I am a writer, editor and content producer for publications, websites and businesses, exploring a vast range of material from fashion trends to advancements in neuroscience. I am a lover of smart ideas with a passion for telling a good story.
Overview
Julia Savacool is a writer and editor in New York City, covering topics of fashion, fitness, health, wellness, and lifestyle. She is the Deputy Editor of HealthCentral and formerly a senior editor at Barneys New York, Articles Director of Fitness magazine and Deputy Editor at Marie Claire. She has written for Men’s Health, Women’s Health, ESPN, and The New York Times, among others. She is the author of The World Has Curves (Rodale Press).
Savacool’s stories have won the United Nations Friends of the World Food Program Media Award, the NARAL Pro-Choice Media Award, and the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women Humanitarian Award for domestic violence coverage. She created the first-ever fashion feature photographed at the United Nations in New York City.
Her enthusiasm for sports and the performing arts began at an early age as a nationally competitive figure skater. She attended the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, NY, before heading to Wesleyan University where she majored in Classics and Dance. Savacool is a passionate sailor who double-handed her way from New York City to Bermuda and back, and an avid runner who has completed more than a dozen marathons.