Curriculum
Vitae
J.R.
Wilson
HISTORY
Freelance Writer/Editor (1992- )
President/CEO, Pollux
Communications LLC™ (1993-
)
Senior
Editor, Military &
Aerospace Electronics (2000-03)
Managing Editor/Creative Director, Today's Officer magazine (1992-93)
North American Group
Editor, Jane's
Information Group (1988-92)
Partner/President, California Sun
Stoppers (1986-88)
San Diego-based RV aftermarket manufacturing firm
Public Relations
Manager, Cubic
Corp (1983-86)
External Relations Manager,McDonnell Douglas
Astronautics Co (1979-83)
Reporter/Bureau Chief/Regional Staff
Editor, United Press
International (1972-79)
Newspaper Reporter (1970-72) Columbia Missourian
Springfield (MO) Daily News-Leader
Oklahoma City
Journal
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Web-based Publishing, Electronic Commerce,
Aerospace, Defense, Computers, Business, Politics, High Technology, Real Estate, Government, print magazines, Web
content, newsletters, newspapers, columns, scripts, editing, teaching
PUBLISHED WORKS
Magazines, Newspapers
AIR TRANSPORT
WORLD (US): Contributor (1996- )
AEROSPACE
AMERICA (US): Regular contributor (1994-
)
AEROSPACE
ASIA/PACIFIC (Singapore): Senior Correspondent-US
(1993-95)
ARMED FORCES
JOURNAL (US): Contributor (1987-2005)
AVIATION
INTERNATIONAL NEWS (US): Contributor (1993-97)
COMPUTER
CREDIBLE (US): Contributor
(1993-95)
COMPUTER
SCENE (US): Contributor
(1993-95)
COMPUTOREDGE (US): Contributing editor (1986-2005)
DEFENSE
NEWS (US): Writer (1997-99), Modeling, Simulation &
Training Technology Supplement
DESTINATION LAS
VEGAS (US): Features Writer (2001-02), Hotel/Casino,
Restaurant and Show reviews
FLIGHT
INTERNATIONAL (UK): Contributor
(1992-93)
HOMELAND SECURITY
SOLUTIONS (US): Contributor
(2003-04)
INTERAVIA
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY (Switzerland):
US West Coast Correspondent (1992-); North American Group Editor (1988-92 as part of Jane's Information
Group)
INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE
REVIEW (UK): Contributor (1992-98); Jane's North American
Group Editor (1988-95)
ISR
JOURNAL (US): Contributor
(2003)
JANE'S AIRPORT
REVIEW (UK): US West Coast Correspondent (1992-98); Jane's
North American Group Editor (1988-92)
JANE'S DEFENCE
WEEKLY (UK): North American Group Editor (1988-92)
MILITARY &
AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS (US): Senior Editor (1993- )
MILITARY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (US): Contributor (1997-2002)
MILITARY
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (US): Contributor (1999-2002)
MILITARY SIMULATION &
TRAINING (Germany): Frequent contributor
(1986-88)
MILITARY
TECHNOLOGY (Germany): Frequent contributor
(1986-88)
MILITARY
TIMES (US): Columnist (2001-05) Lifestyle Section consumer electronics reviews in Army Times,
Air Force Times, Navy Times, Marine Corps Times
MILITARY
TRAINING TECHNOLOGY (US): Contributor (1997-2002)
MISSILES &
MUNITIONS (US): Contributor
(1997-99)
PARLAY (US): Contributor (1999)
PM NETWORK
MAGAZINE (US): Contributor (2002)
SEA
POWER (US): Contributor
(1993-95)
SIGNAL (US): Contributor (1992- )
SPACE
MARKETS (UK): North American Group Editor (1988-92 as
part of Jane's)
TRANSPORTATION &
DISTRIBUTION (US): Contributor
(1997-99)
UNMANNED
VEHICLES (UK): Contributor
(1996-99)
WASHINGTON NEWS
BUREAU (US): Contributor
(2000-01)
Las Vegas Chamber of
Commerce Membership
Directory 2007 (US):
Writer
TODAY'S OFFICER (US): Managing editor 1992-93; a career journal
for US military officers, top quality writers and layout design were its hallmarks. Well received by readers,
but fell victim to the vagaries of the publishing business and ceased publication
THE TILTED MONITOR™ [aka NOW FOR
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
] (US): Bi-weekly
self-syndicated computer magazine column (1982-2005)
ONLINE/WEB
CONTENT
AEROWEB™ - Editor/Writer/Publisher (1994-98)
COMPUWEB™ - Editor/Writer/Publisher
(1994-98)
DEFENSEWEB™ - Editor/Writer/Publisher
(1994-98)
MILITARY &
AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS ONLINE (2008- )
MySAP - Web content provider (1999-2000)
WiredLounge.com - Content Editor (2000-2003)
THE YEAR IN
DEFENSE ONLINE (2008- )
OP/ED
COLUMNS
The Orange County
(CA) Register
San Diego
Union/Tribune
Springfield (MO)
Daily News/Leader & Press
BOOKS - CO-AUTHOR
[Faircount Media
Group, Tampa, FL]
The Year in Computing [2002-2003-2004]
The Year in Defense [2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008]
The Year in Energy [2003-2004]
The Year in Government Health [2004]
The Year in Homeland Security [2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008]
The Year in Military Education &
Training [2004-2005-2006]
The Year in VA & Military
Medicine [2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008]
The Year in Special Operations [2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008]
Army Space & Missile Command: 50th
Anniversary [2007]
Army Materiel Command: 50th
Anniversary [2004]
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: 50th
Anniversary [2007]
Delivering America : Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the
USO [2002]
The Department of Veterans Affairs: 75th
Anniversary [2004]
Duty, Honor, Country: The Bicentennial of West
Point [2002]
F/A-22 Raptor: Air Dominance for the 21st
Century [2004]
Fifty Years of ACSM: American College of Sport Medicine 50th
Anniversary [2004]
Fifty Years of Air Force Space & Missiles: Air Force Space
Command 50th Anniversary [2004]
Fifty Years of Excellence: US Air Force Academy 50th
Anniversary [2004]
The Modern National Guard - 100 Years of
Service [2003]
NASA: 50th Anniversary [2007]
Operation Iraqi Freedom [2003]
Peace Through Strength: Commissioning of the USS Ronald
Reagan [2003]
Serving the Army and the Nation: The US Army Corps of
Engineers [2004-2005-2006-2007]
Shield of Freedom: US Coast Guard
Annual [2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008]
Smarter Solutions for a New Millennium: The Official GSA
Yearbook [2001]
Special Ops: A Tribute to Special
Operations [2003]
Uncommon Valor: The 60th Anniversary of the Battle
of Iwo
Jima [2005]
Underway on Nuclear Power: 50 Years of the USS
Nautilus [2004]
USS Virginia: Official Commemorating
Program [2004]
US Army Materiel Command Yearbook [2004-2005-2006-2007-2008]
US Marine Corps: Creating Stability in an Unstable
World [2005-2006-2007-2008]
[Newsdesk
Media, Washington, DC]
Strengthening the Armed Forces: 25 Years of GD Land
Systems [2007]
[Woodhead
Publishing, Cambridge,
UK]
BOOKS - EDITOR/CO-AUTHOR
Asian-American Retail Yearbook, Faircount Media Group [2006]
Defence & Security Review 1999, Atalink Ltd., London
(December 1998)
Defence
& Security Review 1998, Atalink Ltd., London (1997)
Defence
& Security Review 1997
(co-publisher electronic
edition)
Defence & Security Review 1997, Atalink Ltd., London (1996)
BOOKS - AUTHOR
BURY ME NOT ON
THE LONE HIGHWAY, Thunder Mountain Press
(1994)
ONE IF BY
CONGRESS, TWO IF BY WHITE HOUSE, Thunder Mountain Press
(1994)
AUDIO/VIDEO
Industrial videos/commercials
(wrote, produced, directed, edited, narrated); UPI Audio; helped set up, write for and provided on-air talent for
UPI NewsTime 24-hour cable news channel.
PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT
Founded Pollux Publishing in 1993 to enable freelance writers to take
their work directly to the public via the World Wide Web.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of
Journalism, University of
Missouri-Columbia, School of Journalism (1971)
Post-grad,
California State
University-Long Beach Graduate School of Business (1981-83)
MEMBERSHIPS
Internet Press
Guild
American
Mensa
HTML Writers
Guild
International Association of Home Business
Entrepreneurs
Society of Aerospace Communicators
Las Vegas Chamber of
Commerce
Indepedent Defence Media
Association
Last updated 11/14/2009
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