Specialization:
Janet Mizrahi teaches Journalistic Writing (107J), Writing for Public Relations (107P), Web Content (107WC), Business and Administrative Writing (107B), and Health Professions (109HP), as well as a course in the Science Communication track of the Professional Writing Minor, Science Communication for the Public (159B). Ms. Mizrahi writes a professional blog and reads contemporary fiction to excess.
Education:
M.A. 1977, UCLA, English
B.A. 1974, UC Berkeley, English
Bio:
I have been a professional writer for over 30 years and began teaching in 1997. I started my writing career as a journalist and wrote features, magazine articles, book reviews, and a medical column at the Los Angeles Daily News.
Later I worked in several other fields as a writer. In high tech, I was a marketing communications writer for a Santa Barbara software firm, Miramar Systems, and the managing editor for an e-commerce company whose focus was medical topics. I was in corporate communications for one of Tribune Company’s newspapers, where I wrote Strategic Plans, Operating Plans, Capital Appropriations Requests, Training Manuals, newsletters, and a Cable Television Franchise Proposal. I worked briefly in the film industry for companies including NBC, Viacom, Interscope, and others, for whom I wrote story analyses.
In addition to teaching, I am the primary writer for BizComBuzz http://bizcombuzz.com/ a blog geared to instructors of business communication. I have written three books on writing: Writing for Public Relations: A Practical Guide for Professionals; Web Content: A Writer's Guide; and Writing for the Workplace.
Publications:
Writing for Public Relations: A Practical Guide for Professionals. New York: Business Expert Press, 2016.
Web Content: A Writer's Guide. New York: Business Expert Press, 2013.
Writing for the Workplace: Business Communication for Professionals. New York: Business Expert Press, 2015.
Courses:
107B, Business and Administrative Writing
107J, Journalism
107P, Public Relations
107WC, Web Content
109HP, Health Professions
159B, Science Communication for the Public (capstone class for Science Communication Professional Writing MInor)