Professional/Personal Overview
If Lewis Black and Scarlett Johansson had a baby who wrote about mocha-java revolutionaries from the American South, humane-certified farming and other lifestyle curiosities that plague spoiled First-Worlders, well, that would be me.
Work Info
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
3 Years
Reporter
4 Years
Writer
4 Years
Specialty
Food
6 Years
Pets
5 Years
Music
6 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
10 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Forbes Travel Guide (11+), Northern Virginia Magazine-Food Desk (11+), Redplum.com (11+), theburpingsherpa.com (11+), Patch.com (6-10), Asylum.com (3-5), Dog Living Magazine (1-2), Monthly Developments Magazine (1-2), Raleigh News and Observer (1-2)
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Technical Skills
AVID, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Photoshop, iDVD, HTML
Equipment
Nikon FG, Nikon Coolpix, Apple MacBook Pro
Foreign Language Skills
Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Awards
Merit Award, American University School of Communication, February 2011
Associations
freelancesuccess.com
Other
Interviewing Skills; Food Writing 101; Lighting at Arlington County Local Cable Access; Radio DJ at WUVT FM
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Washington, DC. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(The American Observer , 4/1/2011)
(Fido Friendly )
(Fido Friendly )
Travel and Food
(The Burping Sherpa , 3/7/2011)
My response to a piece published in the The Atlantic by academic B.R. Myers. In his piece Myers lambasts "foodies" and this is my attempt to poke holes in his arguments against food culture.
(Patch.com , 12/28/2010)
Restaurant Eve's Cathal Armstrong talks to Patch.com about his most trusted kitchen tool: the iPad.
(The Burping Sherpa , 12/12/2009)
Slate.com's Mike Steinberger declared "we're all wine critics now" in the headline of a piece about social media and the democratization of wine writing. The Sherpa talks to Hardy Wallace, Alice Feiring and good 'ol Dr. Vino to get their takes on how social media has shaped wine journalism.
(Northern Virginia Magazine , 11/1/2009)
Want to open a winery in Virginia's wine country? Splendid! Just make sure you know how to navigate the ever-changing legal landscape.
(Redplum.com , 1/1/2009)
You won't need your own personal bailout package to eat well during Inaugural events with these suggestions from Redplum.
(The News and Observer , 5/14/2006)
Traveling with Fido hasn't always been easy. More and more, however, travelers of the four-legged kind are finding they are welcome by hoteliers of all shapes and sizes.
Pets
(Redplum.com , 11/1/2008)
Redplum speaks to Kevin Fiitzgerald, D.V.M. and star of Animal Planet's E-Vets about the hazards of "treating" your pet to a traditional holiday meal of turkey and pie.
(Redplum.com , 8/6/2008)
You can spring for the designer dog treat but your hound is probably just as happy with the plain old Milk-bone. If you still can't keep yourself away from the organic, new wave or artfully designed doggie snack, here are some ways to satisfy your inner Paris Hilton that won't break the bank.
(Pet Foster Network/The Independent , 8/9/2006)
Short article featuring Raleigh-based Pet Foster Network.
Music
(piggy-stardust.com , 6/2/2008)
Concert review of the boys (and two girls) from Brazil that make up the musical insanity known as Bonde do Role at Local 506 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
(Spill Magazine , 6/15/2007)
Interview with D.C. indie rocker, Benjy Ferree.
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