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Lynette Holloway

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Chicago-based writer and editor, Lynette Holloway, is best known for her eleven years at the world-renowned New York Times. As a reporter for The Times, Ms. Holloway covered many beats, including crime, and social justice. However, Ms. Holloway’s most famous project was probably her most difficult: contributing to the Portraits of Grief project, which created bios of every victim of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It took Ms. Holloway six entire months to interview all of the families involved. After appearing in The Times, the series, including Lynette Holloway’s work, was published into a book by the same title. Following the completion of the Portraits of Grief project, Lynette Holloway covered The Times’ music and radio news, interviewing celebrities and music industry giants alike. Lynette Holloway began her career as a general assignment reporter on the Metro desk and worked in the Brooklyn/Queens bureaus. She has also covered crime and worked at the City Weekly. While still working for the New York Times, Lynette Holloway also worked as a freelance journalist, writing for such esteemed publications as Essence Magazine. In 2003, Holloway returned to Chicago and in 2004 joined Ebony Magazine's editing staff, where she remained for four years. Following her work with Ebony, Holloway has contributed to several web publications, such as greenrightnow.com, a website which features environmental news and tips for greener living, and shopperati.com, a shopping website which covers retail tips and trends. Currently a contributing writer for Black Issues Book Review, Lynette Holloway is even working on her personal memoirs and writing a fictional murder mystery, which she describes as “sizzling”. Her duality as a journalist and novelist is praised. When she’s not writing, Lynette enjoys helping others through her work with various charitable causes. Currently she is seated on the board of the HOPE Foundation, a program through Northwestern Memorial Hospital which provides health care to expectant mothers with the HIV virus. Prior to working with the HOPE Foundation, Holloway sat on the board of directors for The Day School, a school which provides specialized education to impoverished children living with emotional and/or developmental disabilities.

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