your Brain by Dr. Allen Josephs (Common Sense Publishing, 2007).
• Editor of Living Green: A Practical Manual for Simple Sustainability by Greg Horn (Freedom Press, 2006).
• Editor of Natural Cures from a Real Medical Doctor by Dr. Allen Josephs (Common Sense Publishing, 2006).
• Editor of The Yeast Connection and Women’s Health by Drs. William Crook and Hyla Cass (Professional Books, 2003, 2nd edition 2005).
• Editor of Guts and Glory with Drs. Jordan Rubin and Joseph Brasco (as yet unpublished).
• Author of Trial by Fire (Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, 1990).
• Writer for Alive magazine.

Past:

• Columnist for Woman’s World magazine, weekly natural health column for nearly seven years.
• Columnist for First for Women magazine, wrote and edited the personal finance pages for two years.
• Columnist for The Inter-National-Ist, international marketing and advertising magazine.
• Editor and writer for American Health Consultants, edited, researched and wrote five health-related newsletters, including Complementary Therapies in Chronic Care, a natural health newsletter for health care professionals over a four-year period. She also edited newsletters on diabetes, asthma, disease management and congestive heart failure.
• Senior writer, editor and producer for CNN International.
• Correspondent and producer for CNN in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Correspondent for ABC (US) television and radio and Canadian Television (CTV), and Deutsche Welle based in Manila, Philippines, Rome, Italy and Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Correspondent from Europe, Asia and Africa for a variety of publications, including the Atlanta Constitution, Newsweek, The Australian (Sydney), The South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), The Toronto Star, Business Week, Advertising Age and others.
• Legal reporter for the Watertown Daily Times, a medium-sized daily newspaper in Upstate New York.