Jodie Gould, MS
**********@*****.***
New York, NY
www.jodiegould.com
Writer/Author/Editor/Ghostwriter/Book Coach
Award-winning writer and author of nonfiction books, articles, book proposals and press materials. Collaborate with physicians, academics, and thought leaders. Promote bestselling authors and celebrities. Bestselling book translated into four languages. Marketing, PR and corporate communications. Publishing event coordinator for NPR affiliate. Women’s magazine editor. Workshop leader at Harvard Medical School Writing Course. Substitute adjunct professor at NYU. Tutor for Columbia Graduate School of Journalism international students. National media appearances on Oprah, CNN, ABC World News, E!, NPR. Relationship columnist for Showtime.com. SEO best practices.
EXPERIENCE
Founder, GoKat Media, NYC, Writer/Author/Editor/Book Coach, 9/95 – present Books
The Heal Your Leaky Gut Diet and Meal Plan: The Natural Detox Program to Improve Your Digestive Health, with David Brownstein, MD (Humanix, TBD/2022) Beyond Beautiful: Using the Power of the Mind-Body-Skin Connection to Look and Feel More Radiant with Doris Day, MD (Hachette, 1/18)
Heal Your Leaky Gut with David Brownstein, MD (Humanix, 10/18) The Oxygen Cure with William Maxfield, MD (Humanix, 9/18) High: Six Principles for Guilt-Free Pleasure and Escape (Hazelden, 4/15) Your Brain On Yoga with Sat Bir Khalsa, PhD (Rosetta, Harvard Health Publications, 1/13) Women & Recovery: Finding Hope with Kitty Harris, PhD (Wiley, 5/12) Beautiful Brain, Beautiful You: A 7-Step Guide to a Better, Smarter, Younger You with Marie Pasinski, MD (Hyperion/Harvard Health Publications, 1/12)
Change One Thing: Discover What’s Holding You Back – And Fix It with Anna Soo Wildermuth
(McGraw-Hill, 8/09)
Lose Your Mummy Tummy with Julie Tupler, RN (DaCapo, 1/05) More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul (ghosted with bestselling author Rabbi Steven Z. Leder, Bonus Books, 1/04)
Date Like A Man…To Get the Man You Want with Myreah Moore (HarperCollins, 2/01) Men Are From Cyberspace: The Single Woman’s Guide to Flirting, Dating and Finding Love Online with Lisa Skriloff (St. Martin’s, 1/98)
Heather! An Unabashed, Unauthorized Celebration of All Things Locklear (Griffin, 10/95) Magazines
Woman’s Day, Family Circle, Elle, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, First, DuJour, Health Monitor, Recovery Today, Health Monitor, American Health, Spy, Country Inns, Publishers Weekly, Scholastic, Conscious Lifestyle
Blogs
AARP “Disrupt Aging”
Medium
Brazenwoman.com
TripAdvisor (“Tourist in My Own City” column has 35K-plus readers) Huffington Post (ghosted)
Showtime.com (monthly relationship columnist)
About.com (Southwest travel)
Courage to Change
Newspapers
New York Times Syndicate, New York Observer, Newsday Copywriter, Ripples USA, (Remote), 7/22 - present
Create web content; Consult with director on fundraising and marketing outreach for non-profit that gives African women tools, training, healthcare, education and other resources to support themselves and their families.
Publishing Event Coordinator, “Join the Conversation,” WSHU Public Radio, 2/11 - 2/16
· Talent booker for speakers/booksigning series for Connecticut and Long Island NPR affiliate, including Anna Quindlen, Andy Borowitz, Khaled Hosseini, Nicholas Kristof, Rosanne Cash, Robin Roberts, Jane Pauley, Willie and Bill Geist, Dick Cavett, Roy Blount Jr., Dave Barry, Joyce Carol Oates, Jodi Picoult, Elizabeth Gilbert, Mitch Albom, and Delia Ephron
· Scale up series from suggested-contribution events for 50 to 100 people, to venues with 400 to 600 paying attendees
Adjunct Journalism Professor (substitute), New York University, NYC, 7/13 – 7/15 Senior Account Executive, One Potata Productions, NYC, 9/94 – 1/08 Launch New York Times bestselling campaigns for Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Press. Clients include Grace Slick, Jose Conseco, Legs McNeil Restaurant Critic, Customer Satisfaction Institute, NYC, 9/96 – 9/01 Articles Editor, Woman’s World, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 8/93 – 8/94 Edit/assign/write features and columns for national women’s magazine (1 million circ.) Public Relations Manager, McCall’s, Working Woman, Sassy, Success, NYC, 4/88 – 8/90
· Conceive and execute promotion for magazines in national media
· Design press conferences and events, including “Working Woman Award” ceremony with keynote speaker Diane Sawyer
· Present McCall’s Humanitarian award to First Lady Nancy Reagan at White House for her anti-drug campaign
Publicity Manager, Conde Nast Publications, NYC, 8/87 - 4/88 Vanity Fair (EIC Tina Brown), Vogue, GQ, Traveler
EDUCATION
Ithaca MS, Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, NYC (High Honors) BA, English Literature, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY (Dean’s List) Ithaca College London Center, London, England
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
Pulitzer Fellowship, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Alfred I. du Pont Fellow for Broadcast Journalism, Columbia University MADD Media Award (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) for Family Circle article Jean Ennis Scholarship Award, New York University Publishing Course Alternate, Helen Malloch Scholarship, National Federation of Press Women PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) New York Women’s Media Group
Gotham Ghostwriters/Kevin Anderson Ghostwriters/Reedsy/Freelancers Union International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets
The World’s Who’s Who of Women
Who’s Who in America