Anita Sharpe

Current

• Founder and CEO at GeniusSuite

Past

• Co-founder at Motto Media
• Writer for the Wall Street Journal at Dow Jones
• Editor at Atlanta Business Chronicle

• Editor at Atlanta Buiness Chronicle

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Education

• North Springs
• Vanderbilt University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Company

Anita Sharpe’s Summary

Anita Sharpe is a writer, editor and media entrepreneur whose award-winning reporting has consistently been at the forefront of social and cultural issues. As a health care writer for the Wall Street Journal, Sharpe was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for its coverage of AIDS. Before that, as editor of the Atlanta Business Chronicle, she directed coverage that twice won the national Gerald Loeb Award, the most prestigious award in financial journalism; in addition, she was an individual Loeb finalist for her coverage of the small loan industry.

Sharpe left WSJ to co-found a media company which created a ground-breaking national magazine (called Worthwhile and later rechristened Motto) that was featured in the Washington Post, the New York Times and on CNN, among numerous other media outlets. Following that, she launched a new media company called GeniusSuite.

She is a frequent speaker and panel moderator at such national events as the Pennsylvania Governor’s Council on Women, the Forte Foundation and West Coast Green.

A magna cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University, Sharpe lives in Atlanta.

Anita Sharpe’s Specialties:

Investigative reporting/finding information; writing; asking the right questions; analyzing and framing the answers; creating compelling media.

Anita Sharpe’s Experience

• Founder and CEO

  GeniusSuite

  (Online Media industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  GeniusSuite extracts, captures and frames individual genius inside organizations.

• Co-founder

  Motto Media

  (Media Production industry)

  November 1999 — September 2007 (7 years 11 months)

  Worthwhile magazine, which later became Motto magazine, was a national business magazine devoted to working with purpose, passion and profit.

• Writer for the Wall Street Journal

  Dow Jones

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DJ; Publishing industry)

  July 1993 — January 1999 (5 years 7 months)

• Editor

  Atlanta Business Chronicle

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  January 1986 — July 1993 (7 years 7 months)

• Editor

  Atlanta Buiness Chronicle

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1985 — 1993 (8 years )

Anita Sharpe’s Education

• North Springs

• Vanderbilt University

  BA , English

Additional Information

Anita Sharpe’s Websites:

• My Company

Anita Sharpe’s Interests:

travel; music of all kinds; meeting interesting people; learning something new every day; conversations; creating and experiencing media; eating at great restaurants; biking; astronomy; photography; exploring; discovery; adventure; celebrations.

Anita Sharpe’s Groups:

Board member, the Link Counseling Center; former board member, NetImpact

•    Vanderbilt Alumni Group
•    Atlanta Wine Society
•    Like The Dew

Anita Sharpe’s Honors:

Pulitzer Prize, Wall Street Journal, National Reporting (team), 1997
Gerald Loeb Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle (directed coverage as editor that twice won the award; also personal finalist)

Anita Sharpe’s Contact Settings

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