Joan M. Thomas
Freelance Writer

Features Writing
Historical Research & Writing
Individual and Business Profiles


JTh8751400@aol.com
(314) 664-0193

"It's never too late to be what you might have been."
- George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans)


Books Published
Assignments Resulting In Published Works
Other Published Works
Newsletters Designed, Published and Edited

  • The Buder Banner, Buder Neighborhood newsletter - founder, contributing editor and publisher (2001-2006)
  • The Gate Gazette, St. Louis Gate District newsletter - founder, contributing editor and publisher (2001-2006)
  • NAWBO News, National Association of Women Business Owners Greater St. Louis Chapter newsletter - assistant editor (January 2000 - January 2001)
  • The AT&T Pioneers' Page, St. Louis Council, Chapter 129 newsletter- founder, editor and publisher (April/May 1996 - January/February 1997)
  • The District Spotlight, an AT&T District newsletter - co-editor (1995-1996)
Research Papers Written and Presented
    (All presented at the annual Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana)
  • "Baseball Fields and Battlefields" (2005)
  • "Baseball and America, a Timeless Love Story" (2004)
  • "Homerun Derby Verses The Pitching Duel" (2003)
  • "Baseball: An American Art Form" (2002)
  • "Why We Call It The World Series Instead Of The American National Series" (2001)
  • "Baseball As A Gender Specific Sport" (2000)
  • "Baseball As Religion" (1999)
  • "The Field of Dreams Mystique" (1997)
  • "Helene Robison Britton, Woman Suffrage and Baseball" (1996)
  • "American Culture Reflected In Baseball" (1995)
Presentations and Media Appearances
  • Powerpoint presentation on Baseball's First Lady to St. Louis area groups, 2010
  • Live interview by Teresa Woodard and Andy Banker about Baseball's First Lady on Fox 2, KTVI TV, April 17, 2010
  • Live interview by Christine Buck on KPLR TV about Baseball's First Lady, April 28, 2010
  • Live interview about Baseball's First Lady by McGraw Milhaven on KTRS radio, March 23, 2010
  • Live interview by Debbie Monterrey and Dan Gray on KMOX radio about Baseball's First Lady,March 19, 2010
  • Video presentation in St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports writer Derrick Goold's multimedia virtual tour of old St. Louis ballpark sites: "A guided tour of 130 years of st louis ballparks "
  • Interview by Paul Schankman of Fox 2 KTVI for the 'What's The Deal?' segment regarding the Gate District monument at Compton and Chouteau - February 2008
  • Live interview on the Emmet McAuliffe Show, Friday Night Fracas, on KMOX Radio, November 18, 2006
  • Papers written and presented at the annual Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana 1995 through 2005
  • Powerpoint presentation on St. Louis' Big League Ballparks made to St. Louis area groups (2005 - 2007).
  • Interview for Major League Baseball Productions for an HDTV Special on Major League Ballparks, 2004
  • Interview by Charles Jaco for the Jaco Report on Fox 2 Television, St. Louis, on St. Louis' Big League Ballparks, October, 2005
Education/Awards:
First Place Award for Research in the category Print, Broadcast or Public Relations
- 2004 National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest
Lindenwood University - St. Charles, MO
BS, Mass Communications, magna cum laude, 1989