Catherine M. Cassidy (b. 1959, Pennsylvania) is an American writer and editor. She is a former editor-in-chief of Prevention and Taste of Home magazines, as well as the author of Win the Fat War for Moms."Prevention Editor Leaving Rodale," in "Briefing." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, June 13, 2003, p. D1 (subscription required)."Losing for two," in "Shelf Help." Cincinnati, Ohio: The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 11, 2001, p. 27 (subscription required).
She is currently employed as the vice president of marketing by the Beacon Business Group in Wisconsin."Catherine Cassidy, Vice President of Marketing," in "About Us." Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Beacon Business Group, retrieved online August 5, 2023.
Formative years Catherine M. Cassidy was born in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States in 1959. She was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism by San Jose State University.
In 2007, she resided with her family in Wisconsin, where she was employed as the editor-in-chief of Taste of Home, an affiliate of Reader's Digest."The Taste of Home Baking Book." Danville, Kentucky: The Advocate-Messenger, August 28, 2007, p. 14 (subscription required).
Career During her editorial career, Cassidy helped to develop more than two hundred publications on topics pertaining to health, nutrition, and fitness. The former managing editor of FIT magazine, which was published by Bob Anderson and Runner's World, she has also worked to develop multiple books, articles and magazines.FIT, 1400 Steirlin Road, Mountain View, California, 94043, ISSN 0278-9760
Cassidy was hired as the executive editor of Prevention in 1997 and was then promoted to the position of editor-in-chief of that publication, a position that she held until 2003, when she stepped down to devote more time to her family. Prevention became the largest health publication and fourteenth largest magazine in the United States.www.prnewswire Accessed September 14, 2006Charest, Jack. "The Three Wise Men did OK after all." Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: The Times Leader, April 20, 2003, p. E1 (subscription required)."Prevention Editor Leaving Rodale," in "Briefing," The Morning Call, June 13, 2003.
In 2004, Cassidy was named senior vice president and editor-in-chief of Reiman Publications, a unit of The Reader's Digest Association with publications in nineteen languages and forty-eight editions sold in more than sixty countries.Kennedy, Sam. "Former Rodale editor moving to Reader's Digest subsidiary." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, August 17, 2004, p. 34 (subscription required). She oversaw Taste of Home, the largest food magazine in North America, with a paid circulation of 3.5 million.
Still editor-in-chief of Taste of Home in 2012, Cassidy oversaw a redesign of the brand's magazine in 2011."Bon Appetit, Ray's mags get makeovers." Lafayette, Louisiana: The Daily Advertiser, April 30, 2011, p. 22 (subscription require)."Search for holiday ambassador." Naples, Florida: The Naples Daily News, June 1, 2012, p. 4D (subscription required).
In 2017, she was hired as the vice president of marketing for the Beacon Business Group, which has offices in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin."Catherine Cassidy, Vice President of Marketing," Beacon Business Group.
Bibliography Cassidy, Catherine, Win the Fat War for Moms, 113 real-life secrets to losing postpregnancy pounds, (2001) Rodale Press, Cassidy, Catherine and the editors of FIT, Figure Maintenance (1983), Anderson World Books,
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External links Reiman Publications Talk with Audrey interview with Catherine Cassidy. Cassidy talks about traditional favorites and new classic recipes in her book, "Taste of Home" cookbook.