MJM Editorial

Associate editor and managing editor at a variety of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich publications (Food & Beverage Packaging, Hotel/Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Industrial Education). Managing editor, executive editor and editorial director at Racher Press, a New York City-based publisher of retail trade magazines (Mass Market Retailers, Chain Drug Review). Co-founder, co-owner, editor and publication director of Franchise--The Business Magazine of Franchising. A full-time freelance writer/editor and founder, president and owner of MJM Editorial Services, Inc. for the past 18 years, he currently edits three quarterly paid-circulation publications for Enterprise Magazines (The Franchise Handbook, Business Opportunities Handbook and Catalog Handbook) and is or has been a contributor to a wide variety of magazines, including: Adweek, Ambassador (the in-flight magazine of TWA), Autosound & Communications, Bank Systems + Technology, Brandweek, Business Horizons, Business Miami, Buyside, Chief Executive, The Christian Science Monitor, Club Industry, Coast, Consumer Electronics, Convenience Store People, Continental (the in-flight magazine of Continental Airlines), Contract Professional, Crain's New York Business, Crain's Chicago Business, Creative Living, Financial Advisor, Financial Planning, Food & Beverage Marketing, Futures, UAW-GM People, Home Office Computing, Journal of Business Strategy, Market Watch, Nest Egg, News Inc., Pipeline, Popular Mechanics, Prodigy's Timely Topics, Professional Collector, Profiles, Rehabilitation Today, Sports Illustrated, NTC Tomorrow, Union Plus, World Executive's Digest, UK & USA and Your Houston Business. He has also ghostwritten many articles for professional clients, ranging from the former commissioner of the Ohio Department of Environmental Protection to the chief executive officer of a major hotel chain. Those articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications under the client's by-line. Other corporate work includes annual reports, white papers, case studies, Web content and articles for Appraisal Economics, Bowne & Co., Fidelity Investments, FundQuest, Geller & Co., PaineWebber, Pitney-Bowes, Prudential, Sapient and others. His newsletter experience includes writing/editing entire newsletters and individual newsletter stories for clients that include: The Advertising Council, NYNEX (Verizon), Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna, Coast Federal Bank, Fidelity Investments, Geller & Co., Giddings & Lewis, Goldman Sachs, International Masters Publishing (a financial advice publisher), InterPro, MGM Grand Detroit, Select Energy, Prudential Retirement Services, ProBusiness Services and AllEnergy.
Click picture for a high resolution image.	Michael J. McDermott was a featured columnist in Crain's New York Business for six years and created its Small Business column, a feature that still runs in the weekly business publication. He regularly covered topics such as technology and key business sectors in New York City, including real estate, finance and insurance. He developed and wrote a regular column on retailing for Brandweek, a weekly business magazine covering the marketing industry. Currently, he pens a regular column—Creative Business—on business ingenuity for Creative Living magazine (a Forbes, Inc. publication) and is a featured columnist in the Work & Money section of The Christian Science Monitor.

Associate editor and managing editor at a variety of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich publications (Food & Beverage Packaging, Hotel/Motel Management, Restaurant Business, Industrial Education).
Managing editor, executive editor and editorial director at Racher Press, a New York City-based publisher of retail trade magazines (Mass Market Retailers, Chain Drug Review).
Co-founder, co-owner, editor and publication director of Franchise--The Business Magazine of Franchising.

A full-time freelance writer/editor and founder, president and owner of MJM Editorial Services, Inc. for the past 18 years, he currently edits three quarterly paid-circulation publications for Enterprise Magazines (The Franchise Handbook, Business Opportunities Handbook and Catalog Handbook) and is or has been a contributor to a wide variety of magazines, including:

Adweek, Ambassador (the in-flight magazine of TWA), Autosound & Communications, Bank Systems + Technology, Brandweek, Business Horizons, Business Miami, Buyside, Chief Executive, The Christian Science Monitor, Club Industry, Coast, Consumer Electronics, Convenience Store People, Continental (the in-flight magazine of Continental Airlines), Contract Professional, Crain's New York Business, Crain's Chicago Business, Creative Living, Financial Advisor, Financial Planning, Food & Beverage Marketing, Futures, UAW-GM People, Home Office Computing, Journal of Business Strategy, Market Watch, Nest Egg, News Inc., Pipeline, Popular Mechanics, Prodigy's Timely Topics, Professional Collector, Profiles, Rehabilitation Today, Sports Illustrated, NTC Tomorrow, Union Plus, World Executive's Digest, UK & USA and Your Houston Business.

He has also ghostwritten many articles for professional clients, ranging from the former commissioner of the Ohio Department of Environmental Protection to the chief executive officer of a major hotel chain. Those articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications under the client's by-line. Other corporate work includes annual reports, white papers, case studies, Web content and articles for Appraisal Economics, Bowne & Co., Fidelity Investments, FundQuest, Geller & Co., PaineWebber, Pitney-Bowes, Prudential, Sapient and others.

His newsletter experience includes writing/editing entire newsletters and individual newsletter stories for clients that include: The Advertising Council, NYNEX (Verizon), Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna, Coast Federal Bank, Fidelity Investments, Geller & Co., Giddings & Lewis, Goldman Sachs, International Masters Publishing (a financial advice publisher), InterPro, MGM Grand Detroit, Select Energy, Prudential Retirement Services, ProBusiness Services and AllEnergy.