Alison Kittrell has been a working journalist for almost 30 years. She began in daily newspapers, and in 1981, as copy desk chief at The Kansas City Times, she handled the paper's ...ver maisAlison Kittrell has been a working journalist for almost 30 years. She began in daily newspapers, and in 1981, as copy desk chief at The Kansas City Times, she handled the paper's Pulitzer prize-winning coverage of the collapse of the skywalks at the Hyatt Regency hotel. In 1984, she began to focus on business journalism, taking a job as copy editor for Business Insurance magazine. In 1988, she co-founded Gaynor Communications, which specializes in a variety of written communications for the business world. She lives with her husband and three children in Skokie, Illinois.ver menos