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9/12/07

Jim will oversee the editorial content of over two hundred regional web sites focusing on travel, sports, lifestyle & community profiles across Upstate New York & Vermont.

Jim Grant has been a travel and sports writer for over 20 years. His articles and photographs have appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines ranging from The New York Times, and The International Herald Tribune, to Sports Illustrated for Kids.

He is also a long-time contributor to Adirondack Life magazine. Over the years, his assignments have taken him to locations as diverse as Belfast, Northern Ireland, Hamilton, Bermuda, and the islands of the Dry Tortugas.
Jim is a graduate of the Syracuse University’s S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

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A Sampling of Jim Grant's Articles:

Lake Placid, Game for Summer - The International Herald Tribune - A travel feature describing Lake Placid, NY as a center for both summer and winter international athletic competition and the opportunities for tourists to interact with competitors preparing for the Salt Lake Games

Bermuda Recovers, Welcoming and Lovely - Selected by The New York Times to write this Sunday Travel feature detailing Bermuda's recovery from Hurricane Fabian, the worst storm to strike the Island in 70 years. The article included an Island-wide review of the state of the country's hospitality industry

Beyond Baseball in Cooperstown - The New York Times - A Sunday Travel feature highlighting Cooperstown's rich heritage of sport and literature

The Good Old Days of Saratoga Gently Restored - The New York Times - A Sunday Travel feature accounting Saratoga's gilded age, fall from grace, and renascence as a popular tourist destination

Adirondack Mountain High - Climbing in the Great Range - The New York Times - A Sunday Travel feature profiling rewarding, yet lesser known, hikes in the Adirondack Mountains

Winter Sports Invade Summer in Lake Placid - The New York Times - A Sunday Travel feature describing the unique manner in which Olympic winter athletes continue their training in the summer months, and the opportunities for tourists to view the training regimens of elite competitors

The Dry Tortugas, Reefs and Wrecks - The New York Times - A Sunday Travel feature based on Fort Jefferson, one of the country's newest and most remote National Parks, and the underwater archeology undertaken here to survey the area's many wrecks, some of which date to the 1500s

Skiing the Trails of Lake Placid - The Jack Rabbit Trail of the Adirondacks - The New York Times - A Sunday Travel feature describing the network of wilderness Nordic trails available for cross country skiers visiting the Lake Placid area

Contributor for sports article profiling the 1992 Barcelona U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Team -
The New York Times

Bobbin' for Gold - Olympic profile of female bobsledders Jen Davidson and Jean Racine
- Sports Illustrated for Kids - A feature portraying the leading U. S. Olympic medal hopefuls in a sport open for the first time to female competitors

Krissy Wendell, Natalie Darwitz, and Julie Chu - U.S. Women's Hockey Gold Medal Hopefuls
- Sports Illustrated for Kids - A feature profiling three of the youngest members of the U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey Team who went on to contribute to the team's silver medal at the Salt Lake Games.

"Hot Shots" profile on Lake Placid's Andrew Weibrecht - Sports Illustrated for Kids - A brief profile of one of the United States' finest young Alpine ski racers

"Hot Shots" profile of ski jumper Lyndsey Van - Sports Illustrated for Kids - A brief profile of one of America's most competitive young female ski jumpers

The Big Sweep: Curling, the Next Olympic Medal Sport - USAir Magazine (USAirlines) - A sports feature describing this little-known sport on the eve of curling's acceptance as an Olympic medal event

The Race on Ice, Luging - Delta Airlines, SKY Magazine - An inflight feature introducing the sport of luge to an American readership prior to luge's return to the Games as an Olympic event

Northern Ireland's Royal Ulster Constabulary (with photography) - Soldier of Fortune - Reported on British security efforts to counter terrorism in Northern Ireland. This article required activities ranging from interviewing government officials to patrolling sectarian neighborhoods of Belfast and Londonderry with British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary personnel

The Renovation of a Legend - Adirondack Life - An extended-length feature reporting on the potential for development and redevelopment of the former Lake Placid Club site, one of the Adirondack's premier properties.

The Longest Day - When the World's Toughest Athletes Test Their Mettle in Lake Placid - Adirondack Life - A sports feature profiling the grueling IronMan competition and the race's participants.

The Home Team - The U.S. Canoe and Kayak Team - Adirondack Life - A sports feature introducing the extremely popular European Olympic sports of canoe and kayak to an American audience

What About Bob? - The Olympic Games' First Female Bobsledders Head for the Salt Lake Olympics - Adirondack Life - A sports piece profiling a pair of U.S. Winter Olympic hopefuls

The Minute Menace, the Wooly Adelgid, Enemy of Adirondack Hemlocks - Adirondack Life - An environmental article reporting on the grave potential for the elimination of New York's hemlock population by an insect accidentally introduced from Japan

Spanning the Seasons: Winter Olympic Athletes Train Despite a Lack of Snow and Ice - Adirondack Life - A sports article describing how American winter athletes, through technology and creativity, maintain their competitiveness during the summer months

Finding Your Center - A Guide to Cross Country Skiing in the Adirondack Park - Adirondack Life - A travel feature reviewing cross country ski lodges throughout the Adirondack Park

Skeleton Crew: A New Olympic Effort - Adirondack Life - A pre-Olympic article presenting the sport of skeleton to an American readership

Gym Dandy: Inside the U.S. Olympic Training Center - Adirondack Life - A sports article profiling Lake Placid's Olympic Training Center, one of just three such facilities in the United States

Tundra at the Top: Preserving the Alpine Environment of the Adirondack High Peaks - Adirondack Life - An environmental article reporting on the replanting of portions of New York's most endangered alpine species

Here's Kate Smith (with photography) - Adirondack Life - A historic piece recounting the life of an American icon.

Luging Comes of Age - Sports Parade - An Olympic feature introducing the popular European sport of luge to an American audience.

Hockey Town - Adirondack Life - a profile of the $300-million youth hockey tournament phenomenon and the corporation's economic impact on Lake Placid.

Meet Meat - Adirondack Life - How a grass-roots philanthropic event achieved unusual success through savvy and humor in an area typically known for athletic competitions.

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