John Persinos is an online publisher for Aerospace & Security Media, a publishing company based in London. He previously served as publisher/editorial director of Aviation Today, the aviation web site maintained by the multi-media company, Access Intelligence.

He has served as a staff reporter on daily metropolitan newspapers and worked on several national magazines.

John is the recipient of numerous journalistic awards, including the Royal Aeronautical Society's prestigious "Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award" in 2001, in the category of "Best General Aviation Submission." He has co-authored a book, "Boston: In a Class by Itself," and also wrote a book on the media, "The Confessions of an Ink-Stained Wretch," published in 2006.

John holds a B.A. in English, an M.A. in English Literature, and an M.S. in Journalism, all from Boston University. He also completed the Davenport Fellowship in Business and Economics Reporting at the University of Missouri (Columbia) School of Journalism. John attended the Bell Helicopter Training Academy in 1998.