Here's a sampling of what I've been working on lately for my clients:
- A press release for a medical equipment management firm that outfitted the U.S. Navy's newest hospital.
- A feature story on Tavern + Bowl, an innovative restaurant group in San Diego.
- A Q&A interview with the CEO of the California Restaurant Association.
Book 'Em Looking for a good read? This month I recommend: Dark Times in the City
by Gene Kerrigan
Fresh out of prison after serving eight years for manslaughter, Danny Callaghan is quietly enjoying a drink in a Dublin pub when two armed thugs barge in. He intervenes, saving the life of the intended victim but earning the ire of a ruthless mob boss. Forced to run errands for the mobster to make amends, Danny is caught up in a gang war that threatens to kill him and everyone he loves. It's a fast-paced and violent noir thriller set in a troubled Ireland following the demise of the Celtic Tiger economic boom. Kerrigan is an Irish journalist and award-winning crime novelist.
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What are you reading? Send the title of a recent favorite and I'll share it in a future issue. Reader Sarah Bisconte recommends: Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela
by Danny Schechter
This book, which provided key source material for the motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, is an unexpurgated collection of the views and opinions of South Africa's first Black president. It draws on author Danny Schechter's forty-year relationship with "Madiba," as Nelson Mandela is known in South Africa. Each chapter of this book corresponds to a letter of the alphabet, and the letters cover major and minor, unexpected and fascinating themes in Mandela's life and his impact on others: Athlete, Bully, Comrade, Forgiveness, Indigenous, Jailed, Militant, and President, to name a few. (Amazon.com)
"Here is story-telling that is unique, refreshing, and revealing, and the Nelson Mandela who emerges-more nuanced than I ever understood and even more admirable-is someone you will want to know. You will be both surprised by Mandela's profoundly complex personality and grateful for Danny Schechter's creative journalism."-Bill Moyers | 
