Aviation journalism

As senior news editor for AVweb, the Internet's aviation magazine and news service, I write news stories for a twice-weekly news digest, cover aviation events, write feature stories, and take photos. I was AVweb's acting executive editor from December 2001 to October 2002. I also contribute to Robb Report magazine on aviation topics.

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Read a recent edition of AVweb's NewsWire.

Read some of my AVweb feature stories:

(Note: These AVweb links are temporarily in flux until all the archives are moved to a new server. I'm trying to keep up with the changing URLs, but if you get a 404 on any link, please email me. All links should be updated and steady by the end of January 2003. -- mg)

"Special Report: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2002"

"Special Report: Copperstate Regional EAA Fly-in"

"Special Report: Women In Aviation 2002"

"Rediscovering A Legend -- Amelia Earhart's Flight Across America"

"Up and Away in the Land of Wonders"

"How To Save An Airport"

"Clear Your Calendar for 2003"

"Air Race Classic 2000 -- Sands To The Sea"

"Special Report: Women In Aviation 2000"

"Going To Extremes"

Other aviation features:

January 2003: "Upwardly Mobile," Robb Report magazine.

Feature story about the winning team in a cross-country gas-balloon race held in Albuquerque in October 2002.

December 2001: "Pull of the Past," Robb Report magazine.

Feature story about a cross-country flight in an antique open-cockpit biplane, tracing the route followed by Amelia Earhart in 1928.

October 2001: "The Robb Reader: James Fallows," Robb Report magazine.

An interview with James Fallows, author of "Free Flight" and Atlantic Monthly correspondent.

July 2001: "Touching Down: High Hopes," Showcase magazine.

Update on the progress of a proposal to create new procedures for certification of sport pilots and sport aircraft. (Note: Showcase was a brother publication to Robb Report, since replaced by The Robb Report Collection.)

June 2001: "In the Cockpit: From Stratocaster to Skymaster," Showcase magazine.

Profile of musician Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar, who flies a twin-engine Cessna Skymaster.

June 2001: "On Other Wings," Showcase magazine.

Feature on the variety of aviation experiences available to private pilots beyond airplane single-engine land.

May 2001: "Well worth the drive: Experimental balloon rally in Post Mills, Vt.," Yankee magazine.

Brief travel story about a unique aviation event held every May in Vermont.

March 2001: "Touching Down: On Wings and a Prayer," Showcase magazine.

Column on suburban sprawl and the decline of the general aviation airfield.

November 2000: "Group tries to buck trend of airport closures," The Providence Sunday Journal.

Feature story about grass-roots efforts to revitalize Westerly State Airport.

Fall 2000: "Flying dreams," Odyssey,the magazine of the Chevron Travel Club.

Travel story about aviation museums.

August 1999: "Flights of fancy," The Providence Sunday Journal.

Feature story about a local airline that hops between Westerly and Block Island.

December 1998: "Their dreams took wing," Providence Journal HERs section.

Feature story about five local women who each chose to fly, all of them for different reasons. Winner of 1999 Max Karant Award for Excellence in Aviation Journalism.

Nature & environment

February 2003, in progress:

Woonasquatucket Greenway, for Providence Monthly (March). Deep winter affects Bay habitats, for the Providence Phoenix. "A Year in the Life of Narragansett Bay," independent project; a series of stories that will follow the Bay's seasonal cycles, incorporating science, natural history, and cultural aspects of human interaction with the Bay and its watershed. Check back here soon for more about all of these projects and others.

February 2003 (in press): "Finding romance amid the gloom," Providence Monthly magazine.

When it's cold and gray, a visit to the zoo can be relaxing and intimate; on a clear winter night, take your sweetie on a tour of the planets at Ladd Observatory.

January 30, 2003: "The Glorious Cold: Seals make their annual pilgrimage to the Bay," the Providence Phoenix.

A look at the Bay's resident marine mammals.

January 2, 2003: "Underwater: Explorer Plumbs The Depths From URI," the Providence Phoenix.

Interview with undersea explorer Bob Ballard about his work at URI's graduate school, where he recently joined the faculty.

November 29, 2002: "Alternative Energy: Some Real Choices May Be Coming," the Providence Phoenix.

News story updating the status of green power in Rhode Island.

Winter 2002-03: "A Preference for Local Food," Conservation Matters (quarterly journal of The Conservation Law Foundation).

Feature story about grass-roots efforts to encourage the development of small-scale agriculture in the Northeast.