Out Week - Staff

Staff

During OutWeek's existence, Rotello assembled a staff of young writers and editors. For many it was their first job in journalism, yet a large number went on to significant careers.

Michelangelo Signorile became a well-known columnist, lecturer and author (Queer in America, Outing Yourself), and is now a popular talk-radio host on Sirius OutQ.

Arts editor Sarah Pettit became the executive editor of Out Magazine, then editor-in-chief, and then the arts editor of Newsweek, before her death from cancer in 2003.

Copy editor 'Walter Armstrong became the editor-in-chief of Poz Magazine.

Staffers Dale Peck, Karl Soehnlein and Jim Provenzano all became well-known novelists.

Columnist Michael Goff founded Out Magazine and was its first editor and president. He later became general manager of Microsoft's MSN, and Dan Gillmor's partner in early citizen-journalism effort, Bayosphere.

Staffer Victoria Starr became an author and the biographer of k.d. lang.

Production Manager Diana Osterfeld worked in Desktop Publishing (both creating magazines and training others at IMAGE Inc.) for many years before returning for a Masters in Architecture @ UT Austin. She is now in the process of becoming a licensed architect.

Reporter David Kirby became a NY Times reporter and author of a best-selling expose on the alleged relationship between mercury and autism, Evidence of Harm.

Columnist James St. James wrote the memoir Disco Bloodbath, later made into a 1998 documentary and a 2003 feature film starring Macaulay Culkin, both called Party Monster.

Advertising executive Troy Masters founded the New York weekly Gay City News and became its publisher.

Columnist Maria Maggenti is a highly regarded independent film director (The Incredibly True Adventures of 2 Girls in Love; Puccini for Beginners).

Rotello himself became the first openly gay columnist for a major newspaper (Newsday), later authored the best selling book Sexual Ecology, and is now a TV documentary producer/director for HBO, Bravo and other networks.