About.com Health Appoints Editorial Director of Health and Parenting, and Director of Nutrition.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- About.com Health (www.about.com/health), the second-largest consumer health Web site in the U.S. (February 2008 Nielsen Online), announced today that it has appointed two new editorial directors to its staff. Sylvia Barsotti has joined About.com as director of health and parenting, and Mary Hartley has been named director of nutrition. "Both Sylvia and Mary are incredibly valuable additions to our team as we continue to build an even stronger presence in the online health space," said Marjorie Martin, SVP SVP S'il Vous Plaît (French: Please) SVP Senior Vice President SVP Schweizerische Volkspartei (Swiss People~s Party) SVP Society of Vertebrate Paleontology SVP Social Venture Partners SVP St Vincent de Paul and general manager, About.com Health. "We are pleased to welcome them to the About family and look forward to working together to expand our health channel." Ms. Barsotti brings more than 25 years of editorial experience in both magazine and online publishing to About.com Health. In her new role, Ms. Barsotti will develop an editorial strategy that more closely links About's health and parenting channels, an integration that is desired by users and advertisers alike. Prior to joining About.com Health, Ms. Barsotti was editor-in-chief at Scholastic.com, editor of Adoptive Families Magazine and executive editor of Child magazine. Ms. Barsotti was previously senior editor at Family Circle magazine, where she assigned and edited education, parenting and children's features and earned numerous awards including the Educational Press Association of America Distinguished Achievement Award and the Benjamin Fine Award Honorable Mention for Outstanding Education Reporting. She earned a B.A. in English Literature and History from Drew University. As the director of nutrition, Ms. Hartley will be responsible for overseeing the diet and nutritional content on About.com Health's Calorie Count Plus site, a free service that provides guidance and support to dieters. Ms. Hartley brings 30 years of clinical experience as a registered dietitian to About.com Health. Most recently, Ms. Hartley has worked in the disease management industry at QMed and at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, where she developed health risk assessments and wide scale patient and physician-based interventions to manage and measure quality of care. In her spare time, Ms. Hartley has also launched an online nutrition practice to provide diet analysis, meal planning and nutrition counseling, among other services. Ms. Hartley holds a B.S. in Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition See also cheese; dining; milk. accubation Rare. the act or habit of reclining at meals. alimentology Medicine. thescience of nutrition. allotriophagy Pathology. from the University of Rhode Island History The University was first chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm, and the original farmhouse still lies on the campus today. and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. . About About.com Founded in 1996, About.com is one of the Web's leading producers of original content. The site's expert Guides provide users with accurate and unbiased information to help them live happier, healthier and more successful lives. In March 2005, About.com was acquired by The New York Times Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NYT NYT New York Times NYT National Youth Theatre (UK) NYT New York Transit (New York, USA) NYT New York Tribune ), a leading media company with 2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, which includes The New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. International Herald Tribune International Herald Tribune Daily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. , The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. This press release can be downloaded from www.nytco.com |
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