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Wednesday, February 24, 1999 Scholastic Partners with Teen Magazine in Development of New Bookseries In conjunction with Teen magazine, Scholastic will publish Diary of a Junior Class, a non-fiction series chronicling the highlights and traumas of the junior year of eight high school students, male and female. Beginning September 1999, the diaries, written by a group of anonymous teens, will document the lives of a real group of friends from the beginning to the end of their junior year in high school. Daniel Weiss Associates, Inc.'s book packaging subsidiary, 17th Street Productions, licensed the exclusive book rights to Petersen Publishing's Teen magazine and will produce the series. Scholastic and 17th Street expect that this collaboration will attract a large teen readership for this series. In addition to Diary of a Junior Class, 17th Street has plans for an entire program of Teen magazine books. "Diary of a Junior Class captures the pain and frustration, heartaches and joys of what it's like to be a teenager today as only real teenagers can tell it," commented Jean Feiwel, Senior Vice President, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Scholastic Books. "Like MTV's 'Real World,' teen readers will be drawn to these eight real teens, each with their own distinct voice and their own unique stories. The stories are revealing, entertaining, and at times, startling." "Over the past decade, Teen magazine has found an ever increasing interest and reaction among its readers to its 'real life' stories. We at Teen are thrilled to partner with Scholastic to bring such a relevant series to teen girls," commented Lynn Lehmkuhl, President of Petersen's Youth Group. Former Jama Chief George D. Lundberg, MD, Named Editor in Chief of Medscape George D. Lundberg, MD, the healthcare communication icon who served as editor of Jama for 17 years, was named editor in chief of Medscape today. Medscape is a leading medical site on the Web for physicians, other healthcare professionals, and consumers. "The Web is revolutionizing access to healthcare information, and Medscape has set the standard of excellence in the medium," says Dr. Lundberg. "I am joining a team that is as passionate and dedicated as I am about improving healthcare by providing the highest quality information possible. Medscape's authoritative website and its talented team of editors and executives were the critical factors in my decision." "With his impeccable reputation for editorial excellence and innovation, his commitment to the highest standards of medical information for physicians and patients, and his respected status in the medical community, Dr. Lundberg is a perfect match for everything Medscape stands for," says Paul Sheils, Chief Executive Officer of medscape.com. American Lawyer Media Names Molly Colin as Editor of The Connecticut Law Tribune American Lawyer Media, Inc. (ALM) has announced the appointment of Molly Colin as editor of The Connecticut Law Tribune, Connecticut's weekly newspaper devoted exclusively to coverage of legal affairs and the state's legal community. Colin joins The Connecticut Law Tribune following 15 years as a reporter and editor for regional and national publications including The Recorder, The San Francisco Examiner, The Santa Barbara News-Press, and The Daily Journal. From 1997 to 1998, Colin was a contributor to The Christian Science Monitor from Russia. Prior to this, she reported from the Boston bureau of Newsweek after serving as a correspondent for Newsweek in Canada. In addition, Colin was a National Desk stringer for The New York Times from their San Francisco bureau from 1986 to 1988. She has also been a freelance writer for a variety of publications, including The National Law Journal, International Wildlife, Washington Journalism Review, San Francisco Magazine, Harvard Magazine, and Harvard Law Bulletin. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1976. The Connecticut Law Tribune, based in Fairfield, has readership of 23,560. The paper features in-depth coverage of legal developments across the state, including coverage of Superior Court, U.S. District Court, 2nd Circuit and state administrative agency opinions. The Connecticut Law Tribune has been published for more than 25 years. Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter.  www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2011 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
