Michele W. Berger

Writer and Editor

Fact-check and write for publications and websites including Scientific American, Edible Philly, Audubon magazine, Science Friday, NPR’s StateImpact PA, Forbes.com, and HealthLeaders Magazine. Edit and copy edit specialty cookbooks and books. To date, have edited 14, including The Vegan Table, The Art and Craft of Coffee, Wine Lover’s Devotional and The Cook’s Book of Intense Flavors.

Associate Editor, Social Media Manager

Shaped brand direction and voice as a key member of six-person editorial team. Pitched and wrote for every issue, the website and the blog. Highlights include a cover story, Volunteer Army, about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and two departments, Mail Ma’am and Acid Indigestion, about a postal worker who protects bluebirds and a campaign against ocean acidification, respectively. Assigned and edited articles for website, print packages and a front-of-book section. Ran the magazine’s research process and fact-checked features, departments and front- and back-of-book articles. Copy edited articles in blues before shipping.

Executive Editor

Received four promotions at this healthcare publisher. Led two divisions, a role that required managing eight editors, overseeing six product lines, coordinating a national award contest and setting division financial goals. Previous roles included writing and editing newsletters and editing books.

• 2020, Presenter, University Research Magazine Association monthly session, about a PennToday series called “Side gigs for good”
• 2020, Panelist, National Association of Science Writers conference session, “How does your institution #scicomm? A survey of science writers”
•2019, Moderator, National Association of Science Writers conference session, “Of mice and media: Rethinking how we cover basic science”
• 2016, Deadline Club Finalist, Multimedia, Interactive Graphics & Animation, “Katrina 10”
• 2016, Webby Honoree, Best Individual Editorial Experience, “Katrina 10”
• 2015, EPPY Award Finalist, Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting, “Gold Standard or Old Standard?” with The Lens
• 2012, Metcalf Fellow, one of 10 journalists selected to participate in a weeklong science immersion program put on by the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting
• 2010, Cover Story, “Volunteer Army,” Audubon magazine, Nov-Dec issue
• 2009, Cover Story, “A Person of Note,” (201) Magazine, April issue
• 2003, Editorial Rookie of the Year, presented by HealthLeaders Media, for editorial excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and creativity