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GEORGE DE STEFANO

PROFILE
Writer Editor Editorial Director Accomplished writer and editor with numerous published works in books, newspapers, magazines, academic journals, and online. Broad subject area knowledge with an emphasis on culture, political and social issues, lifestyle and health. Possess direct experience in creating online publications and Internet marketing. Conceive, write and edit publications for general and specialized audiences. Earned reputation for special insights into the public fascination with organized crime; served as a consultant and on-air commentator for documentaries about crime-themed movies and television shows and popular perceptions of Italian-Americans. Writing Editing Editorial Direction Book Reviews Feature Articles Essays Television Consulting & Commentary Popular Culture Music Features and Reviews Print & Online

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE NEW YORK, NY 1999PRESENT DOHMH is a public agency whose mission is to protect and promote the health of all New Yorkers. Senior Editor/Communications Manager, 2010Present Plan, develop, and edit agency publications for dissemination to healthcare professionals and the general public: agency annual and triennial reports, research reports, brochures, newsletters, fact sheets. Ensure consistency of public health messaging across multiple platforms in collaboration with the Press Office, the Media and Marketing group, and the Digital Media office. Conceived, wrote, and edited reports on various public health issues, including a report on New Yorks successful efforts to prevent non-communicable diseases, which the Mayor of New York and the director of the World Health Organization presented to a UN summit. Director, Media and Special Projects, 19992010 Wrote and edited requests for proposals, policy analyses, brochures, fact sheets, and reports. Developed social marketing campaigns in collaboration with Departments media and marketing office. Reviewed and edited educational materials produced by Department grantees. FREELANCE WRITER, CRITIC & BLOGGER, PRESENT Contribute articles, reviews, and essays to magazines, newspapers, journals, and websites. Deliver presentations at national and international conferences. Serve as a consultant and appear as an on-screen commentator for PBS and The History Channel documentaries.

SELECTED PRINT PUBLICATIONS

An Offer We Cant Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America, Faber and Faber/ Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 2006, Paperback, 2007 Received numerous positive reviews from such publications as The New York Times Review of Books, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Boston Globe, Chicago Sun Times, Hartford Courant, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, The Buffalo News, and The Chicago Tribune.

CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR
Our Naked Lives, Contributor, 2013, Bordighera Press. Contributed essay, Fuori in Italia. The Essential Sopranos Reader, Contributor, 2011, University of Kentucky Presses, contributed an essay to a collection of critical commentary on the HBO series, The Sopranos. Mafia Movies: A Reader, Contributor, 2011, University of Toronto Press, contributed two essays to an anthology of film criticism focusing on American and European crime film genres. Mediated Ethnicity, Contributor, 2011, University of the City of New York, contributed the essay, Identity Crises, on treatment of ethnicity, race, and sexuality in US cinema.

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Is the Mafia Still a Force in America? Contributor, 2006, Greenhaven Press, contributed an essay, The Mafia is Still a Force in Pop Culture, to David M. Haugens book published by Greenhaven. American Voices: Culture and Community, Contributor, 2006, McGraw Hill, includes an essay, "UnGoodfellas," which originally appeared in The Nation. Writing in a Changing World: Writer's Guide with Handbook, Contributor, 2003, Longman, contributed an essay, Ungoodfellas and the Godfather Culture to a textbook published by Longman, UK. Witness to Revolution: The Advocate reports on gay and lesbian politics, 1967-1999, Contributor, 2000 Chris Bull, ed. Alyson Press, contributed an article (originally appeared as an Advocate cover story), The New York Times vs. Gay America. Reggae, Rastafarians, Revolution: Jamaican Music from Ska to Dub, Contributor, 1997, Music Sales Ltd., contributed an essay, Remember Reggae?

THE NATION
The Sopranos Last Song, June 25, 2007 (Interview with George De Stefano) Not Just Village People, December 31, 2001 Nativity Scene, December 18, 2000 A Day for Building Gay Rome, September 18, 2000 Ungood Fellas, February 7, 2000 Living La Vida Loca, September 6, 1999 The Homosexual Exception, November 2, 1998 HIV as Retro Virus, July 20, 1998 Homo Economics, May 5, 1997

SELECTED ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

POPMATTERS
Folk Rocks, March 11, 2013 Rockin in Ritmo, January 16, 2013 Dr. John: Insides Out, April 27, 2012 All Over the Map: GlobalFEST 2012 - New York, January 18, 2012 Enrico Rava: Encounters with an Extraordinary Tribe, November 30, 2011 Between the Groove Series: Rockin Chair Blues, April 7, 2011 May 23, 2011 Dances with Spiders: Italian Roots Music, With Bite, Comes to North America, September 1, 2011 Mambo Siciliano: 'Latinista' Roy Paci and His Band Bring Their Global Sound to America, October 3, 2010 Carmen Consoli: From Sicily, With Love and Rage, May 6, 2010

I-ITALY
Liberated to Tell the Truth: Interview with Democratic Mayoral contender Sal Albanese, March 14, 2013 Pizzica Indiavolata! January 24, 2013 Italian Diaries, January 6, 2013 On Roberto Saviano, Italy's Anti-Mafia Struggle, and Italian-American Anti-Defamation Activism, January 6, 2012 The Poetry of Politics: Italian Leftist Leader Nichi Vendola Envisions a Different Italy, November 19, 2010 Tano da morire: Singing, Dancing, Shooting, February 11, 2010 Roots, Re-Imagined: The Sicilian Jazz Project, January 25, 2010

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Sicily Rocks 'Bruccolino', October 15, 2009 Another Sicily, March 25, 2009 What Makes a Citizen? May 12, 2009

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Passion and Politics: Marco Bellocchios New film Reconstructs a Piece of Italian history, October 1, 2009

ROOTSWORLD: REVIEWS AND ESSAYS ABOUT MUSIC FROM AFRICA, EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS
Vincio Capossela: Marinai, Profeti e Balene; Rebetiko Gymnastas, 2013 Ry Cooder: Election Special, 2012 Antonio Castrignan: Mara la Fatia; 2011 Les Amazones de Guine: Wamato; 2009 Keletigui et ses Tambourinis: The Syliphone Years; 2009 Various Artists: Authenticit: The Syliphone Years, Guinea's Orchestres Nationaux and Federaux, 1965-1980; Bokoor Beats: Vintage Afrobeat, Afro-Rock and Highlife from Ghana; 2008 Levon Helm: Electric Dirt; 2010 Various Artists: Golden Afrique: Vol. 2: 1956-1982; Rumba Congolaise and Early SoukousVol. 3, 1939-1988; Jive, Jit, Jazz and Other Musical Styles from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia; 2007

MEDIA APPEARANCES

The Italian Americans, Consultant & On-screen Commentator, 2012-2014 Consultant to the producers of this four-part documentary series, to be broadcast on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in 2014. Interviewed on camera about published book, An Offer We Cant Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America and Italian American history and culture. The Godfather Legacy, On-screen Commentator, 2012 Featured commentator in a History Channel documentary on the enduring popularity of the Godfather films. Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies, Consultant & On-screen Commentator, 2008 Featured prominently in PBS TV documentary about cinematic and other pop culture portrayals of Italians and Italian Americans. Broadcast in all major PBS markets.

EDUCATION
Hunter College, School of Social Work Kings College M.S.W. in Community Organizing & Social Planning B.A. in English

SKILLS
Mac & PC AdobePro Social Media SEO Best Practices Online Research Chicago Manual of Style AP Style Book

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Authors Guild, Member National Book Critics Circle, Member