Wayne Worcester is a Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Connecticut. Over his career, he has held positions as a professor, writer, and editor. He has written hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles as well as several books. His areas of expertise include journalism, writing, and research skills.

1. Vita of WAYNE WORCESTER
Journalism Professor Emeritus
University of Connecticut
Department of Journalism,
365 Fairfield Way Unit 1129
Storrs, CT 06269-1129
Office 860-486-1117 or 860-716-0695
e-mail: Wayne.Worcester@uconn.edu or
wayneworcester@gmail.com
EMPLOYMENT
Professor Emeritus, Journalism Department, University of Connecticut, June 2013 to present.
Professor, Journalism Department, University of Connecticut, Sept. 1992 to June 2013.
Associate Professor, Journalism Department, University of Connecticut, January
1987 to Sept. 1992.
Writer/Editor, news features, Providence Journal-Bulletin, Providence, Rhode
Island, February 1986-January 1987.
Senior Editor, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass.,
February 1986-November 1983.
Feature Writer, Providence Journal-Bulletin, January 1983-November 1983.
Co-editor, Sunday Journal Magazine, April 1981-January 1983.
Feature Writer, Providence Sunday Journal, April 1980-April 1981.
Associate Editor, Sunday Journal Magazine, April 1979-April 1980.
Feature Writer, Providence Sunday Journal, April 1978-April 1979.
Copy Editor, Providence Journal, January 1977-April 1978.
General Assignment Reporter, Providence Journal-Bulletin, April 1978-June 1974.
Suburban Staff Reporter, Providence Journal-Bulletin, June 1971-June 1974.
Instructor, part-time, news/feature writing, Roger Williams College, Bristol, Rhode
Island, 1979-80.
Instructor, news feature/writing, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I.,
part-time, 1981.
Freelance Public Relations, audio-visual script writing, Maxthree Associates,
Providence, R.I. part-time 1980-81.
Contributing editor, Yankee Magazine, Dublin, N.H. 1981-90.

2. EDUCATION:
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1970-71, Masters of
Science, Journalism.
University of New Hampshire, 1965-66; 1968-71, Bachelor of Arts, English.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NEWSPAPER STORIES AND FEATURES
New Hampshire Drug Laws Differ From Almost All Other States, The Keene (N.H.)
Evening Sentinel, p. 1, Nov. 15, 1969.
1971-1974:
More than 700 news and feature stories in The Providence Journal and Evening
Bulletin drawn from suburban communities throughout Rhode Island.
1974-1983:
More than 500 features and news stories for virtually every section of the Providence Journal
and Evening Bulletin newspapers. Time period also includes three years as an editor:
Journal copy desk; associate editor of the Sunday Journal Magazine; co-editor of the Sunday
Journal Magazine.
11/83-2/86:
Responsible for editing and producing approximately 100 different issues of 10 separate
publications used by more than 5,000 sales representatives for New England Mutual Life
Insurance Co., now The New England, in Boston, Mass. Publications ranged from a
biweekly newspaper to newsletters, marketing reports and a bimonthly, color magazine
which regularly took top honors for content and design in national industry competitions.
2/86-1/87:
Several dozen major news features for the Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin
newspapers.
OP-ED PIECES
When To Keep Your Small Mouth Bass Shut, The Providence Journal, July 22, 1975.
Little Things That Do You In, The Providence Journal, October 14, 1975
Kitty Bitter? No, Just Clean, The Providence Journal, January 12, 1976.
Did Paul Bunyan Start This Way?, The Providence Journal, January 7, 1976.
Press Becoming Afraid to Tell the Truth, The Day, February 15, 1998.
MAGAZINE STORIES:
It’s Time To Rehabilitate the Greening, Rhode Islander, Oct. 19, 1975.
How To Build A 300-Year-Old Chair, Yankee, January, 1978.
How To Build a 300-Year-Old Chair, Review Magazine, October, 1978.
Farmland For New England’s Future, Yankee, October, 1978.
Are You Ready For The Winter of ‘79? A Survival Guide, Rhode Islander,
entire issue of 40 pp. Nov. 5, 1978.

3. Affection Creeps In On Little Cat Feet, Rhode Islander, Jan. 28, 1979.
‘Come Kiss Your Father Good-bye’, Sunday Journal Magazine, June 15, 1980.
A Loss Not Measured In Money, Sunday Journal Magazine, Nov. 14, 1980.
The Mystery of the Chalice, Yankee, December, 1980.
Apocalypse in Italy, Sunday Journal Magazine, Nov. 14, 1980.
Selling Antiques Is Never A Problem, Yankee, August, 1981.
The Professor Who Struck A Nerve, Yankee, August, 1982.
The Cop Who Took On The Big Boys, Yankee, March, 1983.
A Promise In Stone (short), Yankee, May, 1983.
In Love with Cellar Hole Roses, Yankee, June, 1983.
This New England: Little Compton, Rhode Island, Yankee, August 1983.
Lessons On Sail, Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England, Summer/Fall, 1983.
In Love With Cellar Hole Roses, Plants & Gardens: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record,
The Year’s Highlights in Gardening & Horticulture, Winter, 1983-84.
Sneak Raid On Oakham, Yankee, August, 1984.
Valentine’s Day Is Coming and the Business Is Flowers, Yankee, February, 1984.
Strongest Man I Ever Knew (short), Sunday Journal Magazine, April 14, 1985.
A Very Special Place, Sunday Journal Magazine, May 5, 1985.
Artist In Residence: Armand LaMontagne, Sunday Journal Magazine, May 4, 1986.
The Most Splendid Splinter (short), Yankee, September, 1986.
The Day He Didn’t Say Good-bye, Yankee, September, 1986.
Personal Glimpses, Reader’s Digest, August, 1987.
Pit Bulls; They Can Be Lovable, They Can Be Lethal, Sunday Journal Magazine,
Oct. 4, 1987.
Crumbling Treasure, The Providence Public Library, Sunday Journal Magazine,
March 6, 1988.
Who Shot Amon Jamiel?, A 5-part investigative series with Jack White, WPRI-TV,
Channel 12, Providence, R.I., 4/26/88 through 4/30/88.
Vo-Dyland’s Coolest Dudes, Rhode Island Monthly, August, 1988.
Dirt Rich, Rhode Island Monthly, October, 1988.
The Town That Thinks Pink, Yankee, March, 1989.
Postmark: Rhode Island, with Ken Frankling, Rhode Island Monthly, April, 1989.
How Could A Desk Possibly Be Worth $3 Million?, Rhode Island Monthly, June, 1989.
This New England: Bristol, Rhode Island, Yankee, July, 1989.
“Hell” a column, Providence Journal Sunday Magazine, July 23, 1989.

4. “It’s Not Right” a column, Providence Journal Sunday Magazine, Nov. 26, 1989.
“Real Men” a column, Providence Journal Sunday Magazine, Feb. 18, 1990.
“Our Estate” a column, Providence Journal Sunday Magazine, April 8, 1990.
“A Car” a column, Providence Journal Sunday Magazine, June 17, 1990.
“Three Songs and It Was Over,” Yankee, July 1990.
“Getting Big” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Aug. 12, 1990.
“180 Days” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Oct. 14, 1990.
“The Factory” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Dec. 16, 1990.
“His Deer” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Feb. 17, 1991.
“Cautionary Tale” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine April 21, 1991.
“The Minors” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, July 7, 1991.
“Sisters” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Sept. 22, 1991.
“Mervin” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Nov. 10, 1991.
“Whipple’s Promise,” Yankee, Dec. 1991.
“Confiteor” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Jan. 12, 1992.
“Caretakers” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, March 8, 1992.
“1954” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, May 3, 1992.
“Reserve” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, July 5, 1992.
“The Weights” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Aug. 30, 1992.
"Rock On” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Oct. 18, 1992.
“Journey” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Dec. 13, 1992.
“Zelda” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Feb. 7, 1993
“Long Gone” a column, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, April 11, 1993.
“Arms and the Man” a column, The Rhode Islander, May 30, 1993.
“To Teach” a column, The Rhode Islander Sunday Magazine, July 25, 1993.
“A Stand-up Guy” a column, The Rhode Islander Sunday Magazine, Sept. 19, 1993.
“Cowboys” a column, The Rhode Islander Sunday Magazine, Dec. 21, 1993.
“Prodigal in Search of a Lost Church” The Latin Mass Magazine, Jan./Feb. 1994.
“A Well-Kept Secret” Yankee, Sept. 1994.
“The Burning of the Swamp Meadow Bridge, Yankee, April 1995.
“Rock of Ages,” Yankee, Nov. 1998
“Rhode Island,” Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide to New England, Summer/Fall 1999.
“Rhode Island,” Yankee Magazine’s Autumn Guide to New England, Fall 2000.

5. BOOK REVIEWS FOR PROVIDENCE JOURNAL 1995-96
After Dark by Phillip Margolin
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Nest of Vipers by Linda Davies
Beach Music by Pat Conroy
Thank You For Smoking by Tom Buckley
Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Theodore Roszak
Montana 1948 by Larry Watson
Burning Angel by James Lee Burke
The Scout by Harry Combs
The Standoff by Chuck Hogan
Black Betty by Walter Mosley
The Memoirs of Pope John Paul VI by Tad Szulc
All That Remains by Patricia D. Caldwell
Gump & Co. by Winston Groom
Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum
Western Trilogy by Louis L’Amour
BOOKS:
Mysteries, Marvels & Nightmares, an anthology of stories, Yankee Book, 1987:
The Mystery of the Chalice, p. 56;
The Cop Who Took On the Big Boys, p. 132;
How To Build A 300-Year-Old Chair, p. 272
“The Essential Researcher,” (reference work for journalists and other non-fiction writers);
co-author with Maureen Croteau, HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. May 1993.
“The Monster of St. Marylebone,” novel published by Signet (November 1999)
“Arms and the Man,” essay in “Patterns of Exposition,” 16th edition of textbook by Robert
A. Schwegler, published by Addison, Wesley, Longman, (August 2000)
“The Jewel of Covent Garden,” novel published by Signet (December, 2000)
“Sweet Rewards,” short story in “And the Dying Is Easy: All New Tales of Summertime
Suspense,” anthology published by Signet (June 2001)
“Arms and the Man,” essay in “Patterns of Exposition,” 17th edition of textbook by Robert
A. Schwegler, published by Addison, Wesley, Longman, (July 2003)
"The Nobility of Craft," A Journalism Reader," Kendall Hunt Publishing, (2010)
"The Last Good Heist: The Inside Story of the Single Biggest Payday in the Criminal History
of the Northeast," creative nonfiction, with Tim White and Randall Richard, published by
Globe Pequot Press/Rowman & Littlefield, (August 2016)
BOOK REVIEW:
“The Alienist” by Caleb Carr for the Providence Journal, June 5, 1994.
“White Shark” by Peter Benchley for the Providence Journal, August 1994.
NEWSLETTERS:
Secrets of Great Writing, Second Takes, January 1996, p. 6-7, with Maureen Croteau.
The responsibilities of writing and reporting, Training Exchange, Gannett, March 1996
with Maureen Croteau. *