A family’s flight from a high-rise apartment building during the attacks on the World Trade Center. An inner-city teacher’s struggles to get his chemistry students to pass. The shuttle explosion over Texas. My own and others’ decision to have a bat mitzvah ceremony as adults.
I am a veteran journalist with a passion for all types of writing. After graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1986, I went on to work for 20 years plus as a full-time reporter and more recently, an editor. Now, I’m striking out on my own both as a writer and budding author and seeking representation for my yet-to-be-published memoir. Two Trees for Kevin, a Woman’s Journey from Grief to Faith, is my personal story about journeying through grief after the loss of my brother and getting closer to my Jewish faith. My journey culminated with my adult bat mitzvah in 2006.
Career Highlights:
The Boston Globe. Education editor, staff writer from 2004-2009.
The Dallas Morning News. Staff writer, covering Dallas city schools, then higher education from 1997-2003.
The Orlando Sentinel. Staff writer, covering Orange County schools, from 1994-1997.
The Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY. Staff writer, K-12 education issues. 1990-1994.
Freelance writer. Wrote a variety of personal essays, travel stories, and magazine-length features for various publications, including The Writer Magazine, the Boston Globe’s Sunday Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune. 1995-present.
Awards, Fellowships:
Best of Gannett specialty reporting award for series on an inner-city high school teacher and his chemistry class. Chronicled the ups and downs for a teacher and his students in a failing Rochester, NY high school.
Runner-up, achievement by an individual, Gannett newspaper chain, for series on the high school teacher.
Honorable mention, feature writing, Texas Associated Press Managing Editors contest, for Dallas Morning News three-part series on a girl’s freshman year.
Fellowship for journalists, Wesleyan Writers Conference.
Two-week residency, One Writer’s Place, a retreat run by novelist Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Speaking, other media experience
I’ve been a guest on The Emily Rooney Show on WGBH, Boston talk radio, and public access television to talk about articles I’ve done.
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About Linda
Linda at her adult bat mitzvah
A family’s flight from a high-rise apartment building during the attacks on the World Trade Center. An inner-city teacher’s struggles to get his chemistry students to pass. The shuttle explosion over Texas. My own and others’ decision to have a bat mitzvah ceremony as adults.
I am a veteran journalist with a passion for all types of writing. After graduating with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 1986, I went on to work for 20 years plus as a full-time reporter and more recently, an editor. Now, I’m striking out on my own both as a writer and budding author and seeking representation for my yet-to-be-published memoir. Two Trees for Kevin, a Woman’s Journey from Grief to Faith, is my personal story about journeying through grief after the loss of my brother and getting closer to my Jewish faith. My journey culminated with my adult bat mitzvah in 2006.
Career Highlights:
Awards, Fellowships:
Speaking, other media experience
I’ve been a guest on The Emily Rooney Show on WGBH, Boston talk radio, and public access television to talk about articles I’ve done.