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Julie Bain
Living Healthy Julie Bain Julie Bain is Health Director for Reader’s Digest magazine. She has more than 25 years of experience translating complex scientific and medical concepts into practical advice for a wide range of readers. She’s never happier than when she’s in an OR watching a new way to do surgery, or in a lab listening to a scientist explain a potentially lifesaving medical breakthrough. Julie won the 2007 Samter Journalism Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology for outstanding medical reporting. In her Living Healthy blog, she offers news, fresh views and advice that's easy to swallow. Learn more about Julie Bain See all of Julie Bain's posts Subscribe To This Blog RSS
Carl M. Cannon
Loose Cannon Carl M. Cannon Carl M. Cannon is the Washington Bureau Chief for Reader's Digest. He previously covered the White House for 15 years, first for The Baltimore Sun and then for National Journal. He has covered every Presidential campaign and political convention since 1984 and is the co-author of Reagan's Disciple, a 2008 book comparing George W. Bush to Ronald Reagan. Carl was a member of the San Jose Mercury News staff awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and has won the two most prestigious awards for White House correspondents: the Aldo Beckman Award and the Gerald R. Ford Prize. In his Loose Cannon blog, Carl shares insider information from our nation’s capital. Learn more about Carl M. Cannon See all of Carl M. Cannon's posts Subscribe To This Blog RSS
Maureen Mackey
Book Fare Maureen Mackey Maureen Mackey is Features Editor, Books, at Reader’s Digest magazine, where she’s worked for the past 8 years on some of the finest nonfiction being published today. She has nearly 25 years of experience scouting, selecting and excerpting books and has worked closely with some of the top authors in the business, including Rick Bragg, Tom Brokaw, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Mary Roach, Walter Isaacson, Mary Higgins Clark, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Stephen Covey. Maureen’s writing has appeared in Reader’s Digest, The New York Times and Publishers Weekly, and she’s a graduate of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course. In her Book Fare blog, she brings an inside look at books. Learn more about Maureen Mackey See all of Maureen Mackey's posts Subscribe To This Blog RSS
Carol Kaufmann
Shared Space Carol Kaufmann Carol Kaufmann has been in journalism for 17 years, which is to say she has spent almost two decades learning how to tell stories. She started in New York City but settled in Washington, D.C. because she was fascinated with how the laws that govern our lives get made. She worked in television then, for ABC News and Fox News predominately. After seven years of the 24/7 on-call lifestyle, she went back to school at Georgetown University where she studied Humanities. During that master’s program, she found her way to National Geographic where she became a staff writer for their magazine. Her personal and professional travels have taken her to the Pacific Ocean’s floor in a submersible called Alvin and atop the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. She has trekked through rice paddies in Indonesia, SCUBAed for underwater treasures in Eastern Europe, and had tea in the Sahara. She loves seeing the world, but more than that, she loves to hear stories of the fascinating people in it. These days, she has many jobs. She's a full-time blogger and editor and a full-time mother of two small people. She also tries to be a friend who listens and a wife who still dates her husband, not to mention a neighbor who occasionally tries to get together with the folks down the street. See all of Carol Kaufmann's posts Subscribe To This Blog RSS

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