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Ms. Virginia H Gerhart
Senior Editor & Writer
Marketing & Media Services

PLEASE NOTE: Ms. Gerhart is no longer affiliated with the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Please address any questions or concerns to the appropriate section listed above.

Ginny, who writes and edits News Bites, the college's monthly eNewsletter, specializes in writing content for the web. A writer/editor for the college since 1997, she enjoys the challenge of working on large, complex projects such as "Total Crop Management for Greenhouse Production," a manual for commercial plant growers. Another challenge has been creating and delivering yearly workshops for educators on writing successfully for your audience.

One of the things she likes best about her job is working with authors. She derives a lot of satisfaction from being able to help writers reach their audiences succinctly and gracefully. She may have reached that goal with "General Forestry Correspondence Course," which was awarded Best Forestry Publication-2000 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Woodland Owners Association.

Before coming to the University, Ginny worked mostly in the business world. In the distant past were stints with CBS News and The New York Times, when she lived in New York City. More recently--since moving to Maryland--she worked as a freelance editor.

Ginny, whose grown son lives in Hawaii, lives with her husband in Baltimore in a converted warehouse he promises to someday finish renovating.