Tom is a Philadelphia native whose 40-year journalism career includes radio, television, print and online work. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Temple University. He was a New Jersey certified EMT from 1999 to 2021 and served as a volunteer EMT on the Fanwood Rescue Squad in New Jersey. He is an AHA/ASHI certified CPR/First Aid instructor and a life member of the rescue squad. He worked in Philadelphia radio and television from the mid 1970s until 1991. From 1992 to 2007 he was a producer and senior producer at CBS News. After retiring from the TV news business in 2007, he spent 12 years as director of communications for Chelsea Senior Living and two years as public information officer for the borough of Fanwood. Tom has written seven books. His latest work, Wreck and Return, is the story of Griffin Ambrose, whose volunteer life as an EMT and professional life in TV news intersect leading to stress, self-medication and a disastrous turn of events resulting in a death, injured colleagues, jail and exile from EMS. He finds a path to redemption, however, as patients he helped in his 20 years as an EMT wonder if all the good he did should be erased by one mistake. Tom resides in New Jersey where he hosts a podcast on creativity and does freelance communications work.
