Lee Kravitz
Lee Kravitz is the author of Unfinished Business and was editor-in-chief of Parade magazine from 2000 until he was fired in 2008.
Scholastic, Inc.
From 1987 to 1995, Kravitz was an editorial director of Scholastic Inc., an educational publishing company. He oversaw several classroom magazines, including Choices, Science World, Search, Update, and Junior Scholastic. He also served as director of new media and special projects for the company's 37 magazines. Among the products and programs he developed were the Scholastic/NBC News Videos with Bryant Gumbel and Katie Couric, "Write Lyrics!" with Elektra Records, "SuperScience with Molly and Bert", an animated distance-learning series on Georgia Public Television, Scholastic NewsFax and the National Student Town Meeting Series on C-SPAN.''React''
Kravitz came to Parade in 1995 to launch React. He also managed react.com, a website aimed at teenagers. React reached a weekly circulation of 3 million through 245 newspapers before its close in June 2000.Parade magazine
On March 1, 2000, Kravitz became editor-in-chief and senior vice president of Parade. At Parade, Kravitz worked on franchises such as "What People Earn", "What America Eats" and the Parade High School All-American teams. He also developed the popular PARADE Snapshot and Parade Picks columns. Kravitz commissioned articles by writers and journalists such as Mitch Albom, Michael Crichton, Bruce Feiler, David Halberstam, Norman Mailer, Jack Newfield, Gail Sheehy, Jim Webb and Elie Wiesel. Among the national and world leaders he edited were Aung Sun Suu Kyi, Colin Powell, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Cover stories during his tenure included ParadeDuring this time, Kravitz also initiated cause-related campaigns with such organizations as the American Heart Association, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, HGTV, the Food Network, Research!America, The White House Project, Share Our Strength, ABC Entertainment, and The Nature Conservancy.