PUBLISHER
Mike Panozzo joined Billiards Digest in 1980, after receiving his journalism degree from Marquette University. During his 26-plus years at the magazine's helm, BD has grown from a 48-page bi-monthly to its current 100-page monthly format with subscribers in more than 40 countries. He has served on the Billiard Congress of America board of directors and as president of the Billiard & Bowling Institute of America.
MANAGING EDITOR
Mason King joined BD in 2002 after more than decade as a print journalist and editor. His beats included law enforcement, courts, arts, real estate, and city government for such publications as The Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis Business Journal, and the Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World. He also has contributed to The New York Times and USA Today. He earned a B.A. in English from Columbia University in 1990.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Nicholas Leider received his M.S. in journalism from Roosevelt University in 2007. While in school, he worked as the news editor for the student newspaper, The Torch. After graduation, Nicholas participated in internships at The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Athlete Magazine and Billiards Digest, before joining the BD staff in April 2007.
ART DIRECTOR
Jenny Bradley joined BD in May 2005 after serving as head creative designer for Catch 22 Creative, a Milwaukee-based creative services firm. She graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2002 with a degree in graphic arts.
CONSULTING
EDITOR
George Fels claims that,
for
better or worse, pool has been his only mistress for 40-plus years. His
witty,
articulate monthly column, "Tips and Shafts," has columnists and senior
editors
from both The New York Times and Sports Illustrated in its
audience.
Having written among the best books ever in each of two categories (he also
co-authored two bestsellers on bodybuilding with Mr. Olympia winner
Franco Columbu),
Fels' fourth pool title, How Would You Play This?, was published
in 1998.
He was graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a double major in
English
and Speech; widowed, he lives in Chicago with his teenaged son, Sam, and
their
beagle, Moe.
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
Mike Shamos began
writing for
Billiards Digest in 1988, and contributes monthly with his highly
praised
"Chronicles" column, an illustrious and often unusual look into
billiards
history. A BCA Certified Instructor since 1997, Shamos has served as
Chairperson
of the BCA Statistics and Records Committee since 1990 and is currently
Chairperson
of the BCA Hall of Fame Committee. He frequently narrates three-cushion
videotapes
with Robert Byrne for Accu-Stats, has refereed national championship and
international
three-cushion matches, and has written more than 100 billiard articles
and three
books. Shamos is co-director of the Institute for eCommerce at Carnegie
Mellon
University in Pittsburgh and Special Counsel to Reed Smith LLP, a large
Pittsburgh
law firm. He has also served as an examiner of computerized voting
systems for
Texas, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
CONTRIBUTING
EDITOR
Robert Byrne has been writing for Billiards Digest since
its first
issue in 1978. His articles and six books on the game make him the
leading billiard
writer in the world. Byrne's Standard Book of Pool and Billiards has
chalked up sales of more than 250,000 copies, making it the world's dominant
book on carom and pocket billiards. In addition to his writing, Byrne is
also
the star of six successful videotapes on pool. Byrne has written fifteen
non-pool
books, including seven novels, one of which, Thrill, became NBC's
"Monday
Night Movie" in 1996.
SENIOR WRITER
Michael Geffner is a New York City writer whose work has appeared in
Details, The Sporting News, The Village Voice, Texas Monthly, Penthouse,
Icon, Unlimited and many other publications.
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