: About Me

My name is James Zipadelli. I have been a freelance writer since November 2007. I have freelanced for Mass High Tech, the Allston-Brighton Tab, the entertainment magazine the Weekly Dig, and the Web company Targeted News Service. I interned at the daily newspaper BostonNOW.

My background is in local news, higher education, health topics, Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports and surveys. My goal is to someday cover Congress in Washington, D.C.

I have been a Web administrator on the message boards Loungeforums.com and norom.com. I have experience with content management systems, blogging experience and creating slideshows with Soundslides. I also have a year of radio experience at WERS-FM in Boston, where I co-hosted a show called "Poli-talk."

I am a proud graduate of the University of Connecticut, where I majored in journalism and political science. I also hold a Master's degree in Print and Multimedia Journalism from Emerson College in Boston.

My passion is ...

writing, debating and politics

I know too much about ...

I am always learning new things. You can never know too much about something.

My parents always told me ...

to do my best

My childhood ambition ...

I originally wanted to be a meterologist

My favorite memory ...

That's tough.

Why I write ...

I enjoy writing and couldn't imagine life without it.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

washingtonpost.com

My first job ...

I worked at a local nursing home.

My best moment ...

When I interviewed my former college president

My inspiration ...

Dad

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Millions of Americans take health supplements, but the National Health Interview Survey, conducted in 2007 by the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine and the National Center for Health Statistics shows just how widespread health supplements are. Here are some of the ten most popular health supplements. Fish Oil/Omega 3 was used the most. Almost 4 in 10 respondents to the NCCAM survey reported using it. The American Heart Association says this fish oil is good for your heart. Their recommendation for people without coronary heart disease is to eat fish twice a week, w...

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