Prior Contributors
Bryce G. Hoffman is an award-winning business and technology journalist covering the biotechnology and information technology industries. Formerly the editor of ReCap IT Magazine, Hoffman has also written for newspapers across Northern California. He began his career in journalism at The Nation magazine in 1992, after majoring in anthropology and philosophy at San Francisco State University. In 1999, Hoffman completed a fellowship in economics at the California State University, Hayward. He has been honored by the California Newspaper Publishers Association for his investigative reporting on technology-related issues.
Therese Bogan provided graphic and lay-out support for Signals. Therese has five years experience in recording, theater and multimedia production. Currently, she is involved in publishing Fnord, a literary periodical, and contributes to Fabula Magazine. Therese has a Humanities degree in Cultural Theory from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Renee Deger Former West Coast correspondent for Venture Capital Journal, Renee began covering venture capital industry and the financing of biotechnology and technology companies in 1993. Her work has appeared online at ZDNet and in The Milwaukee Journal, The Milwaukee Sentinel and the The Kansas City Star.
Naomi Freundlich was formerly Science Editor at Business Week, where she authored and edited many stories involving biotechnology, medicine, the environment and other science-related subjects. Prior to Business Week, she was an editor at Popular Science, and at Industrial Chemical News. She has an M.A. in Science and Environmental Reporting from New York University, and a B.A. from Middlebury College. Her work has also appeared in the Harvard Health Letter, McCall's, New Scientist, the New York Daily News and other publications.
Joan O'C. Hamilton Former Bureau Chief for Business Week magazine's San Francisco bureau, Joan has covered the biotechnology and health care industry since 1983. In addition to scores of feature articles, her cover stories on the field have included in-depth articles on Genentech, AIDS, Cancer research, the 1992 biotech IPO phenomenon and other science and business developments. Joan was a founding editor of BioWorld in 1989. Joan edited Signals from July 1997-December 1998. Joan is still a contributor to Business Week and to Business Week online, as well as to The Stanford Magazine, The San Jose Mercury, and other publications. Her work has also appeared in BioPeople, Stanford Medicine, California Lawyer, The New York Times, The San Francisco Examiner and The Boston Globe. She has degrees in communication and political science from Stanford University.
Mary Beth Regan is a former Congressional correspondent for Business Week. Mary Beth covered national politics, science and environmental issues in the magazine's Washington office. Prior to joining Business Week, Mary Beth covered science and environmental issues for two Tribune Co. newspapers. In 1992, she received the nation's top environmental reporting award for coverage of ground water contamination in Florida. She graduated from Columbia University's School of Journalism in 1988 and wrote about regional business for the Washington Post from 1985 to 1987. Today, she contributes to Business Week, Business Week Online, the Washington Post and other publications.
Julie Tilsner Formerly an assistant editor at Business Week Magazine in New York City, Julie helped design and launch the UpFront Section of BW in 1994. She has more than 10 years experience as a writer, editor and researcher. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Lingua Franca, Parenting Magazine and Women's Wire (online), among other publications. She is also the author of a humor book on turning 30. Julie has an undergraduate degree in art history from San Jose State University and an M.S. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
Margaret Young is a freelance writer and editor who first began covering biotechnology in 1988, when she originated the biotechnology coverage for the Alameda Newspaper Group. While there, she won a first-place award for best business coverage from the California Newspaper Publisher's Association. She has since written for a variety of business and legal publications as well as edited reports on the pharmaceutical industry for the market research firm of Frost & Sullivan. She has a master's in print journalism from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree from Sarah Lawrence College. |