About
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A professional writer for more than 25 years, Alice Roche Cody wrote a weekly column and reported for The Record (Hackensack, NJ), worked as a promotions specialist for Rutgers, taught college journalism classes and served as a media strategist for a local political committee. Currently, she serves as interim communications manager for the Foundation for Morristown Medical Center, a nonprofit whose mission is to inspire community philanthropy. Alice's portfolio includes features, profiles, news stories, cover stories, columns, grants, speeches, annual reports, donor wall vignettes, newsletters, essays, email blasts, brochures, video scripts and press releases. Her client list includes prep schools, sports agencies, universities, start-ups, soup kitchens, non-profits and foundations.
Alice also assists high school students crafting their college essays. A seasoned interviewer, she asks pointed questions during consultations to help students discover their story. Then she assists with revisions, helping students develop evocative and compelling essays.
A member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, Alice is writing a middle-grade novel about a 12-and-under baseball travel team. She’s a frequent contributor to The Rumpus. Her personal narrative, “A Sacred Gift,” was one of 60 essays selected from more than 100,000 submissions for inclusion in the book, This I Believe: On Motherhood (Wiley).
Alice also assists high school students crafting their college essays. A seasoned interviewer, she asks pointed questions during consultations to help students discover their story. Then she assists with revisions, helping students develop evocative and compelling essays.
A member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, Alice is writing a middle-grade novel about a 12-and-under baseball travel team. She’s a frequent contributor to The Rumpus. Her personal narrative, “A Sacred Gift,” was one of 60 essays selected from more than 100,000 submissions for inclusion in the book, This I Believe: On Motherhood (Wiley).