Rick Ackerman
Rick Ackerman is a financial columnist for the San Francisco Examiner. He publishes a daily newsletter, Black Box Forecasts, geared to professional traders.
Jim Bach
Jim Bach began his career in Southern California where he was a cartoonist for the newspapers of the University of California, Riverside, and Cypress College. He moved to the Bay Area in 1998 to attend the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and is a freelance cartoonist.
Suzanne Barlyn
Suzanne Barlyn, a New Jersey-based freelance writer, practiced law prior to her career as a journalist. She is a former reporter for FORTUNE magazine, where she covered Wall Street. Barlyn holds a B.A. in English from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and a J.D. from The American University in Washington, D.C. She has appeared on the Today show and CNN.
Ilene Beckerman
Ilene Beckerman is the author of Love, Loss, and What I Wore. She grew up in Manhattan during a time when women wore clothes requiring foundation garments that would terrify a modern young woman. In 1973 she purchased a beige wool pantsuit from the Spiegel catalog and got her first job.
Joanna Biggar
Joanna Biggar has been writing and teaching writing for over 17 years on such diverse subjects as women explorers and Chinese computers. Her work has been featured in the Washington Post Magazine and National Geographic books.
Rick Bowers,
Rick Bowers was the executive editor of ThirdAge Inc. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of ThirdAge News Service, which provided news and feature articles to ThirdAge.com, Yahoo!, The Microsoft Network, and over 200 newspapers. He was also a founding editor of Maturity News Service, a trailblazing news agency. Rick has written for the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and Time.
Kelly Crumrin
Kelly Crumrin, ThirdAge's former Travel channel assistant, worked as an editor at the Gale Group and @Home Network and did online research for LookSmart. She lived in Illinois for 20 years before moving to San Francisco in 1998.
Om Dixon
Om Dixon was the Health Producer for ThirdAge Inc. Prior to his work at ThirdAge, Om has also worked on "Dr. Dean" (NBC Network), CNET Central, Know Zone, Next Step, and America's Most Wanted.
Robin Dorman
Robin Dorman has written for publications including "The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine," "San Francisco Focus," "Q San Francisco," "New York Magazine," "Diablo Magazine," "Polis," "Minneapolis Review of Baseball," and "Lost Generation Journal," among others. She has also developed content for Web sites in the areas of travel, consumer health, theater, and restaurant reviews.
Mike Edelhart
Mike Edelhart is a former president of ThirdAge Inc. and has held numerous positions in business publishing, at Softbank and Ziff-Davis Publishing. He was a correspondent for People magazine, wrote about science for many national magazines and has authored more than two dozen books from Novell NetWare to the social history of Virginia.
Gillette Edmunds
Gillette Edmunds has practiced tax and estate planning and written a monthly newsletter for high-income investors. He is the author of How to Retire Early and Live Well with Less Than a Million Dollars. He earned a B.A. in English from Stanford University, a J.D. from the University of New Mexico, and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University. He is a member of the California Bar.
Anne Field
Anne Field is a free-lance journalist based in Pelham, NY. She writes about consumer issues, in addition to parenting, small business and careers, for such magazines and Web sites as Fast Company, Business Week, Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, Fortunesmallbusiness.com and Clubmom.com. Before becoming a full-time free-lancer, Field was an editor on the staff of Business Week, Success and Self, among other places.
Mary Beth Franklin
Mary Beth Franklin is a writer specializing in personal finance and national health care issues. She has appeared on NBC's Today Show and CNN to discuss a variety of issues affecting older Americans.
Gwen Gibson
Gwen Gibson, a Washington-based writer, is an alumni of UPI, the New York Herald Tribune and the New York Daily News and Maturity News Service. She has covered everything from police beats to Presidents and has worked as reporter, editor, feature writer, and columnist. Always a music and theater buff, she has specialized in recent years in arts and entertainment. Her articles have appeared in many national newspapers and magazines.
Sara Godwin
Sara Godwin is a well-known freelance writer and journalist. Her work includes The Angler's Companion, magazine articles for Metropolitan Home, Outside, Changing Times, and Odyssey, and film and television scripts. Her celebrity interviews include Patricia Hearst, Willie Mays, Celeste Holm, and William Shatner.
Deborah A. Grandinetti
Deborah Grandinetti, a health and medical reporter, has written extensively on alternative medicine, health care, Medicare and HMOs. She is an editor on the staff of Medical Economics magazine.
Leslie Jay
A freelance writer for more than 15 years, Leslie Jay is interested in health, arts, business, and historic landmarks. She has written for Ladies Home Journal, Crain's New York Business, Traditional Building, and the defunct Time Inc. publications TV-Cable Week and Picture Week. She wrote two children's sticker books--Animals of the South American Rain Forest and Bugs of Central America--as well as most of the "Requiem" entries in the current Little, Brown bestseller, "Life: Our Century in Pictures."
Randy Johnson
Randy Johnson is a 20-year veteran of the mortgage industry and author of the best-selling mortgage book How to Save Thousands of Dollars on Your Home Mortgage (Wiley, John & Sons, 1998) and a new book How to Find a Home and Get a Mortgage on the Internet (Wiley, John & Sons, 2000). He received a BA from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and an MBA from Stanford University. You can find more information about his books at his Web site.
Pat Joseph
Pat Joseph was senior editor at The Net magazine, and has written for Scientific American, Urban Desires, and Salon. He now works as a freelancer in San Francisco where he lives with his girlfriend and a grumpy old corgi named Flea.
Robin K. Levinson
Robin K. Levinson is a New Jersey-based freelance health writer, editor, and consultant specializing in health, nutrition and fitness. She writes extensively for the Internet and has co-authored seven consumer health books, including, "Safe Eating: Protect Yourself Against E. Coli, Salmonella, and Other Deadly Food-borne Pathogens" (Dell, 1998), "If You Think You Have Seasonal Affective Disorder" (Dell, 1998); "Are You Considering Cosmetic Surgery?" (Avon, 1997); "Get Your Rear In Gear" (HarperCollins, 1997); and "A Woman Doctor's Guide to Osteoporosis"(Hyperion, 1995). She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of New Mexico.
Dan Littman
Dan Littman has been reporting on the computer industry for 15 years. He is particularly interested in how the Internet can build our sense of community, but having lived and worked in Latin America, he believes email and even telephones are not essential for that purpose.
Sharon McKenna
Sharon McKenna is a freelance journalist based in Seattle and Santa Cruz, Ca. Her work appears on MSNBC, ThirdAge.com, OnNow and in Microsoft Magazine.
Adam Meyerson
Adam Meyerson was executive technical editor of PC/Computing magazine, where he created and led the Ziff-Davis Usability Laboratory. Adam also directed PC/Computing's Web effort.
Timothy Middleton
Timothy Middleton is a financial columnist for the New York Times and Microsoft Investor, and a radio personality for WCBS in New York City.
Madelyn Miller
Madelyn Miller is a travel, food, and wine writer who contributes regularly to twelve print publications. She is also executive editor of Travellady.com, the travel expert for Elle Magazine online, and a columnist for E-Hospitality.com, MyCookbook.com, and About.com. She frequently appears on The Travel Channel and the Fox and NBC affiliates in Dallas, and has served as judge for the 1999 and 2000 Webby Awards in the travel category.
Peter Nachtrieb
Peter Nachtrieb is a San Francisco-based actor and writer and often writes the things he acts in. His obsession with computer relationships came about when he worked as a designer at ThirdAge, where he also helped the entire staff find a healthier balance with electronic counterparts.
Melba Newsome
Melba Newsome is a freelance writer whose work has been published in Family Circle, Essence, Vibe, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Los Angeles Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications.
Nina Nowak
Nina Nowak is a Bay Area writer and editor. She has been a researcher-writer and managing editor at Let's Go, the best-selling budget travel guide series, and has also worked for The New Yorker and HarperCollins Publishers.
Bill Parkinson
Veteran reporter and editor Bill Parkinson has worked with major news organizations for many years, serving as an editor and correspondent in the U.S. and abroad for The Chicago Tribune, the Evening Mail of Birmingham, England, the Associated Press and United Press International. He was editor and publisher of the Island Chronicle of Chincoteague, Va., and UPI's general manager in Canada.
Catharine Reeve
Catharine Reeve is an accomplished photographer, writer, and teacher. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Chicago Tribune, Reader's Digest, and America West Magazine. Her photographs can be found in public and private collections across the country, including the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Kyle Roderick
Kyle Roderick was a staff writer and editor at ThirdAge. Specializing in health, medical, fitness, and longevity writing, she has authored books on health topics and contributed articles to the Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, Mirabella, Natural Health, and US. Roderick has also edited various health-related books and is the former editor of Healthwatch magazine.
Dr. David Schnarch
Couples counselor and clinical psychologist Dr. David Schnarch is the author of Passionate Marriage, Constructing the Sexual Crucible, and Resurrecting Sex.
Judy Schneider
Judy Schneider was ThirdAge's Passions & Pursuits Producer and Channel Director. She joined ThirdAge Inc. after coordinating production for Microsoft's Mungo Park, an online travel adventure magazine. Prior to Microsoft, Judy was a teacher and creator of a trademarked art/drama technique for the classroom.
Bruce Schoenfeld
Bruce Shoenfeld, who once covered the Reds for the Cincinnati Post, writes on matters of the heart ranging from bullfighting to wine for publications such as the New York Times Magazine, Travel & Leisure, The Wine Spectator, and Men's Health. He lives in Colorado.
Kathleen McGinn Spring
In addition to editing the Princeton Business Journal for three years, she has written on work and careers for the Internet site Aquent, Dow Jones' Managing Your Career, Law Practice Management, and Business News New Jersey.
David Steinberg
Author, editor, and publisher David Steinberg is a leading voice for sex-positive culture, a perspective which embraces and promotes open dialogue around human sexuality, and in his words "a basic acceptance and appreciation of diverse sexual feeling and expression." His books include Erotic by Nature: A Celebration of Life, of Love, and of Our Wonderful Bodies; The Erotic Impulse: Honoring the Sensual Self; and Fatherjournal: Five Years of Awakening to Fatherhood. His writing has appeared in such journals as Playboy, Boston Phoenix, LA Weekly, Salon, San Jose Metro, Cupido, Spectator, The Sun, Libido, The Realist, Gauntlet, Changing Men, and Issues in Radical Therapy. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.
Linda Tagliaferro
Linda Tagliaferro is a New York-based writer and illustrator. She's a frequent contributor to The New York Times, and her work has also appeared in national magazines including Maxim and Modern Maturity. She's the author of five books including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Decoding Your Genes; Genetic Engineering: Progress or Peril?; and Bruce Lee, an A&E Biography Book. A seasoned traveler, Linda has lived in Denmark, Italy, and Indonesia, and has vacationed throughout the world.
Mary Tudor
Mary Tudor is a freelance writer and editor based in San Francisco. Her credits include the New York Times on the Web, the Associated Press, and NetGuide Live.
Savitha Varadan
ThirdAge's former Travel channel director, Savitha Varadan's travel editing and writing experience includes the Fodor's-Worldview Travel Update, the Preview Travel site, and the Atevo Travel site. She is the author of the first published book about Internet travel resources, A Pocket Tour of Travel on the Internet (1995).
Pueng Vongs
Pueng Vongs is a freelance writer, editor, and Web producer in San Francisco. She has written articles for Working Woman magazine, Microsoft's San Francisco Sidewalk, and Beatrice's Web Guide. She is a former writer/editor for Money magazine and CBS Marketwatch.com.
Kathi Wolfe
Kathi Wolfe is a freelance writer based in Falls Church, Virginia. Her work has appeared in many publications, including The Washington Post, The Miami Herald, The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel, The San Francisco Chronicle, and the Utne Reader. She is a 1998-1999 Rosalyn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow. Her fellowship project is on aging and mental illness.
Peter Weaver
Peter Weaver is an award-winning journalist who worked for more than a decade as a personal finance and business reporter for ABC's Washington affiliate (Channel 7) and was a regular contributor to CNN's "Take Two" show. Weaver has worked as a foreign correspondent for Business Week, as Forbes' magazine's first Washington bureau chief, as a contributing editor for Nations's Business, and currently as a regular contributor for the AARP Bulletin. He has also written syndicated newspaper columns, produced videos ("How to Stretch Your Retirement Dollar" and "How to Pay for College") and authored three books, including "You, Inc." (Doubleday, 1975) and "What to Do with What You've Got" (Addison Wesley Longman, 1988).
David Wolfgang-Kimball
David Wolfgang-Kimball worked as ThirdAge's system and network administrator, Tech Insider, and Community Director.
Lois Wyse
Lois Wyse has written numerous articles and books on marriage, motherhood, cooking, friendship, and business. She is also President of Wyse Advertising.
Reshma Memon Yaqub
Reshma Memon Yaqub has written for Worth magazine, POV, the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune and was formerly a staff writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When she's not writing, you can find her doing improv comedy.
Judith Zimmer
Judith Zimmer is a writer living in New York City. She writes regularly for CBSHealthwatch. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Self, Essence, Vogue, Good Housekeeping, and many other magazines. Her most recent book is Labor of Love: Mothers Share the Joy of Childbirth (John Wiley & Sons, 1997).
Tom Zoellner
Tom Zoellner, a freelance writer and former writer for ThirdAge and ThirdAge News Service, has worked as a political writer for The Savannah Morning News and a police reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. He lives in San Francisco.
