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PATRICK J.KIGER

P.O. Box **** Takoma Park, MD

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Who I am:

Independent journalist, author, blogger, web

content creator.

What I ve written:

Articles in GQ,The Washington Post Magazine, The Los Angeles Times Magazine,

George,Mother

Jones, Regardie s, Philadelphia, Orange Coast and other

print publications.

Content for, http://channel.nationalgeographic.com, http://www.buyingofthepresident.org and other web

sites.

Creator of the Science Channel s

weekly Is This A Good Idea? blog (http://blogs.discovery.com/good_idea).

Co-author ( with Martin J. Smith) of Poplorica: A popular history of the fads,

mavericks, inventions and lore that shaped America(HarperResource, 2004) and OOPS: 20 life lessons from the fiascoes that

shaped America(Collins,

2006).

Writing and research projects for the Center for Public Integrity and other organizations.

Read

samples of my work at .

What else I ve done:

Newspaper reporter for the Pittsburgh Press andOrange

County Register, 1984-1989

Senior writer for Baltimore Magazine, 1989-1993

Awards:

Best stories of the year, 2004

Silver medal in writer of the year category, City and Regional

Magazines Association, 1997

First place, Benjamin Fine Award for Education Reporting, 1992

Second place, feature writing category, California Newspaper Publishers

Association, 1987

Education:

The Pennsylvania State University, BA in Journalism, 1979.

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