CHRISTINA FRANK

VERSATILE EDITORIAL PROFESSIONAL HIGHLY SKILLED AT

WRITING │ INTERVIEWING │ RESEARCH

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Highly accomplished writer across the print and web spectrum who has written for national consumer magazines, custom publications, trade magazines, websites, corporate and nonprofit communication campaigns.

Contributed hundreds of articles to over fifty premier publications such as Biography, Consumers Digest, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Health, Ladies' Home Journal, New York Newsday, The New York Observer, O, Parents, Parenting, Redbook, Shape, The Village Voice, Vogue, Wondertime, Working Mother, among many others.

Wrote hundreds of features, profiles, reviews, FOB content, essays, and collateral over a 16-year career.

Deliver topical expertise in a range of subjects: health, psychology, parenting, pets and animals, lifestyle, adoption and education.

Understand how to fuse organization objectives (both corporate and nonprofit) with compelling narratives through projects completed for clients such as American Express Custom Solutions, Continuum Health Partners, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, Prevention First, Target, Time Inc., Sam's Club, The Humane Society of the U.S., among others.

Experienced at writing for the Web, including sites such as Scholastic.com, WebMD.com, Petfinder.com, and a weekly newsletter for LifetimeTV.com.

Adept interviewer of all levels of subject, from the man-on-the-street to luminaries such as Gloria Steinem, Paul Auster, Anita Shreve, Dr. Park Dietz, Helen Fisher, Ph.D., and Dr. Mel Levine.

Contributed an original essay (also excerpted in Redbook) to A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents (Riverhead Press, 2005); contributed two articles to Women's Health & Wellness (Oxmoor House, 2004).

EDITORIAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Freelance Writer (New York, NY) | 1993—Present

Mademoiselle Magazine (New York, NY) | Senior Editor | 1992

New York Times Syndicate (New York, NY) | Associate Editor | 1990—1992

Granta Magazine (New York, NY) | Assistant Editor | 1988—1990

Viking Penguin (New York, NY) | Editorial Assistant | 1987—1988

EDUCATION

State University of New York—Purchase (Purchase, NY) | BA in Literature, with Honors

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)

Association of Healthcare Journalists (AHCJ)