By Craig McGuire

Samples of Craig McGuire's Work,

By Subject

During the course of his career, Craig McGuire has reported and researched on a wide range of subjects. This page provides links to find samples of his work, organized by Subject, including:

Advocacy: This page provides samples of news reports and feature articles that span a braod spectrum of events, from local community battles over quality-of-life issues and social services to national debates on Social Security and single-payer healthcare. From the perspective of the journalist, these are among the more emotional and fulfilling assignments. (Click Here for Samples.)

Alcohol & Drug Abuse: This page provides samples of news reports and feature articles that focus on the devastating effects substance abuse has on various aspects of society, as well as the ongoing debate regarding policies and practices to combat what is often viewed as insurmountable odds. The following samples span beat coverage throughout New York City to political wrangling in Albany, the state capital of New York.  (Click Here for Samples.)

Analyses: This page provides samples of in-depth analysis features — often the most challenging to conceive and write — that dissect multi-faceted issues and attempt to provide clarity to complex subjects. Such issues include: alcoholism, financial systems, deregulation of utilities, and more. (Click Here for Samples.)

Auto Finance: In addition to contributing to various publications while a staff writer for Royal Media Group (RMG) in New York, Craig McGuire also held the position of Managing Editor for Auto Finance News. As per the description on the RMG web site, "Auto Finance News is the nation's leading source for profit-making, insider tips and info on today's cut-throat world of auto lending and leasing. Full of proprietary and relevant data and exclusive market knowledge, Auto Finance News will get you what you want: more profits and marketshare, and fast. No other information source can match its lending and leasing know-how and insider insights." (Click Here for Samples.)

Brooklyn, New York: Raise on the West End of Brooklyn, Craig McGuire spent several years as a beat reporter and photographer on assignment encompassing all aspects of community journalism for this string of eight community weeklies covering various neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn. During this period in his career, he was assigned to write on all aspects of Brooklyn community life — including news, features, crime blotters, and photography. This pages includes samples of his coverage. (Click Here for Samples.)

Business Reporting: This page provides access to a wide range of samples of business reporting produced by Craig McGuire for a wide range of publications, including daily newswires, weekly magazines, newsletters, and more. (Click Here for Samples.)

Campaign Coverage: This page provides links to samples of Craig McGuire’s work exploring promotional and public interest campaigns. Those features that focus on compelling social issues — such as domestic violence, drug abuse, and drunk driving — that were particularly fulfilling to report. (Click Here for Samples.)

Case Studies: Craig McGuire developed a series of Case Studies profiling challenging projects performed by Microsoft Gold Certified Partner The Henson Group, Inc. (THG). They provide a systematic way of looking at the real-world application of Microsoft technologies and aspire to provide a sharpened understanding of why certain products are deployed to address business challenges. (Click Here for Samples.)

Community Beat Reporting: This coverage spans multiple publications and boroughs of New York City, based on several years of experience reporting on the inner workings and day-to-day occurrences of the most vibrant city in the world. (Click Here for Samples.)

Confrontations: From local squabbles to more substantive disputes, this section provides a sampling of news reports and features that illustrate Craig McGuire’s ability to objectively cover confrontational stories. (Click Here for Samples.)

Consumer Lending: While serving as Managing Editor for Auto Finance News for New York business publisher Royal Media Group (RMG), Craig McGuire contributed articles for publication for another RMG title, Lending Intelligence, which was both a bi-monthly print magazine and a daily online wire service, both targeted at professionals involved in all aspects of consumer lending. Taglined "critical insights and analysis for the consumer credit industry," Lending Intelligence is described as the "only publication for credit pros who want insights, not just information." (Click Here for Samples.)

Crime Reporting: This section provides samples or work that offer a glimpse at the darker side of society through the eyes of a young beat reporter, from a crime blotter covering some of the rougher neighborhoods in Queens to law enforcement policy and practice pieces. (Click Here for Samples.)

Education, Schools, & Children: The New York City Department of Education represents the largest public school system in the US, with more than one million students taught in more than 1,200 separate schools spanning all five boroughs of New York City. As a beat reporter for several local community newspapers throughout Brooklyn and Queens, Craig McGuire reported on a wide range of subjects in this field, including: community school board battles, budget crises, controversial curricula (such as HIV/AIDS education), and more. (Click Here for Samples.)

Energy, Environment, & Neighborhood Improvement: Craig McGuire covered a wide range of issues related to improving the world around us, from global environmental issues to local activists determined to reclaim their communities, one corner at a time. This page includes samples of his work, such as: the debate over bio-engineered foods, ramifications of deregulating the energy industry, alternative fuels, recycling, neighborhood graffiti clean-up campaigns, and more.             (Click Here for Samples.)

Coverage of Financial Analysts: Craig McGuire was recruited by Institutional Investor magazine to join a team that provide coverage for the magazine’s prestigious “All-American Research Team” and “All-European Research Team” annual feature packages. Institutional Investor Research Group (IIRG) develops detailed analysis of Institutional Investor magazine's published research team rankings covering the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. This page provides samples of his work for Institutional Investor. (Click Here for Samples.)

Healthcare & Hospitals: The majority of the assignment fielded by Craig McGuire in this area tended to focus on policy issues surrounding healthcare facilities and the delivery of services, including prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical, nursing, and allied health professions. These include: state and national healthcare legislation, community hospital facility expansion, alcoholism and drug abuse, and more. (Click Here for Samples.)

“How-To” Techniques: Craig McGuire became a regular Contributor to PR Week magazine soon after the magazine’s launch in 1998. In addition to news items, regional reports, campaign profiles, and full-length features, Craig McGuire has written a large number of “How To” Technique pieces. Addressing a particular activity, these Technique features provide detailed hands-on advice, as well as examples and testimony from successful professionals in the field. (Click Here for Samples.)

Human Interest & Good Causes: While crime and unrest dominate the front pages of many publications today, it is the uplifting stories of humanity that are the most fulfilling for a journalist to report and write. From the courageous Freedom Riders revisiting their harrowing 1961 protests that were an important part of the US civil rights movement to taking a picture of shy Latina in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, who had just given birth to the first baby of the new year, these are stories that make the pursuit of writing rewarding. (Click Here for Samples.)

Media & Entertainment: From how to land a mention on Entertainment Tonight to covering the coverage of topical media events, such as the Us Cycling Doping Scandal, the page provides samples of Craig McGuire’s work that focuses on Media & Entertainment. (Click Here for Samples.)

Nightlife Reporting: This page provides samples of Craig McGuire’s work — including editing, reporting, writing, and production — for a series of nightlife review publications. AtNight New York was conceived as the definitive guide to premium nightlife entertainment for young successful urban professionals. As Managing Editor (1st Edition) and subsequently promoted to Editor-in-Chief (2nd Edition, 3rd Edition), Craig McGuire oversaw a staff of award-winning graphics/product professionals and artists and team of New York-based journalists. (Click Here for Samples.)

Politics & Public Policy: Covering the news behind the news, Craig McGuire reported on a wide range of public policy issues, from their creation in the New York State Legislature to their impact on the streets of New York City. This includes sample of election coverage, battles over legislation, community backlash, and the movements of politicos. (Click Here for Samples.)

Profiles, Market Reports, & Regional Roundups: This page provides a range of samples of more in-depth features that provide the analysis of subjects that extends content beyond the initial spot news reporting. This includes: statistical analyses, market coverage, coverage of trends across geographic regions, profiles of rising personalities and policymakers, and more. (Click Here for Samples.)

Queens, New York: As Political Editor for The Queens Tribune, Craig McGuire managed political coverage, from breaking news coverage and community beat reporting through local/state/national elections for The Queens Tribune, a community newspaper (Circulation: 146,000+) serving the vibrant New York City borough of Queens. (Click Here for Samples.)

Real Estate & Housing Market Reporting: From rousing community board battles in Canarsie, Brooklyn, to interviewing the heads of some of the largest real estate companies in New York, this page provides samples of work by Craig McGuire focused on the business and realities of housing and real estate development. (Click Here for Samples.)

News of the Strange and Unusual: Every once in awhile, a journalist comes across assignments that are beyond the scope of standard reporting or, if they are lucky, downright bizarre. This page provides a number of samples of Craig McGuire's work that can be rather entertaining. (Click Here for Samples.)

Technology Reporting: It is the reporter’s duty to immerse himself in often sophisticated subjects and report on the fairly and objectively, providing an the reader with an authoritative view of a complex world. This page provides samples of Craig McGuire’s attempts to tackle a broad range of technology subjects for diverse audiences in varying formats. (Click Here for Samples.)