Joe Kelly (author)
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Joe Kelly is the co-founder of the first national advocacy nonprofit for fathers and daughters in the United States, Dads and Daughters
(DADs). The group was founded in 1999 with Michael Kieschnick. DADs owns the newsletter Daughters: For Parents of Girls.
A journalist by training, Kelly is an award-winning national speaker and primary media source on fathering, and an author specializing in family issues and has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including The Today Show, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation
, Time
, People
, New York Times, USA Today
, and Wall Street Journal. He also co-authors, ghostwrites
and provides consulting services for authors.
Before working on girls’ and fathering issues, Kelly was a reporter, producer, and regional news director for Minnesota Public Radio
. In his 20s, he worked as an actor with the Nebraska Theater Caravan at the Omaha Community Playhouse
.
In 1993, Nancy Gruver, his wife founded New Moon
: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams, edited by girls 8 to 14 years old.
in 1954, Kelly grew up in Ohio
and Southern New Jersey. He attended LeMoyne College and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Superior
. He and his wife have twin daughters, born in 1980.
Dads and Daughters
Dads and Daughters is a lobbying group that seeks to remove media stereotypes that negatively typecast fathers and girls. In 1999, Joe Kelly and Michael Kieschnick founded the group, which has since attracted 2,000 members...
(DADs). The group was founded in 1999 with Michael Kieschnick. DADs owns the newsletter Daughters: For Parents of Girls.
A journalist by training, Kelly is an award-winning national speaker and primary media source on fathering, and an author specializing in family issues and has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including The Today Show, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation
Talk of the Nation
Talk of the Nation is a talk radio program based in the United States, produced by National Public Radio, and is broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. Its focus is current events and controversial issues....
, Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
, People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
, New York Times, USA Today
USA Today
USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
, and Wall Street Journal. He also co-authors, ghostwrites
Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written...
and provides consulting services for authors.
Before working on girls’ and fathering issues, Kelly was a reporter, producer, and regional news director for Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio , is the flagship National Public Radio member network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services, News & Information, Classical Music and The Current, MPR operates a 42-station regional radio network in the upper Midwest serving over 8 million people...
. In his 20s, he worked as an actor with the Nebraska Theater Caravan at the Omaha Community Playhouse
Omaha Community Playhouse
The Omaha Community Playhouse, located at 6915 Cass Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, is a nationally recognized community theater.Founded in 1924, the Playhouse's first president was Alan McDonald, architect of the Joslyn Art Museum, and its first play, directed by Greg Foley in April...
.
Publications
Kelly also wrote the play This Horse of a Body of Mine (an adaptation of the short story by Norbert Bly) and co-edited four nonfiction books for girls.In 1993, Nancy Gruver, his wife founded New Moon
New Moon (magazine)
New Moon is a magazine intended for girls aged 8–12 years old. It is published in Duluth, Minnesota, United States on a bi-monthly basis by New Moon Girl Media. -Background:...
: The Magazine for Girls and Their Dreams, edited by girls 8 to 14 years old.
Awards and recognition
- Parenting magazine’s 1995 Parenting Achievement Award: 1995 with wife Nancy Gruver
- iParenting.com’s Dad of the Year: 2001
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Father of the Year: 2004 - Eating Disorders Coalition’s Activist of the Year award: 2004
- New MoonNew Moon (magazine)New Moon is a magazine intended for girls aged 8–12 years old. It is published in Duluth, Minnesota, United States on a bi-monthly basis by New Moon Girl Media. -Background:...
is the only child-edited publication to win the Parent’s Choice Foundation Gold Award multiple times.
Personal
Born in northern New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
in 1954, Kelly grew up in Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
and Southern New Jersey. He attended LeMoyne College and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Superior
University of Wisconsin–Superior
The University of Wisconsin–Superior is a public university located in Superior, Wisconsin. UW–Superior grants bachelor's, master's, and specialist's degrees...
. He and his wife have twin daughters, born in 1980.