Professional/Personal Overview
I'm a sharp cultural critic, a pattern recognizer, and have a knack with a phrase. Writing is my outlet for a voracious taste for information in all its forms: web, print, music, film, art. I've been published in a number of cultural outlets, and also specialize in travel writing: after four years on staff at Conde Nast Traveler, I worked as a full-time blogger for a travel video start-up. I'm passionate about technology and environmental issues I recently completed a master's thesis on mass-media "green" branding as well as about food and food politics.
Work Info
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
4 Years
Copy Editor
5 Years
Writer
11 Years
Specialty
Environment & Nature
3 Years
Travel
5 Years
Arts & Humanities
8 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
8 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
HeatingOil.com (11+), Unified Field (11+), Flavorpill.com (6-10), One-Earth.com (3-5), The Fix Edition (3-5), CeliacChicks.com (1-2), New York Times "The Local" (1-2)
Other Work History
Research Assistant - Research Foundation of CUNY; Asia Travel Writer/ Web Editor - Remote Lands Bespoke Luxury Travel; Web Editor/ Blogger - Travelistic.com; Copy Editor/ Writer - Flavorpill.com; Assistant Editor - Conde Nast Traveler
Computer Skills
Mac OS; Windows XP; Microsoft Office; Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, InDesign, InCopy, Illustrator; Quark Xpress; HTML; MySQL; CMs; Movable Type,
Technical Skills
Photo Editing - Photoshop
Equipment
Laptop, Canon digital SLR, Canon Powershot,
Foreign Language Skills
Fluent spoken and written French; proficiency in spoken and written Spanish; smattering of German and Mandarin Chinese
Other
MA, Media Culture and Communications - New York University 2009; studies in Visual Culture, Urban Space and Technology - Columbia University, 2005-6; AB, English Literature - University of Chicago, 2001
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Online
(New York Times - The Local , 6/21/2010)
A piece for "The Local," a Brooklyn-based blog on the New York Times website, about artist Mary Mattingly and her environmentally inspired practice.
(HeatingOil.com , 2/1/2010)
A sample of blog posts on the environment and energy issues, written while a contributing writer to the site.
(One-Earth.com , 7/1/2009)
Rooftop Farms has covered a warehouse roof on the East River with over 200,000 pounds of soil and 30 varieties of crops, backed by an improbably great view of the Manhattan skyline. While the five boroughs are short on ground-level real estate suitable for farming (as evidenced by the constant strugg
(One-Earth.com , 6/1/2009)
Private dining clubs, typically held in the chef's lofts or apartments, have been in vogue in New York for the past few years as a way to create a more intimate dining experience. Held weekly, monthly or seasonally, private dining spots are perfect for local, organic cuisine, allowing for meals craft
(Flavorpill.com , 10/1/2008)
Write-ups of music and film events in New York City, including coverage of Michel Gondry, Balkan brass bands, the Wordless Music Series, and German techno.
(Travelistic.com , 3/1/2007)
Blog posts covering travel news, technology, events, and media. I was the house blogger for Travelistic.com, a start-up travel video portal, from March 2006 - March 2007, before the daily blog was discontinued.
Print
(New York University , 6/1/2009)
The opening segment of my master's thesis on the relationship between "green" rhetoric, consumer behavior, and the future of environmentalism. I received my master's in Media, Culture, and Communications from NYU in Spring, 2009.
(Remote Lands , 10/1/2008)
For Remote Lands, I researched, wrote, and copyedited custom travel itineraries for high-end trips to Asia.
(Conde Nast Traveler , 8/1/2005)
A variety of short pieces for the front-of-book sections of Conde Nast Traveler.
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