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Health tips, working hard at the Trib 12/28/2010
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Updated 2/22/2012:

So you may not see my name as much, but I'm definitely still editing and creating content. I'm randomly asked, "Where'd you go? And what is a Digital News Editor anyway?" I occasionally update the national MoD (Media on Demand) sections for Breaking News, blog for the local Taking Off travel blog, and regularly update the Chicago Tribune Health and the National Travel page. (I used to also produce the Chicago Tribune Health Chats until they ended Aug. 2.) For the most part, I work in the background, but every once in awhile you may see my name pop up in The Stew blogs (from October to early April, I was also the Digital News Editor for the Food & Dining page), random articles and photo galleries. Here are some samples. Enjoy!

Articles:
Pencil this in: Removing tattoo ink is costly, painful ordeal (print version, pg. 2)
Beyonce, Michelle Obama dance for 'Let's Move' campaign
Malcolm X's story critical in race relations
Blue Ivy Carter photos released

Travel photo galleries/Taking Off blogs I've created:
Making an airport delay romantic
Celebrating Juneteenth with Canadian history
Storm snarls 350 O'Hare flights
Finding the right company for your bus road trip
Finding pooch friendly hotels in Chicago
Pet travel shopping tips, making pet travel comfortable
Segway in the city
CityPASS provides admission to five VIP locations
Top 10 most educated American cities
Best and worst airports for sleepovers, Ellen's travel advice
From greenest to happiest: Healthiest cities for women
Stay at the W Hotel for $109 this winter
West Coast flights on sale for $99 from Chicago
Millennium Knickerbocker celebrates 85-year anniversary with $85 deal
Five islands, 15 nights on the Celebrity Century cruise in Hawaii for $1099
Celebrate Dr. King's birthday and MLK Day in Chicago
Get your reggae or rock fix at the Hard Rock Hotel for $109
Head to Orlando for $174
Spirit Airlines adds $2 DOTUC fee
Celebrating Singles Awareness Day (S.A.D.) abroad, Bangkok trip for $585
NEW! Best dating spots in Chicago
NEW! Delta now offering Wi-Fi service on all shuttle flights
NEW! Travel round trip to the East Coast from Chicago for $110

Health photo galleries I've created (click here for all of them):
Holiday safety tips for pregnant women
HPV: Most common STI for over 50 percent
Celebs log off Facebook, Twitter for World AIDS Day
Tips for avoiding lead in toys
Healthy eating: Snacks under 105 calories
Avoid trans fat on the menu
Health safety tips for winter
Health tips for the new year
Parents guide to having STD, sex talk
Stop smoking: Tips to quit for good
Family health history questions
Pros, cons of pet ownership with children
Creating an emergency health book
Pap smear test guide
Sex education from lyrics, musicians
Sex, relationships survey: Men versus women (also featured in Redeye)
Essential workout travel items
Watch your calorie count at coffee shops
Preventing computer eye strain
Getting a workout without the gym
Finding health advice online
Safety tips for motorcycle, bike riders
Healthy wedding planning tips
Keeping teeth healthy with vegetables
Vegetables for healthy blood pressure
Keeping takeout food safe
Vegetables for healthy skin, infection protection
10 ways to get a flat stomach
Healthy eating during Memorial Day weekend
Safe summertime tips
Help your body, watch your drinks
Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning
Preventing pubic lice ('crabs')
Six reasons exercise benefits you
Safety tips at outdoor fests
Incorporating omega 3 from nuts, seeds
Getting omega 3 from veggies, spices, fruit
Preventing pink eye
30 must-have items for your first-aid kit
In case of emergency health tips
Fighting fatigue in school
Avoiding workplace stress
Risk factors for getting diabetes
12 most common skin irritants
Top health news for 2011
Getting past the workout roadblocks
Healthiest American cities
What do these vitamins do for my body?
Healthy food tips for February: American Heart Month
NEW! Health effects from teen dating violence

Book Reviews:
'How to Get Out of Your Own Way' by Tyrese Gibson
'Is it just me? Or is it nuts out there?' by Whoopi Goldberg
'Silver Sparrow' by Tayari Jones
The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World' by John Wesley Carlos and Dave Zirin
'The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in its Place' by Hill Harper
'Moonlight on Linoleum: A Daughter's Memoir' by Terry Helwig
'Is Marriage for White People? How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone' by Ralph Richard Banks
'Piano Rats' by Franki Elliot
'O's Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life with Oprah & Friends' by the editors of O, The Oprah Magazine
'Art & Soul: Stars Unite to Celebrate and Support the Arts' by Brian Smith and Robin Bronk
'Machu My Picchu: Searching for Sex, Sanity, and a Soul Mate in South America' by Iris Bahr
'The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass' by Bill Maher
'One Day It'll All Make Sense' by Common with Adam Bradley
'The Plot Against Hip Hop: A Novel' by Nelson George

The Stew blogs I threw in my two cents on:
Ten @ 10: Food related cold remedies
Ten @ 10: Great food reads
Ten @ 10: Magic & misfires at the Thanksgiving table
Ten @ 10: Favorite food shops in Chicago
Ten @ 10: Most difficult foods to eat
Ten @ 10: What to hoard next time
Ten @ 10: Last-minute V-day gifts
Ten @ 10: Learning to do without
Ten @ 10: Food so good they have to dance
Ten @ 10: The first (edible and drinkable) signs of spring
Ten @ 10: Easter basket must-haves
Ten @ 10: A few more sandwiches we have loved
Ten @ 10: The foods of childhood reconsidered
Ten @ 10: What do you bring to a Memorial Day cookout?
Ten @10: Tis the season for street fests
Ten @ 10: Favorites from Taste of Chicago
Ten @ 10: Food for the Fourth
Ten @ 10: Trite sayings your server says

Travel and Tribune blog entries I threw in my two cents on:
20 resolutions worth keeping
Sweet surrender (Sunday section, Feb. 13, 2011, Section 6) -or- Celebrating the bitter...and the sweet (online)
Must-hit eateries
Must reads for your travels
Julie's Health Club--FDA to hold tattoo webinar: Are tattoos and permanent makeup safe?
2011 travel yearbook
Tribune travel resolutions

Want to chat about health? Check out some of the health chats I'm the producer for:
Live health chats

 


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