elana centor

Freelance writer. Son. Daughter. Dog.

Elana Centor started her journalism career, after earning a B.J. Degree from the University of Missouri School of Journalism, as a reporter for WWBT-TV in Richmond, Virginia. During her five years in front of the camera, Elana covered the courts, city government, and consumer affairs. She won an Associated Press Award for a documentary on Drunken Driving.

Elana spent the next 20 years writing for business: speeches, presentations, brochures, videos, direct marketing packages —you name it, she’s written it. Along the way, she has received numerous awards including recognition from the New York Film and Television Festival and the Direct Marketing Association.

Working on the inside has given Elana an opportunity to observe the politics, policies and performance of corporate America. While she has always taken her work very seriously, she has, at times, been amused and quite frankly baffled by the inner workings of business.

Today, Elana continues to write and consult in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors.

She is the author of the “Web Wisdom” portion of the Marketing Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations, published by the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation.

Elana is a regular contributor to the business section of the Chicago Tribune, Women's Business Minnesota, Pizazz (a magazine in St.Louis), and has had a couple of stories run on Minnesota Public Radio's Marketplace.