Pat’s published magazine and newspaper work includes technical articles about many aspects of the electronics industry, features about arts and entertainment personalities and events, and news reporting about a variety of fields, including state and local government and medical business and technology.
Pat has authored monthly columns about
• state and local government (civic.com magazine and website);
• hi-tech marketing (Portable Design magazine);
• the electronics industry (electronicsweb.com website);
• and as a music journalist, he has been a featured weekly columnist in his hometown newspaper, the Peekskill Herald; and a monthly columnist for Rhythm and News magazine.
Patrick J. Walsh: Published Work
Publications
(a partial list)*:
• Portable Design (Pennwell Publishing, Nashua, NH; national; circ. 38,500; market: electrical engineering managers and design engineers) - Contributing Editor; authored monthly “Mobile Markets on the Move” column, and feature and cover articles, 1996-1999.
• Electronic Buyers’ News (CMP, Manhasset, NY; national; circ. 67,000; market: electronics distribution) - regular contributor, 1998-2000.
• Civic.com
(101 Communications, Falls Church, VA; national; circ. 64,000; market: state and local government) - Contributing Editor; authored monthly Information Technology purchasing column, “Buying Strategies,” and feature-length articles, 1999-2001.
• Electronics Web (Vertical Net, Horsham, PA; market: electronics industry managers and design engineers) - authored monthly column “Walsh’s Watch,” covering hi-tech marketing and technology trends.
• MD Computing (Springer-Verlag, Inc., New York, NY; market: MD sole proprieter and other healthcare professionals) - Contributing Editor; authored feature articles including cover story in November/December, 2000 issue.
• Communications System Design (Miller Freeman, San Francisco, CA; market: electrical engineering managers and design engineers) - authored Buyer’s Guide to Communications Processors, September, 1999.
• Smart Computing PC Novice (Sandhills Publishing, Lincoln, NE; mass market) - Contributed several articles about computing.
• Poughkeepsie Journal (Gannett daily newspaper, Poughkeepsie, NY) - wrote feature articles for Family Weekend Planner section.
• Rhythm & News (Drezden Publishing, Wappingers Falls, NY; monthly circ. 25,000) - wrote monthly “Westchester News and Notes” column and feature articles and cover stories based on interviews with national and international recording artists and performers.
• Peekskill Herald (independent weekly newspaper, Peekskill, NY; paid circ. 7,000) - wrote weekly music column “Loud and Sweet” and feature articles based on interviews with national recording artists and performers.
• More Sugar (independent arts & entertatinment newspaper, Putnam, NY; monthly circ. 14,000) - wrote band profiles and music-related news stories.
(*NOTE: company
info, including ownership and circulation data, refers to the period in which Pat worked for each publication, and has in most cases changed since that time).
Writing Career Highlights:
• Spaceflight: A Historical Encyclopedia (3 volumes) published by ABC Clio / Greenwood Publishing, 2010.
• Echoes Among the Stars published by M.E. Sharpe Inc., 2000. Paperback edition, 2001; and subsequent printings. Kindle edition, 2011.
• Five Minutes in Space video documentary series written and produced by Pat Walsh Video, launched January, 2011.
• Pitching Diamonds baseball history video documentary about Cy Young’s first no-hitter, written and produced by Pat Walsh Video, released April, 2012.
• Freelance trade press journalist since 1996, with 250+ paid, bylined articles in print and online trade publications covering electronics, state and local government, distribution, medical, etc. Ongoing assignments, frequently as a featured columnist or contributing editor.
• Freelance music and arts journalist since 1996, for regional and local print publications, including featured weekly and monthly columns and cover and feature articles. Interviews include actor William Christopher (MASH); musical director of the Vienna Boys Choir Agnes Grossman; musicians Judy Collins, Cyril Neville, Bruce Cockburn, Christine Lavin, Johnny Hickman (Cracker), Milo Z; concert promoter Thom Wolke, etc.
• Information Systems Manager and in-house Editorial and Marketing for EE Product News electronics industry new product tabloid, 1989-1996.
• Contributed comments to article about most useful books on the U.S. Space Program (“What One Book,” Bookmarks, January/February, 2007).
• Published Op-Ed about future course of the U.S. space program (“A New Mission for America in Space”) in daily Gannett newspaper Journal News, September 24, 2003).
• Wrote 24 articles, including major features about the Kennedys and Manhattanville, and the college choir, for Manhattanville College newspaper Touchstone, 1991-1992.
• Editor in Chief, Lady Setter Gazette newspaper, covering women’s collegiate basketball, 1985.
• Short story “Thieves” (PLM, Fall, 1985) awarded Silver Medal certificate by Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
• Awarded “Second Place, Poetry” award, PLM, Fall, 1984 for poem “Joel.”
• Awarded “First Place, Poetry” award in annual competition of the Pace Literary Magazine (PLM), Fall, 1983, for epic poem “A Further Adventure of Sir Gawain.”
• Awarded “Best Feature” by American Scholastic Press Association for “Twelve years and a thousand summers ago. . .” (new morning, December 12, 1983), a feature article based on interviews with veterans of the Vietnam War.
Journalism
Patrick J. Walsh
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