Ira

About me

Gender Male
Industry Communications or Media
Location Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Introduction I am a savvy, though not yet grizzled, wordsmith -- a reporter, writer, editor and media relations maven. My expertise is in writing about health and medicine and politics, having been a health communicator for three nonprofits and a federal agency and a White House and national political reporter.
Interests Politics, Journalism, Baseball, Writing, Reading
Favorite Movies Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Wonderful Life, Wizard of Oz, The Long Riders
Favorite Music (Original) Highwaymen, Original) Kingston Trio, Doc Watson, Gordon Lightfoot Harry Belafonte, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, Phil Ochs, Steve Goodman, The Seekers, The Weavers, Tom Paxton, "Amanda", "Jose Cuervo", "On the Wings of a Dove", Claude King, Crystal Gayle, Dolly Parton, Ian & Sylvia, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, Shelly West, Waylon Jennings
Favorite Books The Devil in the White City, Wizard of Oz, The Bawdy Muse, It Can't Happen Here