Maybe you need someone to interview your CEO or top award winner – someone professional enough to win his or her trust, independent enough to get new or edgy material, and sensitive enough to use it while putting everyone in the best light possible. About half of Ellen’s 600+ articles are profiles, Q&As, or as-told-to’s, capturing the joy, pain, and promise of what makes everyday life extraordinary.
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Some of the hundreds of people Ellen has written about:
- Dr. Dan Reidenberg, suicide prevention expert
- Collette Adkins, lawyer for carnivores, Center for Biological Diversity
- Francis Collins, MD, director, National Institutes of Health
- Adena Testa Friedman, president and CEO, Nasdaq
- Jim Collins, author, Good to Great and Built to Last
- Heloise, nationally syndicated household hint specialist
- Jim Miller, director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget
- Joan Eisenstodt, event consultant and disability advocate
- Lynn Brantley, cofounder, Capital Area Food Bank
- Ron Tschetter, director, Peace Corps
- Cathie Black, author and president, Hearst Magazines
- Elizabeth Oyebode, award-winning Hollywood screenwriter
- Jeff Oody, National Community Banker of the Year
- Pat Rumbaugh, founder, Let’s Play America
- Juliette Rizzo, Ms. Wheelchair America
- Adrian Fenty, mayor, Washington, DC
- Debbie Yow, athletic director, University of Maryland
… Oh, and the trapeze artist: a really fun story. As well as several U.S. Professors of the Year, university presidents, entrepreneurs, members of Congress, nonprofit leaders, a trainer of service dogs, a collector of madras neckties, a police sketch artist, the cheerful face of a bank for 67 years, and more ….