Mary Grady Resume

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Work experience

Freelance writer 1999 to present
Currently: Contributing writer to AVweb online aviation magaine, Robb Report magazine, Rhode Island Monthly magazine and Edible Rhody.
Previously published in Cosmos (Australia's science magazine), Odyssey travel magazine, the Conservation Law Foundation quarterly journal, The Providence Phoenix alternative news weekly, Providence Monthly, The Providence Journal, and Grace Ormonde wedding magazine. Clips on this Web site or on request.

College instructor in Earth Sciences, Geography, and Environmental Studies 1990-present
Classroom, field, and online courses. See a list of courses taught for details. Click here for a complete CV.

Editor 1990 to present
Natural News Network, founding editor, 2006-present.
AVweb online aviation magazine, news editor, 1999-2000, senior news editor, 2000-01, acting executive editor, 2001-02.
The Providence Journal daily metro newspaper, copy editor 1993-96; section editor, 1996-99.
Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program, science editor, 1990-91.
National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., book editor, 1988-89.

Degrees

• M.A. Geography, University of Hawaii, 1990. Emphasis on tropical ecology and mountain geography.
• B.A. Geography, Rhode Island College, 1983.

Awards, Fellowships, etc.

• "The Bay is Their Oyster," a story about aquaculture in Rhode Island, won First Place - Business Story in the Rhode Island Press Association 2006 Editorial Awards. The story ran in the April 2006 issue of Rhode Island Monthly.
• MADD National Media Award 2006 (magazine category) for "Dying for a drink," a story about why Rhode Island has the nation's worst rate of drunk-driving deaths, published in Rhode Island Monthly, October 2005.
• "Don't Mess With My Brook," a story about a grass-roots effort to protect a fish run from pollution, won First Place for Reporting about the Environment and Science in the Rhode Island Press Association 2005 Editorial Awards. The story ran in the April 2005 issue of Rhode Island Monthly.
• Teacher-at-Sea aboard Mountains in the Sea expedition to New England Seamounts, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, May 2004.
• Max Karant Award for Excellence in Aviation Coverage, first place in print media, 1999.
• Graduate school fellowship, University of Colorado at Boulder Geography Department, 1987.

Flight certificates...

• Commercial pilot, hot-air balloons
• Private pilot, airplane single-engine land
• Ground instructor, advanced (courses taught)

More about Mary Grady...

• A brief bio
  

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