Helaina Hovitz Regal

Helaina Hovitz is an editor, journalist, author, co-founder, creative strategist and native New Yorker who has always had the unreasonable notion that she can help change the world.

Her greatest passion is writing inspiring stories about charities, social good, nonprofits, social issues, animal rescue, mental health, wellness, health and recovery, but she also writes about the lighter things in life, like lifestyle, culture, relationships, and food.

Her continuing bylines can be found in Forbes, Huffington Post, The New York Times, Salon, BuzzFeed, Greatist, Newsday, Teen Vogue, Glamour, Chicago Tribune, VICE, Thrillist, Newsweek, Prevention, Reader's Digest, The New York Observer, Bustle, SheKnows, Greatist, PBS's Next Avenue, Gothamist, SCENE Magazine, The Mighty, New York Press, Tonic, Narratively, WorkIt Health, Downtown Magazine, Nationswell, HEALTH, Upworthy, The Stamford Courant, The Advocate, Psych Central, Fox News Health, Ravishly, xoJane, Recovery.Org, amNewYork, The Lo Down, Tricycle, New York Post, the Downtown Express, Impact Hub, The Fix, Fast Company, Women's Health, Tasting Table, and Edible.

If you’re looking for ways to engage a social media audience with compelling content, create a campaign or story series, find the right words at the right time for branding or social media ad copy, and strategize media outreach, she's your girl. If you don’t know what your story is at any given time, she can help you find it—and make it great. She's helped launch brands with a bang, and believes that within any mission-driven initiative, company, or organization, there are multitudes of hopeful, positive stories waiting to be told.

She is the author of "After 9/11: One Girl’s Journey Through Darkness to a New Beginning."

She is also the New York City Restaurant Guide Editor at The Daily Meal.

Helaina is currently Director of Content and Community Engagement at GozAround, and runs her own blog, "A Hit of Happiness" and Podcast, "Hope Lives Here."

She previously served as Managing Editor at the Good News Network, Editor in Chief and Co-Creator of Affect Magazine, and as a Contributing Editor at Avenue Magazine. She Co-Founded Headlines for the Hopeful, a digital news service designed to spotlight the unique and innovative efforts put forth by people and organizations working to create a better future.

Most recently, she was The Editor of Branded Content at Upworthy/GOOD.

Helaina been featured by CBS, PBS Newshour, The TODAY Show, 1010Wins, PEOPLE, New York 1, WPIX11, The Atlantic, Psych Central, SHAPE, Epoch Times, CTV (Canada) Wall Street Journal, The Australian TODAY Show, VOX News, Scholastic Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Toronto Star, and The Washington Post.

She takes some pretty decent professional photos.

Visit her author page at https://www.facebook.com/HelainaNHovitz