Lee Kravitz Explained

Lee Kravitz is the author of Unfinished Business and was editor-in-chief of Parade magazine from 2000 until he was fired in 2008.

Scholastic, Inc.

From 1987 to 1995, Kravitz was an editorial director of Scholastic Inc., an educational publishing company.[1] He oversaw several classroom magazines, including Choices, Science World, Search, Update,[2] and Junior Scholastic.[3] He also served as director of new media and special projects for the company's 37 magazines.[4] Among the products and programs he developed were the Scholastic/NBC News Videos with Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric, "Write Lyrics!" with Elektra Records, "SuperScience with Molly and Bert", an animated distance-learning series on Georgia Public Television, Scholastic NewsFax and the National Student Town Meeting Series on C-SPAN.[4]

React

Kravitz came to Parade in 1995 to launch React.[5] He also managed react.com, a website aimed at teenagers.[6] React reached a weekly circulation of 3 million through 245 newspapers before its close in June 2000.[6] [7]

Parade magazine

On March 1, 2000, Kravitz became editor-in-chief and senior vice president of Parade.[6] At Parade, Kravitz worked on franchises such as "What People Earn", "What America Eats" and the Parade High School All-American teams.[5] He also developed the popular PARADE Snapshot and Parade Picks columns.[5] Kravitz commissioned articles by writers and journalists such as Mitch Albom,[8] Michael Crichton,[9] Bruce Feiler,[10] David Halberstam,[11] Norman Mailer,[12] Jack Newfield,[13] Gail Sheehy,[14] Jim Webb[15] and Elie Wiesel.[16] Among the national and world leaders he edited were Aung Sun Suu Kyi,[17] Colin Powell,[18] Bill Clinton[19] and George W. Bush.[20] Cover stories during his tenure included Parade's annual ranking of the ten worst dictators[21] and David Wallechinsky's "Visit to the Bridge to Nowhere".[22] The response to this article led Congress to rescind a $235 million earmark to build two bridges in a remote part of Alaska.[23] Kravitz's term as editor-in-chief and senior vice president ended when he was fired in 2008.[24] [25]

During this time, Kravitz also initiated cause-related campaigns with such organizations as the American Heart Association, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, HGTV, the Food Network, Research!America,[26] The White House Project,[27] Share Our Strength,[28] ABC Entertainment, and The Nature Conservancy.[4]

Education and awards

An honors graduate of Yale University[29] and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism,[30] Kravitz grew up in Cleveland, Ohio,[31] where he attended University School.[32] He began his career as a freelance writer and photojournalist, traveling to more than 40 countries.[33] He and the magazines under his direction have received more than 200 journalism awards.[33] In 1992, he won the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association for "'Scholastic SEARCH: The Bill of Rights,' an innovative publication using rich stories to illustrate how the Bill of Rights affects students' daily lives."[34] He was also awarded the President's Award from the Association of Educational Publishers for his contributions to that industry.[33]

Personal life

Kravitz lives in Manhattan[35] and Clinton Corners, New York,[36] with his wife, the literary agent Elizabeth Kaplan,[37] and their three children: Benjamin, Caroline, and Noah.[38] He is the author of Unfinished Business: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things, published by Bloomsbury USA.[39]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Printers Row Lit Fest Authors & Speakers . Chicago Tribune . March 15, 2010.
  2. News: In Fast-Changing World, History Textbooks Become History . The New York Times . October 31, 1990.
  3. http://www.publiceducation.org/board_kravitz.asp Public Education Network: Board of Directors
  4. http://www.leagueworldwide.org/index.php?option=com_events&view=aboutus&layout=section5&Itemid=106 GenerationOn
  5. http://www.parade.com/corporate/parade_history.html A History of PARADE
  6. Web site: Lee Kravitz Named New Editor of Parade Magazine. February 2, 2000. July 10, 2023 . Writers Write.
  7. Web site: Parade Publications Closes React Magazine. April 4, 2000. July 10, 2023 . Writers Write.
  8. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_05-13-2007/AWhere_Courage_Lives Mitch Albom Where Courage Lives
  9. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_12-05-2004/featured_0 Let's Stop Scaring Ourselves
  10. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_09-11-2005/featured_0 What We Must Learn From Iran
  11. http://www.parade.com/features/halberstam-children.html David Halberstam We Were Led By The Children
  12. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_01-23-2005/featured_0 One Idea
  13. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_05-02-2004/featured_1 Should We Let Boxing Die
  14. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_01_08_2006/Seasoned_Woman_feature The New Seasoned Woman
  15. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_09-12-2004/featured_0 A Message For Corporal Ramirez
  16. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_07-04-2004/featured_0 The America I Love
  17. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2003/edition_03-09-2003/What_Freedom_Means What Freedom Means
  18. Web site: What's Great About America: We Gave Birth to Independence. General Colin . Powell . July 5, 2009. July 10, 2023 . Parade.
  19. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_09-25-2005/featured_0 We Must Act NowPresident Bill Clinton
  20. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2007/edition_12-30-2007/What_Made_My_Year_Special What Made My Year Special
  21. Web site: Wallechinsky. David. The World's 10 Worst Dictators. March 22, 2009. July 10, 2023 . Parade.
  22. http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2005/edition_11-06-2005/featured
  23. News: Two 'Bridges to Nowhere' Tumble Down in Congress . The New York Times . Carl . Hulse . November 17, 2005.
  24. Web site: Palevsky. Stacey. 2010-06-11. Taking care of unfinished business: Former Parade editor devotes year to tying up his lifes loose. 2023-01-29. J..
  25. News: Halzack. Sarah. Lee Kravitz's "Unfinished Business," about a year of making amends. December 30, 2010. Washington Post. June 13, 2010.
  26. http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/AmericaSpeaksV6.pdf America Speaks V6
  27. http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/newsroom/releases/2006/PressRelease030306.php PressRelease030306
  28. http://www.paradeclassroom.com/DL/TG/TG_08282005.pdf TG_08282005
  29. http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2010_05/inprint.html books by Yale faculty & alumni
  30. http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/BlobServer?blobheadervalue0=inline%3B+filename%3D116_2007-Fall.pdf&blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobheadername0=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1165357669341&blobheader=application%2Fpdf Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism:Site Map
  31. Web site: Regina . Brett. The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. 2010-06-13. Author's effort to clean up 'unfinished business' something we all should consider . 2023-01-29.
  32. Web site: Karen R. . Long. The Plain Dealer. Cleveland. 2010-06-07. Emily Winslow brings 'The Whole World' to Hudson, and poets coverge on Coventry to kick off a busy book week in Northeast Ohio. 2023-01-29.
  33. http://www.daughtersandsonstowork.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=465 Lee Kravitz is editor-in-chief and senior vice president of PARADE
  34. Web site: American Bar Association: Silver Gavel Award Winners: 1990s . 8 . American Bar Association . July 10, 2023.
  35. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20100616/NEWS01/6160315/Author-will-discuss-year-of-reconnecting-with-people
  36. Web site: Home . millbrookbookfestival.org.
  37. Web site: Lee Kravitz. 2023-01-29. Goodreads.
  38. https://web.archive.org/web/20100613123212/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37451118/ns/today-today_books/page/2 Getting fired at 54 made him ‘do the right thing’ – books – Biography Memoirs – TODAY.com
  39. Web site: The book . My Unfinished Business . Lee . Kravitz . https://web.archive.org/web/20111022035546/http://www.myunfinishedbusiness.com/index.php?/book . 22 October 2011.

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