Echo Montgomery Garrett has joined ATLANTA WOMAN Magazine--recently named Best Overall Magazine of 2004 by the Magazine Association of the Southeast--as its new editor-in-chief. Garrett, who has written for more than 75 national publications, brings 22 years of print journalism experience to the job.
(PRWEB) August 17, 2004 -- Echo Montgomery Garrett has been named Editor-in-Chief of Atlanta Woman magazine, winner of numerous coveted industry awards since its March 2002 inception--most recently the 2004 Grand Gamma Award from the Magazine Association of the Southeast. Says Garrett, Our mission is to highlight the accomplishments and give voice to the concerns of leading women in Metro Atlanta. Atlanta Woman will continue to cover thought-provoking, inspiring and compelling stories that are relevant to our lives as women in this city."
Publisher Rita Owens says, Were excited about the level of journalistic expertise and passion that Echo brings to Atlanta Woman."
Garrett, an editor and writer whose work has appeared in more than 75 national publications including Business Week, Money, Chief Executive, and Inc., has specialized in covering entrepreneurs and business for the majority of her 22-year journalism career. She has also written several books, including How To Make a Buck and Still Be a Decent Human Being: A Week with Rick Rose at Dataflex (Harper Business).
Garrett, who has appeared on Good Morning America," CNN, CNBC, NY-1, worked as an editor at McCalls and Venture magazines for six years in New York City before going freelance. She was on contract as a writer with Money for two years and produced regular columns for Investors Business Daily and Management Review. Since moving to Atlanta in 1993, she served as a founding editor of www.biztravel.com and regularly contributed to The Atlanta Business Chronicle and Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles while continuing to write for national publications. Garrett, who grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, holds a degree in journalism from Auburn University.
A passionate supporter of childrens causes, Garrett wrote two internationally-award winning annual reports for Atlantas Ronald McDonald Houses and regularly volunteers with Hope for Children. She is a member of the Authors Guild, has been named in Whos Who of American Women and formerly served as treasurer of the Newswomens Club of New York. She owns See Level Studios, LLC, with her husband, Kevin Garrett, a photographer and writer, and resides in Marietta with sons, Caleb, 14, and Connor, 11.
Founded in 1997, The Leader Publishing Group, Inc., publishes three other local magazines in addition to Atlanta Woman--Business to Business, Catalyst and Atlanta Jewish Life—as well as produces custom magazines through its division, Leader Custom Media. Targeted to professional women who are leaders in their chosen fields, Atlanta Woman has increased its controlled circulation to 20,000 and now has a readership of 75,000 in Metro Atlanta, a 20-county area.
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