John Persinos Bio

Publisher/Editorial director
Aviation Today
jpersinos@accessintel.com

John Persinos has enjoyed a long career in the media. He has served as a staff reporter on daily metropolitan newspapers, including The Lowell (Mass.) Sun and The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel. He has worked on several national magazines, specifically as a staff writer at Inc.; an associate editor of Venture; managing editor of Campaigns & Elections; and editor-in-chief of Rotor & Wing. John also served as a press secretary to U.S. Rep. (now Senator) Byron Dorgan (D-ND).

John is the recipient of numerous journalistic awards, including the Royal Aeronautical Society's prestigious "Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award" in 2001, in the category of "Best General Aviation Submission," for his work on Rotor & Wing. He has co-authored a book, "Boston: In a Class by Itself". He also wrote a book on the media, "The Confessions of an Ink-Stained Wretch", published in the spring of 2006.

John holds a B.A. in English, an M.A. in English Literature, and an M.S. in Journalism, all from Boston University. He also completed the Davenport Fellowship in Business and Economics Reporting at the University of Missouri (Columbia) School of Journalism. John attended the Bell Helicopter Training Academy in 1998. He currently serves as publisher/editorial director of Aviation Today, the aviation web site maintained by the multi-media company, Access Intelligence.