Sabrina Weill
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Sabrina Solin Weill is an American
journalist and online/print media consultant as CEO of Weill Media. Weill was formerly editor in chief of Momlogic.com
and Seventeen
magazine and has written several books, including the 2006 parenting-advice book The Real Truth about Teens and Sex.
for 4 years; the magazine was named Adweek's "Startup of the Year" in 2000. She previously was a senior editor at Redbook
and has served as an editor at the Scholastic teen health magazines Choices and Health Choices. Weill began her career as an editorial assistant at Seventeen, choosing letters for the “Sex and Body” column. She has appeared as an expert on parenting and teen issues on numerous national television shows including NBC
's Today Show and CBS
' The Early Show
, and in dozens of papers including USA Today
and The Washington Post
. ProjectAngelMom.com encourages person-to-person charity (or micro-philanthropy) by publishing direct-donation information for the real people behind tragic news headlines.
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journalist and online/print media consultant as CEO of Weill Media. Weill was formerly editor in chief of Momlogic.com
Momlogic.com
Momlogic.com is an American parenting website launched by Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television in November 2007. In July 2008, momlogic.com was named the most influential parent-focused blog overall by PR Week....
and Seventeen
Seventeen (magazine)
Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the...
magazine and has written several books, including the 2006 parenting-advice book The Real Truth about Teens and Sex.
Biography
She has a B.A. in creative writing from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She was the founding executive editor of teen magazine CosmoGIRL!CosmoGIRL!
CosmoGirl was an American magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. The teenage spin-off of Cosmopolitan magazine, it targeted teenage girls and featured fashion and celebrities. It was published ten times a year and reached approximately eight million readers before folding....
for 4 years; the magazine was named Adweek's "Startup of the Year" in 2000. She previously was a senior editor at Redbook
Redbook
Redbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.-History:...
and has served as an editor at the Scholastic teen health magazines Choices and Health Choices. Weill began her career as an editorial assistant at Seventeen, choosing letters for the “Sex and Body” column. She has appeared as an expert on parenting and teen issues on numerous national television shows including NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
's Today Show and CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
' The Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
, and in dozens of papers including 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 The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
. ProjectAngelMom.com encourages person-to-person charity (or micro-philanthropy) by publishing direct-donation information for the real people behind tragic news headlines.
Publications
- The Seventeen Guide to Sex and Your Body; Simon & SchusterSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
(1996) - We’re Not Monsters: Teens Speak Out About Teens in Trouble; Harper Collins (2001)
- The Real Truth about Teens and Sex; Penguin (2006) excerpted in Time magazine