Welcome to the Website
of
Freelance Writer/Editor
J.R. Wilson
With nearly four 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.
Click on specific subjects in "Topic Areas" on the site menu to
the left for more detail on what I have written in the past few years.
Books & Magazines
As a fulltime freelancer since 1992, I have written hundreds of
articles for dozens of magazines, worldwide.
I had full editorial responsibility for one of those
magazines (Today's Officer) 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, the USO to homeland
security, Las Vegas shows/restaurants/hotel-casinos to space exploration.
Wire Service & Newspapers
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.
Pollux Communications LLC
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.
In 2004, I incorporated as Pollux Communications LLC in Nevada.
Efforts currently are underway on several new online publishing projects. As those go public, links will be added
here.
Travel and International Work
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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