About Gail

I have a writer’s sensitive soul and a journalist’s analytical eye and throughout my life, the power of “story” has always resonated deeply within me. Everyone has a story — and I’m fascinated with tales of how people got to where they are, do what they do and the lessons they’ve learned and impart along the way. I am so blessed now to focus my energy and attention through Global Sisters Report on a special group of women — Catholic women religious — and their dedication to serving others.

Most of my career focused on economics and business — it was a way to understand the world. After graduating from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, I landed in South Florida and spent much of my adult life there, as a reporter for the Sun Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale, the Miami Herald and BusinessWeek’s Miami office, where I also served as bureau chief. I wrote a lot about white collar crime and one highlight of my career is knowing that my work contributed to some perpetrators serving time for their crimes and the loathsome way they preyed on the vulnerability of others.

For BusinessWeek, I also covered societal issues — immigration and health care — and traveled throughout the Caribbean and to Cuba from 1990 to 1996, chronicling the changes as the Soviet Union support dried up and the Castro regime reluctantly turned to some capitalist investment. Returning to the SunSentinel as the business editor, I helped lead our team to “Best in Business” awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers and other recognition. I’m glad to have served as president and governor of SABEW and have made good friends while “giving back” to my profession. I moved to Washington D.C. area in 2011 to join the Economy Team at Bloomberg News and had an amazing window on the U.S. and world’s painful economic recovery from the deepest recession in decades. I started and edited a global labor column for two years and thoroughly enjoyed the variety of stories about the issues surrounding the world of work — or people trying to find work.

I’ve often joked that I was destined to be a journalist, as I grew up on a street named “Lois Lane.” But first I was a writer — penning short stories and my first book in sixth grade — 106+ pages in a marbled composition book about a wolf-dog, loosely copied after Jack London. I was always interested in “big issues” — as middle school student writing reports about the loss of privacy (yes, even then) and euthanasia and abortion. Injustice tore at my conscience and still does — which is one reasons I now love writing and editing stories about Catholic sisters, as so many dedicate their lives to righting wrongs and helping others.