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Writing is turning one's rare victories and frequent defeats into MOOLA!
ANDY DAPPEN
2332 Westview Dr.
Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-663-7027 ph/fax
adappen@applecapital.net
JOURNALIST.
Award-winning journalist with hundreds of published articles in such periodicals as Reader's Digest, Ladies' Home Journal, Men's Health, Hemispheres (United Airlines), American Way (American Airlines), Harvard Law Bulletin, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, Travel-Holiday, Women's Sports and Fitness, Bottomline Personal, SKI, The Best Report, Skiing, Climbing, and Backpacker. Have served as a contributing editor to Rock and Ice, Powder, Bike, and Canoe & Kayak magaines. Formerly the boating reporter for The Seattle Times. (1985-present).
SPECIALTIES:
Adventure sports (skiing, ski-mountaineering, climbing, backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking); adventure travel (stories throughout North America, Central America, Europe, Africa), money issues (especially frugality and simple living), health and medical issues, environmental and wilderness issues.
AWARDS:
Two-time winner of the Harold Hirsch Award issued by the North American Snowsports Journalists Association for the year's best portfolio of ski-related journalism.
Sample Articles
WEB EDITOR/PUBLISHER.
Created the WenatcheeOutdoors.org website, a grant-funded, 501(c)3 non-profit promoting muscle-powered outdoor sports throughout Central Washington for the purposes of improving local lifestyles, enhancing public health, augmenting sustainable new economies, and strengthening local conservation efforts. Write or edit the content for this site, produce much of the site's photography, and write and manage grants funding the site. (2005-present).
MARKETER / EDITOR.
Write/edit press materials, website content, advertising copy, catalog copy, promotional brochures, annual reports, and user manuals for manufacturers, tourist bureaus, and resorts. Representative clients: Doctokr Family Medicine, Mission Ridge Ski Area, Apex Mountain Resort, Sheeprock Lodge, North Cascades Heliskiing, Wenatchee Visitors Bureau, ProGuiding Service, DairyFlex Software, Easy Rider Canoe and Kayak Company, Pacific Systems Corporation, Gnu Snowboards. (1990-present).
Marketing/Editing Services
AUTHOR.
Wrote three editions of Cheap Tricks: 100s of Ways You Can Save 1000s of Dollars (1990-94), a collection of money-saving ideas. Also wrote Shattering the Two-Income Myth (1997), a book highlighting the pitfalls of the two-income lifestyle and the economics of living on one income.
Books
COLUMNIST.
Creator of weekly Cheap Tricks column used by fourteen newspapers, including The Seattle Times. (1993-95).
BROADCASTER.
Specialist at KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle. Presented money-saving tips and strategies on The News at Noon Show. (1993-95).
OTHER.
New Products Manager, coordinating the development, acquisition, and marketing of new merchandise for Early Winters, a Seattle-based mailorder company with annual sales of $18 million (1982-85). Student Activities Director, coordinating the activities and budgets of student organizations and the outdoor program at Whitman College. (1979-1982).
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Andy skiing on Mt. Baker
Photo by: Martin Volken.
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