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Jennifer Motl, RD, CD

Journalist & Registered Dietitian

P.O. Box 54

Greendale, WI 53129

contact via form on Web site: www.brighteating.com

EXPERIENCE

Freelance Writer, 1995 to present. The Free Lance-Star (newspaper columnist since Sept. 2000), Consumer Reports, The New York Times, Reuters, Suffolk County News, Islip Bulletin, You & Your Child.

Clinical dietitian, Columbia-St. Mary's, Milwaukee, WI. Dec. 2005 to present. Provide inpatient medical nutrition therapy and counseling and nutrition support to adults; develop and implement nutrition component of outpatient Women’s Heart Secrets Program.

Entrepreneurial Dietitian, Nutrition Therapy, Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. to Dec. 2005. Owned private practice providing outpatient counseling and home visits, plus Web site and newsletter.

Clinical dietitian, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, Va., April 2002 to Dec. 2005. Provided inpatient & outpatient medical nutrition therapy and counseling to adults and children who have diabetes, heart disease, cancer, eating disorders, food allergies, more. Public speaking.

Copy Editor, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va., April 2002 to 2003. Edited for daily newspaper.

Public health nutritionist, Virginia Department of Health, Fredericksburg, Va., Nov. 1998 to April 2002. Counseled women about nutrition for pregnancy, infants, children and breastfeeding. Wrote and won grants for aid program for low-income children. Trained staff and bought ads.

Medical Reporter, The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Va., 1997 to 1998. Daily newspaper. Wrote about medical research and issues from babies switched at birth to nursing shortages.

Science Writer, New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y., 1996 to 1997. Wrote Associated Press stories, press releases, magazine articles and brochures about medical research.

General Assignment Reporter,

The Long Island Advance, Patchogue, N.Y., 1996.

Suffolk Life Newspapers, Riverhead, N.Y., 1995.

COMPUTER/INTERNET SKILLS: Word processing, e-mail and basic Web-site design.

EDUCATION: Cornell University, B.S., Dean's List. Nutrition, Food and Agriculture Major: courses in nutrition, chemistry and physiology. Concentration in Communication: emphasis on science writing. Dietetic Internship: Virginia Department of Health.

AWARDS/CREDENTIALS: Member, American, Wisconsin and Milwaukee Dietetic Associations. First place, Virginia Press Women, 2005; Second place, Virginia Press Association, 1998; Fellowship at Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, 1998; First place, New York Press Association, 1996.

Copyright © 2004 Bright Eating. Last modified: January 31, 2010, by Jennifer Motl, RD.