Mary Adkins

New York, NY USA
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Professional Experience

Award-winning writer and editor with a law degree from Yale, I have covered space law, tweet theft, and rape in the military and written comedy for award-winning brands.

Expertise

Editor
6 Years
Reporter
2 Years
Writer
10 Years

Specialty

Humor
4 Years
Lifestyle
4 Years
Law
6 Years

Industries


Broadcasting - News - Radio (National)
2 Years
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
4 Years
Online/new media
4 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

4 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Life of the Law (10+), The Huffington Post (6-10), The New York Times (1-2), The Atlantic (1-2)

Foreign Language Skills

Proficient in French

Computer Skills

Word, Pages, Excel, Adobe

Showcase

Work Samples

Excuse Me, This Email Was for You
(Life of the Law 12/4/2013)
What do you do when an email for a different you arrives in your inbox?
Can You Copyright a Tweet? The Answer in 25 of Them
(Life of the Law 10/31/2012)
A Film That's Actually Changing the World
(Life of the Law 4/4/2013)
Last year's Oscar-nominated The Invisible War exposed the rape epidemic in the American military, leading Defense Secretary Larry Panetta to make prompt changes to how the military investigates sexual assault. I interviewed the film's writer and director Kirby Dick.

Personal Essays

Twenty Marleys and Me
(The Hairpin 12/6/2012)
A personal essay on recovering from a break up in St. Lucia.
A Marathon Happens in the Middle
(The Atlantic 11/1/2013)
Instead of running the New York marathon last year, I volunteered with Hurricane Sandy victims. It wasn't all that different.
One Person Who's Disappointed Cory Booker Has a Girlfriend: My Mom
(The Huffington Post 11/25/2013)
News broke this week that Cory Booker is dating someone. Now I have to break that to my mother.

General

The Revenge Porn Avenger's Essential Guide: Your Life Back in 10 Steps
(eBook - Amazon 3/25/2014)
An e-guide for getting photos removed from the internet in this era of abundant "revenge porn."