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Welcome to the website of Freelance Writer/Editor
J.R. Wilson
With more than
three decades of experience as a professional writer and editor - from
newspapers and magazines to United Press International to books, video
scripts and TV news - there are very few subjects I have not written
about at one time or another.
In that time,
I have developed an international reputation for speed, accuracy,
versatility and reliability. These are the assets I bring to any new
assignment.
A full CV and detailed history are available here.
The following
general topic areas will lead to more detail on what I have written in
each area in the past few years:
Aviation - Business, Commercial & General
Aviation - Military
Business
& Business Practices
Education & Training
Entertainment: Restaurant
& Show Reviews, Celebrity Interviews, Hotel/Casino Features
Homeland Security
Medicine
Military/Defense
Miscellaneous
Personal Computing
Space Shuttle, Satellites,
Launch Vehicles, Exploration
Sports - College &
Professional
Wire Service & General News
In terms of the kind of work I'm looking for, the following offer some
details:
As a fulltime freelancer since 1992, I have written
hundreds of articles for dozens of magazines, worldwide. I have had
full editorial responsibility for one of those and for three UK-published books on
defense and security. I also have co-authored dozens of books on a wide range of topics, from aircraft
carriers to nanotechnology, military medicine to sports
medicine, Las Vegas shows/restaurants/hotel-casinos to space stations,
the USO to homeland security.
During my eight years with United Press International - and as a police and general assignment/features reporter for three metropolitan daily newspapers before that - I also gained extensive experience reporting on politics, retail and corporate business, crime, natural disasters, civil and criminal trials, entertainment, riots, energy, the drug culture and much more. I have covered both college and professional sports, including NASCAR, NHRA, LPGA, hockey, baseball, tennis and even international parachute-jumping. Most of those involved print and radio, as well as some still photography and cable TV news.
When the World Wide Web brought a graphical interface to the Internet in 1993, I launched Pollux Publishing, one of the first such efforts online, and produced three of the Web's first professional, commercial e-zines - AeroWeb, CompuWeb and DefenseWeb. For more on this effort, click here.
I have traveled extensively as a writer, including international airshows in Singapore, Chile, England and Canada, coverage of airports, airlines, space launch operations and defense issues in South Korea, Germany,
Mexico, French Guiana and Switzerland, along with everything from Space Shuttle launches to politics to business throughout the United States. In addition to numerous US publishers, I have written for - and in many cases been on the mastheads of - publications in England, France, Germany, Singapore and Switzerland.
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