Professional/Personal Overview
I'm a highly skilled, versatile, and reliable writing professional with more than 15 years in the publishing industry. I've written for The New York Times, Yankee, Ladies' Home Journal, Babble.com, AOL Food, and many others. I've also written for a variety of academic and custom publications, focusing on financial, insurance, and automotive subjects. I'm comfortable writing about almost anything, but I'm especially at home with parenting, lifestyle, shelter, food, and health.
Work Info
Expertise
Fact-Checker
4 Years
Writer
10 Years
Editor
14 Years
Specialty
Food
4 Years
Lifestyle
11 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
11 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
20 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
FamilyFun Magazine (11+), AOL Food (11+), Meredith Integrated Marketing (11+), Deerfield Magazine (6-10), Amherst Magazine (1-2), Babble.com (1-2), The New York Times (1-2), Whole Living (1-2), Yankee Magazine (1-2), Ladies' Home Journal (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Harold Grinspoon Foundation (11+)
Other Work History
Wondertime Magazine, Research Chief (2005-2009)
Equipment
Laptop, iPad, digital camera, audio recorder
Foreign Language Skills
Reading knowledge of French and German, some Hebrew
References
Furnished upon request
Associations
Authors Guild
Other
-Graduate degree in religion and literature from Harvard University.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Springfield-Holyoke, MA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Writing samples
(Babble.com , 6/29/2012)
A personal essay about my children and their ill-fated pets.
(The New York Times , 4/8/2012)
This essay was a guest entry for the Motherlode blog in The New York Times.
(Principle Financial Group: Plan Ahead, Get Ahead , 1/1/2012)
One of many custom publications for whom I've written.
(Whole Living Magazine , 9/1/2010)
A reported science feature for Martha Stewart Whole Living.
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
