MARY BRUNO
11708 SW Cedarhurst, Vashon, WA 98070
206 567 5988
mary@marybruno.com
Writer, Editor, Consultant
January 2011-present
Writing, editing and editorial consulting for computer game company Valve Software, Inc. and other clients.
Executive Editor, Grist.org
January 2010-2011
Leading a team of ten writers, editors and designers who serve up timely environmental news and analysis with humor and attitude. Driving a shift in editorial emphasis, away from the “problem” of climate change and towards a more solution-oriented, urban focus.
Writer, Editor, Consultant
September 2005-January 2010
Designed and delivered workshops to help newspaper and online staffers at Lee Enterprises, Inc. properties more effectively use and integrate their newspaper and web products.
Provided editorial programming and organizational guidance for Revolution Health Group.
Completing nonfiction book about New Jersey's Passaic River.
Vice President of Programming, HealthTalk, Inc.
March 2004-August 2005
Reorganized and led 20-member team of editorial producers, audio and software engineers, designers, event coordinators and support staff that created live and pre-recorded patient education programs in a variety of in-person, web, and broadcast formats.
Writer, Editor, Consultant
July 2001-March 2004
Contributed essays, features, technical editing and project management to Fulcrum Press, WGBH Interactive, AARP, MedicOne Foundation, HealthTalk.com, The Stranger, The Seattle Times and other companies and publications.
Senior Vice President of Programming and General Manager, OnHealth Network Company
August 1999-December 2000.
As Senior V.P. of Programming, turned balkanized edit, design, technology, e-commerce and personalization teams into cohesive unit that made OnHealth the #1 health website for nine months running. As GM, helped manage transition after OnHealth's purchase by WebMD.
Executive Producer, ABCNEWS.com
April 1998-July 1999
Led 75-member team in award-winning coverage of breaking news and the creation of interactive, multimedia features and special reports on Bosnia, Colombine, Monica Lewinsky and Election '98.
Managing Producer, ABCNEWS.com
October 1996-April 1998
Editorial director for launch of ABCNEWS.com business, science, technology, travel, sports, entertainment, health and lifestyle channels. Led 25-member staff in interactive coverage of breaking news and features, including Mars Pathfinder mission and Dow 10K.
Starwave Corporation
January 1995-October 1996
Founding News Editor for Mr. Showbiz.com, the first on-line entertainment magazine.
Seattle Weekly
1986-91, 1992-94
Staff writer covering the arts, medicine, health care reform, AIDS and women's issues.
New York Woman Magazine
1991-92
As a columnist and contributing editor, wrote the first regular sports column in a women's magazine.
Newsweek Magazine
1983-1986
Researcher, reporter, and writer in the science, sports, health, and education sections. Member of team that produced first Newsweek AIDS cover; helped coordinate 1984 Olympics coverage.
Inside Sports Magazine
1981-82
Researcher responsible for fact-checking monthly gambling and television columns, and other features.
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
1979-81
Algae specialist on 11-member, EPA-funded research team that designed computer models to track carcinogens in stream systems.
Bowling Green State University
1977-79
Graduate teaching assistant for introductory and advanced biology classes.
Rockland Research Institute
1974-76
Research assistant on studies into effects of antidepressant drugs on the sleep patterns of rats and human subjects. Also contributed papers, articles, and signage to The American Naturalist, The Canadian Journal of Botany), Redbook, Woman's Day, Family Life, Good Housekeeping, Outside, New Mexico Magazine, International Wildlife, Baseball Digest and the New York Aquarium's penguin exhibit.
EDUCATION
BS Biology Marymount College, Tarrytown, New York 1974
MS Aquatic Ecology Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 1978