PMP’s editorial team adds Dr. Stuart Mitchell as technical editor

stuart-mitchellCLEVELAND, Ohio — March 25, 2013 — Pest Management Professional (PMP), the industry’s leading technical journal since 1933, has inked an agreement for Dr. Stuart Mitchell to serve as PMP‘s Technical Editor. Dr. Mitchell will continue to serve as Principle Technical Specialist for PestWest Environmental, based in Sarasota, Fla.

“Pest management professionals are in store for more technical gems from Stuart, or ‘Doc’ as we call him,” said Marty Whitford, Publisher & Editorial Director of PMP. “Doc Mitchell’s expanded role strengthens PMP‘s industry-leading technical team and enables us to move ahead with several key editorial initiatives sure to benefit the industry.”

Dr. Mitchell brings three decades of experience in the professional pest management industry to PMP. He has served as a technical specialist, technical director, consultant, expert witness, columnist, author, speaker, interim technical director for the National Pest Management Association (NPMA), Board Certified Entomologist (BCE), and the Entomological Society of America’s Board Certified Entomologist Director.

Dr. Mitchell is Board Certified in Family Medicine, Board Certified and a Fellow of Integrative Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine for Des Moines University, Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, and a Certified Medical Investigator. Additionally, Dr. Mitchell is Board Certified in Urban, Industrial, Medical, and Veterinary Entomology.

Dr. Mitchell joins esteemed members of PMP‘s technical team including, among many others, Dr. Austin M. Frishman, Dr. Doug Mampe, and Dr. Jim Fredericks.

As PMP Technical Editor, Dr. Mitchell will assist the brand by:

  • Writing two monthly columns: “Most Wanted” and “Dos & Don’ts”;
  • Writing quarterly cover stories for PMP‘s print edition;
  • Serving as a columnist for Direct to You digital media, PMP‘s custom/sole-sponsored technical enewsletters;
  • Assisting PMP in a series of digital media content and design upgrades involving mypmp.net, pmphalloffame.com, and The Buzz enewsletter;
  • Co-organizing and conducting PMP‘s new Tech Webinars;
  • Expanding PMP Books with new reference publications and training/certification tools;
  • Assisting with reader surveys, editorial calendars, special sections, supplements and show issues.

PMP readers and marketing partners can contact Dr. Mitchell at docmitchell@northcoastmedia.net or by calling 513-333-8923.

Pest Management Professional’s award-winning editorial team strengthened

CLEVELAND, Ohio – May 4, 2011 – Pest Management Professional (PMP) magazine’s award-winning editorial team has been strengthened with the hiring of two talented editors.

PMP welcomes seasoned journalist Will Nepper as PMP‘s Senior Editor. A 1997 graduate of Ohio University’s esteemed E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Nepper possesses 15 years of writing and editing experience.

“Will has the experience, editing eye and heart required to take our award-winning editorial team to the next level,” says PMP Editor-in-Chief Marty Whitford. “Not only has Will covered the pest management business, but he also brings with him to PMP a plethora of digital media experience, having served as a senior content developer for DigitalDay Creative Group.”

With the hiring, PMP becomes the only trade magazine in the pest management business with three full-time editors.

“Stay tuned: We’re now poised to take our recent, popular, reader-driven extreme print makeover to our Web site, social media and myriad other digital platforms,” Whitford says.


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