Resume of David Holzel | writer editor

Feature writer for print publications unalike as Big Builder (trade magazine for the home-building industry) and Northern Virginia (a regional high-end consumer magazine).

Copywriter of marketing materials: brochures, direct mailers, newsletters, reports, posters and what-have-yous. Clients include the Keppler Associates speakers bureau; Americans for Peace Now; Autism Society of America; and United Jewish Endowment Fund. (pdf)

I'm a generalist, who has written the story of milk, and whose article on White House Weddings was featured on Yahoo's Home page.

Additional clips, clients, and a list of articles for reprint are available upon request.

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Qualified
Topics I've Written About: Business and association publications: The Story of Milk for Boss magazine (see page 10) Smart Kitchen Design for Big Builder magazine Cohousing Communities for Builder magazine Industry Retraining for CM News (see page 13) Redesign and a Barrier-Free Home for Concrete Masonry Designs (see pages 4 and 9) Building a Durable Dock for Precast Solutions Consumer and university publications: Destination Bathroom Design for Bethesda Magazine Sailing on an 19th Century Schooner for Maryland Life Profile of Donald Anderson for Michigan Today (University of Michigan) Profile of Entrepreneur Sheila Johnson for Northern Virginia Magazine Newspaper Column: Irrational Fears for the Montgomery County (Maryland) Gazette Back Page Magazine Column: Feng Shui for Style Magazine (Atlanta) Web publications: CNN.com Pulpfree.com Mental floss.com
Managing Editor Moment Magazine, Washington, DC, June 1998 - February 1999

Supervised editorial staff of three in production of 100-page 4-color bimonthly.

Worked with freelance writers to develop stories.

Edited all stories.

Editor and lead writer for front of the book departments.

Coordinated design and layout with art director and production manager.

Managed initial planning of momentmag.com website

Managing Editor Atlanta Jewish Times, 1996 - 1997
Supervised editorial staff of five in conceiving, reporting and writing stories. Edited stories. Coordinated design and layout with art director and production manager.
Developed new editorial features throughout the newspaper. Assigned stories to local freelance writers and edited their work. Wrote editorials and an average of one article each week. Spoke to community groups on behalf of the newspaper. Oversaw development of art and culture section, "The Dill." Edited company stylebook.
Assistant Editor Atlanta Jewish Times, 1993 - 1996 Wrote regular column. Supervised editorial staff of four in conceiving, reporting, and writing stories. Edited stories.

Staff Writer
Atlanta Jewish Times, 1989 - 1993

Wrote 3-5 news and feature stories each week.

Beats included education, Israel and singles.

Israel Correspondent
Baltimore Jewish Times, Detroit Jewish News, 1988 -1989

Staff Writer
Detroit Jewish News, 1986 -1988

Freelance Writer
Washington, D.C., Jerusalem, 1984-1986

Production Assistant
Tel-Ad Television Studios, Jerusalem, 1983-1984

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A long-time writer on Jewish subjects, I was commissioned to write an essay for the online symposium, "Writing the Jewish Future." (1998)

In my ezine, The Jewish Angle, I look at Judaism through the prism of popular culture and cover topics the mainstream Jewish media miss. My blog continues a regular conversation with my readers.

As editor of The Franklin Pierce Pages, I have become a resource about America's 14th president. I was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, New Hampshire Public Radio and the Nashua Telegraph. I've also been quoted in The Boston Globe about Franklin Pierce.

My monthly column, "Column A," in the Montgomery County (Maryland) Gazette, ran the gamut from class clowns and pollution in electric bills to a summer vacation at a luxurious gas station.

I've dealt with the interrelated dilemma of parenting and dinosaurs. And as a regular back-page columnist for Style Magazine (Atlanta), I opined on the disappearing door-to-door salesman, and the pleasures of finding old friends via the internet.

My fiction and creative non-fiction have appeared in The Potomac Review, The MacGuffin, Six Sentences, and Story Bytes.

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I love to get beneath the surface, into the soul of a subject.

My interviews and profiles include Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon,
Author Nathan Englander,
Professor of radical studies Harvey Klehr,
and rock jock Mara Davis.

My profile of poet, surrealist and NPR essayist Andrei Codrescu (see page 264) was anthologized in "120 HIAS Stories," published in 2002 by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. (pdf)

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Quick

As both a writer and editor I know the importance of adhering to deadlines and finding solutions to problems before they become irreversible.

I'm a quick study. So I’ve written how a homeowner demolished a 1950s ranch and replaced it with a home that's 40 percent glass and 60 percent concrete block, for Concrete Masonry Designs (pdf / see page 12) …

...And how precast concrete made new townhouses in the South Bronx affordable, for Precast Solutions magazine (pdf) …

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Quintessentials

Education
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts / Radio, TV and Film
Graduated with Distinction (3.6 grade point), 1980.

Professional Awards
1996 -- First Place, Simon Rockower Award, profile

1991-92 -- First Place, Simon Rockower Award, comprehensive coverage

1988 -- Boris Smolar Award, public affairs

Stylebook
AP

Software
Word, some HTML

Contact:
David Holzel
240-744-6145 dbholzel [AT] mindspring.com

features, brochures, author interviews, humor, profiles, direct mailers, 1st-person essays, parenthood, Judaism, culture, copy editing, book editing, newsletters, book reviews

Additional clips, clients and a list of articles for reprint are available upon request.

		dbholzel [AT] mindspring.com 9304 Iron Horse Lane Montgomery Village, MD 20886 240-744-6145 Blog: DavidWroteThis
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