We learn best through stories. Below are a few about me:
- I created and launched the Young Reporters Project to fit within the college curriculum while at Business NH Magazine. I taught students how to report and write stories and worked with them to edit theirs. I have published over 75 student stories online and in the magazine and taught over 100 students. The program was a finalist for the statewide leadership development award given by Stay, Work, Play NH. I now partner with Business NH Magazine to publish student stories written by my media writing students at the University of NH Manchester. I also adjunct teach media ethics.
- I designed, conducted and wrote a monthly CEO on the Go column, introducing the personal side of NH business leaders through interviews recorded on the run. I went running with over 20 business leaders and had more requests than I could handle. More recently, I collaborated with one of those runners, Tom Raffio, and his wife Ellen, on Stories from the Starting Line (Self published, 2023), a book about running in New Hampshire.
- I am an expert in writing and editing about finance. I have ghostwritten and edited books and articles on topics including options trading, investing, education finance and mortgages. I edited The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway by Adam Mead (Harriman House, 2021), the second edition of The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway by Adam Mead (Harriman House, 2026) and The Unlucky Investor's Guide to Options Trading by Julia Spina (Wiley, 2022).
- I am an expert on health care. I have written numerous stories, moderated an event for Anthem Blue Cross in NH and was chosen as one of 11 people to participate in a nationwide health care coverage fellowship in 2012 run by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts.
- I served seven years on the Derry School Board, the last two, during the Covid-19 pandemic, as chair. I now serve on the board of End 68 Hours of Hunger, which provides food to children nationwide over the weekend when school is out. I wrote columns about my time on the school board for Chalkbeat and The Boston Globe.
- I coach middle school cross country. Middle school is my favorite age because kids are learning about themselves as people and athletes. I love helping them develop athleticism and confidence while instilling the value of teamwork.
- I am a skilled researcher and reporter. I wrote a series of stories on the North Country economy and also a story revealing that NH data on crude oil exports created the misleading impression NH had nation-leading export growth. My stories garnered TV and radio interviews. You can read the stories and watch the interviews.
Contact me to talk about your project:
erika [at] eacohen.com
