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Sharon Geltner is an award-winning former reporter and Jack Anderson intern. She was honored with a National Headliner Award for Outstanding News Reporting and was a top five national finalist in the American Society of News Editors' "Distinguished Writing" contest.

Geltner is now president of Froogle PR, a multiplatform media marketing firm on Florida's Gold Coast. She's won prizes for search engine optimization and is also an adjunct professor specializing in Internet publicity.

Geltner is also the author of the satiric Palm Beach novel, Charity Bashed. She is represented by Jane Dystel in New York.

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95% of content on the web

originates with daily newspapers.
(Pew Research Center)
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The USA Today [iPhone] news app

The USA Today [iPhone] news app

was downloaded 5 million times + times in 18 months.
(Gannett CEO Craig Dubow)
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