Scott Cavanagh is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in nearly 100 publications. Cavanagh is president of Midland Avenue Communications—a freelance writing and media solutions company, founded in 1997. MAC provides high quality writing, editing, photography, reporting, research and proofreading services.

Cavanagh’s writing credits encompass over 1,000 articles and columns appearing in newspapers, magazines, trade publications and websites including ThisWeek Newspapers, The Columbus Dispatch, The Historian, Wired.net, The Delaware Gazette, Curiosity for Kids and The Columbus Messenger. In addition, Cavanagh's newswriting, reporting and on-air skills have been utilized by WLVQ-FM-96 radio, Metro News and Traffic Inc. and WBNS-10TV. His sports photography work has included Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, NCAA basketball and the PGA Tour.

 

 

Scott Cavanagh's sports photography includes a wide variety of both amateur and professional coverage.

Based in Columbus, Ohio, Cavanagh is a native of New York City, and a graduate of Otterbein College, where he served as editor of the student newspaper, Tan and Cardinal. 

Cavanagh’s first editing position was with Hurt Publications, where he worked as a sports editor and columnist for the chain of 14 weekly broadsheets. His column, Keeping Score, ran weekly in Hurt Publications and continued throughout his time with The Dispatch Company—where he served as a publications editor at ThisWeek. During his tenure with Hurt/ThisWeek, Cavanagh served as editor-in-charge of Northland ThisWeek, The Grove City Record, The Grove City /SW/ThisWeek and The Worthington News.