Diane
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Introduction | Diane Petryk has won seven awards for investigative journalism and feature writing, including honors from the New York Newspaper Publisher’s Association, the North Carolina Press Association, and the Georgia Associated Press. She was news editor of the Sanford Herald in Sanford, Florida; assistant city editor of the Savannah Morning News in Georgia; and editor of the St. Ignace News in northern Michigan. While reporting for the New York Times’ regional paper in Hendersonville, North Carolina, her investigation of a school-board pay scandal brought about the reform of a corrupt system. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University and studied comparative journalism in Croatia. She also worked as a sub-editor for the New Zealand national daily The Dominion. As a reporter for the Press Republican in Plattsburgh, New York, she was part of team honored by the Associated Press for it’s localized and comprehensive 9/11 coverage. Diane Petryk is published in four anthologies. |
| Interests | journalism, travel, books, antiques, history, architecture, real estate, space travel, science fiction, British history, design. |
| Favorite movies | Music and Lyrics, Star Trek |
| Favorite music | Borodin to the Beach Boys; Cole Porter/Gershwin; Mozart to Motown; "Hands Up" played by Klaus Wunderlich; "Piano Player" by Richard Carpenter; Arthur Fieldler; Gale Storm; Randy Newman |
| Favorite books | Flavia deLuce novels by Alan Bradley |