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Pepper Ballard
Pepper is a Hagerstown native, former Herald-Mail reporter and public relations specialist for The Humane Society of the United States, focusing on promoting the passage of stronger animal cruelty laws. She lives in Harpers Ferry, W.Va.
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Krista Brick
Krista is a freelance writer with more than 15 years of reporting experience. A graduate of Syracuse University, she started her journalism career on Maryland’s Eastern Shore before joining The Frederick News-Post in 1995.
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Joe Byers
An award-winning author and photographer, Joe has nearly 1,000 magazine articles in print. Born in a family who embraced the outdoors, he’s spent the last three decades depicting the thrill of the chase and the majesty of all things wild. He resides with his wife, Vel, in Hagerstown.
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Corina Campbell
Corina is an honor graduate of Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh. She currently is a senior consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton and enjoys traveling and shopping. Her idol is Peter Jennings.
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Kelly Z. Conrad
A freelance writer based in Hagerstown, Kelly worked for many years as a graphic artist and design editor at The Herald-Mail before shifting her focus to corporate communications. She has been managing editor of several in-house corporate magazines, and currently heads Conrad Creative Consulting. Kelly also holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology.
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G.M. Corrigan
wagginway@comcast.net
A former banking reporter and Maryland-based freelance writer, Mike just finished his first novel, “Chasing Chickens: A Love Story.”
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Stephanie J. Corum
www.theridingwriter.com
Stephanie has been a freelance writer for 13 years. She specializes in magazine articles and newsletters, but is also the author of the illustrated children’s story, “Goats With Coats.” An avid horsewoman, Stephanie and her husband, Donavon, live on a farmette in Williamsport with two horses, two goats and an assortment of cats.
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Norine T. Dagliano
301.766.2032
www.ekminspirations.com
A career management consultant and certified résumé writer, Norine manages ekm Inspirations, a consulting, training and résumé writing business in Hagerstown. She is committed to providing individuals with information, tools and techniques that inspire and guide them toward achieving career success. Norine has more than 18 years of experience assisting adults and youth succeed academically and vocationally.
She also has instructed credit classes at Hagerstown Community College and the UAW/GM Skills Center as an adjunct instructor for Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Samples of her professional work have been published in nine professional résumé books; she has also contributed articles to Quintessential Careers and Job Seeker Weekly.
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Ann Davis
Ann is a Greencastle, Pa., native and current Washington, D.C., resident. A literary Jill of all trades and semi-reformed stage performer, she works for a healthcare trade association while pursuing her masters in library science. Yes, they give degrees for that. No, it is not all memorizing the Dewey Decimal System and learning the proper decibel at which to shush people.
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Matt Edens
A writer for true-crime cable documentary series such as A&E’s City Confidential and Snapped on the Oxygen Network, Matt likes to take the occasional break from murder with magazine work. In between, he’s written everything from Saturday morning cartoons to funeral home commercials. Matt lives in a 130-year-old Frederick townhouse and is currently struggling with the sad realization he’s no Bob Vila.
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Susan Fair
Living in Washington County with her husband, a national park service ranger, Susan has written and photographed for the Carroll County Times, as well as regional and historical publications. She works for the public library system and enjoys exploring history, as well as the strange and offbeat.
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Deborah Smith Fiola
landscapeipm@hotmail.com
Debby writes the Grow-It-All column for Hagerstown magazine. She serves as president and senior consultant for Landscape IPM Enterprises in Keedysville. She specializes in landscape pest management, with expertise in diagnosis and maintenance of ornamental plants from an environmental, economic and pest perspective.
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Christine Miller Ford
Christine, a native of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, has been a freelance writer and editor since 2001. Before that, she worked at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and other newspapers big and small. Her proudest professional accomplishment so far: an essay about her infant brother’s death that appeared in the Style section of The Washington Post. Her greatest joys are her three daughters, Victoria, Claire-Elizabeth and Gwyneth.
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Jennifer Gabler
Jennifer lives in Greencastle with her husband and yorkie. With a degree in mass communication secondary education, she teaches high school English for the Greencastle-Antrim School District. In her spare time she likes to read, write, shop and travel.
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Austin Gisriel
Williamsport resident Austin writes often about baseball and recently published a book about the New Market Rebels in the Valley Baseball League.
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Lorraine Rehbock Halsted
Lorraine graduated with a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Kent State University. Before becoming a freelance writer, she worked at The Winchester Star for nearly 13 years as a reporter and editor. In addition to HM, she is a contributing writer for ShenandoahValley.com, and writes marketing and promotional copy for a variety of businesses and organizations in Northern Virginia, Western Maryland and the Shenandoah Valley.
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Katherine Heerbrandt
Katherine has covered news and views in Frederick County since 2002, first as a reporter for The Frederick News-Post and later The Frederick Gazette. She hosts Frederick’s Forum on WFMD radio, and has garnered numerous awards for her
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Misty Higgins
Misty is a 2001 WVU graduate in journalism and currently works as a freelance writer based in Winchester, Va. She has been writing professionally since 2003, and her clients include daily and weekly newspapers as well as magazines and advertorial work.
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Anthony Janni
Tony is a Hagerstown resident, born but not raised. He has a freckled muse, a beautiful daughter, and spends much of his spare time feeding his fat English bulldog.
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Nicole Jovel
Nicole is the public relations coordinator for Washington County Hospital. She received a bachelor’s degree from Towson University and an MBA from the University of Baltimore. A native of Hagerstown, Nicole and her husband moved back to her hometown to raise their two children.
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Arlene Karidis
Arlene is a freelance writer for multiple regional and national lifestyle, trade and business publications. Her passions in writing and in life are people, places and grabbing issues.
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Jessica Hilling Keil
Jessica received her bachelor of arts degree in English with a writing concentration from Messiah College. She is a mother, freelance writer and gastronome. She spends her happiest moments with her husband and family in the Appalachian Mountains of central Pennsylvania, where they grow organic hops on their farm (Flying Squirrel Organic Hops), and raise free-range chickens and Boer meat goats. She enjoys combing her love of life, food, wine and friends in her writing.
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Cheryl M. Keyser
Cheryl is a self-syndicated journalist who has been writing about aging issues for more than 20 years. She also freelances for several local newspapers and the American Antiquities Journal.
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Susie Sager Mason
Susie is a freelance writer who has previously written for The Herald-Mail’s former magazines, H.E.R. and Elegant Living, as well as a newsweekly in Northern Virginia. She is a former school counselor in Washington County, Md., and Fairfax County, Va., and has completed her graduate studies at McDaniel College in Westminster, Md. in order to become a licensed mental health therapist.
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Todd McElwee
Todd is a staff sports writer for The Washington Post’s Gazette family of community newspapers. A Hagerstown resident and native, he also freelances for a variety of regional and national publications.
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Jennifer Mellace
After serving as assistant editor for a regional publication, Jennifer is now home with her two young children. As a freelance writer, her work varies from marketing collateral to articles published in various regional and national publications, including Celebrate Gettysburg, The Frederick News-Post, Maryland Life and Today’s Diet & Nutrition.
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Bridget Musolino
Bridget received her bachelor’s in English from James Madison University. She has a background in instructional design and currently works as a freelance writer and editor. Her hobbies include photography, arts and crafts, sketching and cooking, but mostly she loves spending time with family and friends. She resides with her husband and four children in Waynesboro, Pa.
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Tracy O’Dowd
Tracy stumbled into professional writing shortly after graduating from Virginia Tech. The side jobs quickly morphed from a little extra spending money to a flexible way for a single mom to earn a living. Today, she is the owner of O’Dowd Marketing & Communications.
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Rachel Pappas
Rachel has written for multiple regional lifestyle magazines, trade organizations and healthcare blogs. She also has a blog of her own: www.1UpOnCancer.com. Rachel lives in Mt Airy, Md., with her husband. She recently became an empty nester but loves that she actually sees more of her daughter since she spread her wings.
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Cherie Pederson
A resident of Mercersburg, Cherie is a freelance writer who enjoys finding new ways to prepare healthy food for her family. Since “graduating” from the initial Engine 2 adventure in community wellness, she has added running to her exercise routine and is looking forward to competing in her first 5K.
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James Rada Jr.
James is an award-winning reporter who is currently the editor of The Thurmont Dispatch and The Emmitsburg Dispatch. He is also the author of four historical novels set in Western Maryland, including two set on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal during the Civil War.
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Jeffrey B. Roth
Jeffrey, who lives near Gettysburg, Pa., has won numerous national and state news writing awards, including a 2010 first place Keystone Press Award from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association for a news series chronicling the military experiences of World War II veterans. His work appears regularly in five newspapers and a number of magazines in both Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Jane Schmidt
Jane received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Moravian College. A former advertising manager for McGraw-Hill, Inc., she now is a freelance writer.
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Matt See
Matt received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from West Virginia University. A West Virginia native, Matt enjoys all things West Virginia — especially cheering on the Mountaineers and spending time with his wife, Katie, and their chocolate lab, Riley.
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Melissa Sheehan
Residing in Falling Waters, W.Va., Missy received a bachelor’s in Spanish from Shepherd University and, after living in Spain for several months, decided to pursue a career in publishing. She currently is a copy editor at The Journal, in Martinsburg, W.Va., and also works as a freelance writer.
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Carla Firey Shives
Carla is a full-time freelance writer. Her credits include publication in Home Business Magazine and College Bound, and six years as an editor for Woman’s World. When not writing, she enjoys hiking in the mountains with her husband.
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Arleen Shuster
Arleen is a registered dietitian and eating specialist who has been practicing in Hagerstown for more than 12 years. She received her Certificate in Training in Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management. Arleen and her husband, Paul, believe in the lifelong benefits of family meals. Despite a busy schedule, they have made eating together with their two sons a priority.
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Larissa Chace Smith
After four years in Austin, Texas, Larissa has returned to her old stomping ground of Mercersburg, Pa. She and her husband, Ryan, own and operate Chace+Smith Photography. Hailing from a family of writers and artists, Larissa recently received her master’s degree in ethnomusicology from the University of Texas at Austin, studying Jamaican identity and reggae music.
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Kevin Smith
Kevin is a newspaper veteran covering Boston, Philadelphia and Frederick County. A former teacher, he has worked on staff at the South Philadelphia Review and the Frederick Gazette and has had articles appear in Wine Business Monthly, Maryland Life and is currently the Maryland columnist for the Mid-Atlantic Brewing News.
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Charissa Beeler Stanton
Charissa is the public relations specialist for the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Washington County Heritage Area assistant for the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area. A lifelong resident of Washington County, she is a mom to two boys and an avid photographer. Charissa received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in College Park.
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Catherine Van Gilder
Cathy writes for national and regional magazines and has almost 20 years of copywriting, marketing and graphic design experience. Based in Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., she has a passion for old home restoration and travel, and takes a special interest in writing about those subjects. She is currently working on a book about local history.
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Joseph Weagley
Joseph is a poet, freelance writer and advocate of the local food movement. He is an avid gardener and does his own home canning and freezing. He keeps a flock of more that 20 laying hens on his property near Waynesboro, Pa.
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Greg Yost
Greg, a native of Dillsburg, Pa., who attended Temple University before graduating from The Pennsylvania State University, is a full-time public relations professional. In addition to writing for HM, Greg contributes to several music websites, including Country Standard Time and No Depression. Greg, his lovely wife, Cory, and their beautiful daughters, Madison and Tenley, live in Hagerstown with their cats, Mocha, Ziggy and Oscar.
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