April Peveteaux

Los Angeles, CA USA
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Professional Experience

In addition to being a food writer with a sense of humor (see: Gluten Is My Bitch); I write satire and parenting articles, sometimes at the same time. Other areas I've covered include sex and entertainment (music, book, TV and movie reviews.) My work at Radar, The Stir, Babble and Nerve typify my style.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
5 Years
Editor
7 Years
Writer
17 Years

Specialty

Family, Children & Teenagers
6 Years
Entertainment
17 Years
Humor
8 Years

Industries


Short Film
8 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
17 Years
Online/new media
3 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

15 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Radar Magazine (10+), Babble.com (10+), Nerve.com (10+), CafeMom/The Stir (10+)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

BMG Music Entertainment (10+), SXSW Music & Media Conference (10+)

Other Work History

I am the author of "Gluten Is My Bitch: Rants, Recipes, & Ridiculousness for the Gluten-Free" coming out on Abrams in May 2013. Based on the blog by the same name.

Technical Skills

n/a

Foreign Language Skills

some French

Unions

Freelancers Union

Computer Skills

HTML, Dreamweaver, Word, Excel, Photoshop

Equipment

Laptop, digital camera, Flip camera, audio/phone recorder

Work Permits & Visas

US Citizen

References

Ada Calhoun, EIC of Babble.com, Mac Montandon, Editor at Penthouse (former editor at Radar), Amy Boshnack, Editorial Director at The Stir

Awards

As an editor at Babble, we were nominated for an ASME for General Excellence Online for 2007. We won Best Editorial Consumer Website, Silver Medal: (Gold: TIME; Bronze: Newsweek) for Folio Magazine's 2008 Eddie and Ozzie Awards. I was also a semi-finalist for my comedy feature for the PAGE screenplay awards.

Showcase

writing samples

Personal essay about my online nemesis from my parenting message board.
Humor piece for Radar outing the biggest celebrity catfights of '07.

interview

Interview with Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen - the couple you love to hate - on their new parenting book.
Interview with two mothers and a child with autism surrounding the HBO documentary, Autism: The Musical