Gayle Goddard-Taylor has been a working journalist for more than 30 years, having cut her teeth as reporter, editor and cartoonist for her high school newspaper, The Greenhorn. She went on to write for her college newspaper at the University of New Hampshire and ultimately landed a real-world job on the now-defunct Claremont Daily Eagle. Starting out in obituaries, she soon shouldered the duties of reporter, photographer and editor for three sections. At her subsequent jobs as editor of the weekly Sentinel in Franklin, MA. and as reporter at the 25,000 circulation Attleboro, MA, Sun Chronicle, she covered virtually every beat imaginable from local and state government to education, business and health. Countless deadlines later, Gayle left the newsroom to launch a freelance career. Her byline is frequently found in Massachusetts Audubon Society’s award-winning Sanctuary magazine, where she can indulge her interest in nature and the outdoors, and in American Profile, which explores life in “Hometown” America. She also writes for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal’s national publication, Animals, on pet-related issues. On the corporate side, she has written for the Fidelity Investments employee newsletter and for Blue Cross/Blue Shield.