Atlanta

HomeCare has promoted J.P. Pieratt to editor.

Pieratt joined HomeCare as senior writer in September 1999 and has contributed to many award-winning issues, including the October 1999 “Seeing Red” issue, for which HomeCare won the American Society of Business Press Editors' Gold Award for Best Feature Series.

As managing editor of HomeCare Monday, Pieratt spearheaded the newsletter's transition from a fax broadcast to an online medium.

Subsequently, during its first year as an online publication, HomeCare Monday in 2001 won the American Society of Health Publication Editors Gold Award for Best Online Newsletter.

“J.P. has a long-term, advocacy-oriented commitment to the home care industry,” said HomeCare's publisher, Paisley Stevens.

And the magazine's group publisher, Gregg Herring, called Pieratt “a vital part of the successful move of the editorial function of HomeCare from Malibu to Atlanta.

“He is our link to the past editorial success of the magazine,” Herring continued. “Under his leadership, HomeCare has once again taken its rightful position as the premiere magazine in home health care.”

Before joining HomeCare's staff, Pieratt worked for four years as an assistant editor and editor of two transportation industry trade magazines.

He graduated from Auburn University, Auburn, Ala., in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in corporate journalism.

HomeCare's editorial staff also includes Paula Patch, assistant editor; Brook Raflo, senior writer; Wes Clark, art director; and Bill Wolpin, editorial director.

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