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Michele Weldon

Born: 1958 in Oak Park, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Michele Weldon still lives and works in the Chicagoland area.

Biography: Weldon is an Author, Journalist, Educator and Speaker. She is an associate professor at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, author of two award-winning books and journalist for more than 25 years writing for newspapers and magazines. Her first book, ''I Closed My Eyes'' is a creative nonfiction memoir avaiablable in seven languages. ''Writing to Save Your Life: How To Honor Your Story Through Journaling'' is an instructive and entertaining book about the process of writing as healing. Weldon offers Writing to Save Your Life Workshops around the country and offers keynotes around the country on issues of journalism and advocacy for women and nonviolence. A succesful keynote for nonprofit organizations and businesses for the past 10 years, Weldon has spoken before more than 150 major organizations from the March of Dimes and Northern Trust Bank to the Journalism and Women Symposium and the Northwestern University Women in Leadership Conference. With a bachelors and masters degree from Northwestern's Medill, Weldon has written for newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Dallas Times Herald, New York Times and scores more for decades. She has written for national and local magazines including Parenting, Writers Digest, Woman's Day, Dial, West Suburban Living, Chicago, Bride's, Seventeen, Personal Journaling and many others. She is a former editor at ADWEEK, North Shore Magazine and Fairchild Publications and was a columnist at the Dallas Times Herald.


Awards:
  • Chicago Women in Publishing; Women's Peacepower award

Email: micheleweldon@msn.com
Website: http://www.micheleweldon.com
Michele Weldon on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=michele+weldon


Selected Titles

Everyman news :
ISBN: 082621777X OCLC: 320323796

University of Missouri Press, Columbia : ©2008.

"Examines how newspapers have changed over the past few years, becoming story papers. Comparing 850 stories, story approaches, and unofficial sourcing in twenty American newspapers from 2001 and 2004, Weldon reveals a shift toward features over hard news, along with an increase in anecdotal or humanistic approaches to all stories"--Provided by publisher.

I closed my eyes :
ISBN: 156838341X OCLC: 41497118

Hazelden, Center City, Minn. : 1999.

Michele Weldon discusses how she found the courage to leave her abusive husband and begin a new life with her three small sons.

I closed my eyes :
ISBN: 160746599X OCLC: 939457811

Fastpencil, Incorporated, Campbell, CA : 2012.

Award-winning journalist and author Michele Weldon offers a distinctly honest and articulate portrayal of the domestic violence she experienced in a nine-year marriage to a man many considered to be the perfect husband. As an assistant professor of journalism at the Medill School, Northwestern University since 1996, public speaker, journalist for magazines and newspapers and seminar leader for The OpEd Project, Weldon defies the mythology about abuse victims. She conveys a poignant portrayal of a woman caught in abuse and her victorious escape to raise her three children alone. Working to understand and explain why and how this would happen, she offers hope to all women with similar stories, modeling the courage to break free, move forward and live a joyful life full of love. --Ipage.

Writing to save your life :
ISBN: 1568387423 OCLC: 46882954

Hazeldon, Center City, MN : ©2001.

 

 

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