Catherine Dold
Boulder, Colorado
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A freelance science writer, editor, and
consultant
with more than fifteen years of experience...
Catherine Dold has written about health and the environment for
The New York Times
(science pages),
Smithsonian,
Discover, Self, Health,
Cosmopolitan, and many other
national publications.
She has also worked as an editorial consultant to many medical and scientific institutions, such as Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, the American Medical Association, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the National Institutes of Health. Consulting services have included writing and editing feature articles, patient education materials, journal articles, interactive media content, social networking campaigns, newsletters, book chapters, CME programs, PowerPoint presentations, and technical reports, as well as managing the work of large teams of co-authors.
Patient Education/Medical Writing
One of Ms. Dold’s specialties is creating materials
for health consumers.
Patient education projects have included
booklets on depression and
hepatitis C infection,
interactive programs for
patients,
and chapters of a family
medical guide. She has also written many magazine and
newsletter feature articles
on health issues, covering topics ranging from genetic testing to
alternative medicine. She also writes and edits materials for professional
scientific and medical audiences, such as journal articles, CME programs, pharmaceutical manuals, and technical reports.
Environmental and General Science Writing
Another area of expertise is the environment. In magazine, newspaper, and online feature articles, Ms. Dold has covered a wide variety of environmental topics, including shark fishing in Costa Rica, hearing abilities of manatees, prairie dog politics, grizzly bear genetics, and the making of wildlife films. Other science features have covered how search dogs track down lost people, cannibalism among the Anasazi, and the oldest house in Colorado.
Editorial Project Management
Ms. Dold also manages large editorial projects. Such projects typically involve setting the editorial schedule for a team of co-authors, coordinating the copy submissions of all co-authors, editing or rewriting all submitted copy and writing some sections, assembling and editing graphic elements and front and back matter, and working with designers, web programmers, or printers. One such project, for example, involved producing a 20-page consumer-oriented newsletter on Forest Service research in the Southwest.
Professional Affiliations
Ms. Dold has taught journalism to graduate students and is an active member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of Science Writers. A graduate of New York University’s graduate-level Science and Environmental Reporting Program, she is a former staff editor and writer for Audubon magazine and for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Editorial Services
Ms. Dold specializes in making complex scientific subjects accessible to audiences of consumers or scientific professionals. Services available include:
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Feature article writing
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Interactive media content - writing, editing, organizing
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Project management - coordinating and overseeing the work of numerous co-authors, editing all submissions, and preparing final drafts for printing
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Copywriting for brochures, fact sheets, and other materials
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Editing and proofreading of all types of materials
Catherine Dold
PO Box 4424
Boulder, Colorado 80306
303-543-2390
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