Other Media & Film
Newspaper & Magazine Reporting
In 1970 Stauth worked as a public relations specialist for the University of Illinois Sports Information Department, and as a general assignment reporter for the Rockford Morning Star, while beginning his career as a freelance journalist and author. In 1971, concerned by a friend's illness, Stauth began to research integrative therapies for cancer, and wrote about this approach in a number of magazines. He later served as the public relations director of Santa Maria Hospital in Baja, California, most widely known for treating film star Steve McQueen when the actor sought end-stage treatment there for terminal lung cancer. In the 1980s Stauth co-founded the health-products firm Quantum, Inc., and the nonprofit Cancer Prevention Society. He became Editor of the Journal of the Nutritional Academy in 1979, and Editor of the Journal of Health Science in 1982. He was also a contributing editor on health and healing for Let's Live, and The New Age Journal.
His early non-medical work included being Editor of Eugene, the city magazine of Eugene, Oregon. The small magazine published the early writing of 1986 National Book Award winner Barry Lopez, 1987 National Book Award nominee Randy Shilts, and 1995 National Book Critics Award Winner Mikal Gilmore. Eugene also published established authors such as Ken Kesey, Milton Friedman, Paul Crasser, and Norman Cousins. Stauth was also a columnist on the entertainment industry for L.A. Business and California Business. In the 1980s and 1990s, Stauth published articles in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, People, TV Guide, California, Prevention, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, Sport, Avenue, Inside Sports, American Health, The Saturday Evening Post, Golf Digest, and many other publications.
His early non-medical work included being Editor of Eugene, the city magazine of Eugene, Oregon. The small magazine published the early writing of 1986 National Book Award winner Barry Lopez, 1987 National Book Award nominee Randy Shilts, and 1995 National Book Critics Award Winner Mikal Gilmore. Eugene also published established authors such as Ken Kesey, Milton Friedman, Paul Crasser, and Norman Cousins. Stauth was also a columnist on the entertainment industry for L.A. Business and California Business. In the 1980s and 1990s, Stauth published articles in The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, People, TV Guide, California, Prevention, Good Housekeeping, McCall's, Sport, Avenue, Inside Sports, American Health, The Saturday Evening Post, Golf Digest, and many other publications.
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Stauth wrote the story for and was a producer of Because Mommy Works, an NBC-TV film released in 1994. The movie was based on a true story Stauth wrote for McCall's magazine, "Why a Good Mother Lost Custody of Her Child." The article and the film were about a working mother in Oregon who lost custody of her son primarily because she worked outside the home at a time when her ex-husband's current wife did not. The movie, starring Anne Archer and John Heard, helped advance the legal principle that working outside the home should not be recognized as an issue in custody cases.
Stauth also wrote the story for theLifetime Television film Prison of Secrets, a true story about Lynn Schaffer and other female inmates in Hawaii who were sexually abused by prison authorities. The abuse, including coerced sex and forced prostitution, occurred over many years, and did not end until media accounts triggered a trial in 1992 that resulted in institutional changes in the Hawaiian prison system.
Stauth also wrote the story for theLifetime Television film Prison of Secrets, a true story about Lynn Schaffer and other female inmates in Hawaii who were sexually abused by prison authorities. The abuse, including coerced sex and forced prostitution, occurred over many years, and did not end until media accounts triggered a trial in 1992 that resulted in institutional changes in the Hawaiian prison system.
