Professional/Personal Overview
Full-time freelance print journalist since 2006, member ASJA. Travel scout/writer for Midwest Living Magazine and founder/executive director of Violence UnSilenced, Inc. Co-authored a book on Wisconsin, specialize in abuse and advocacy, human interest profiles, and long-form narrative non-fiction features. Advertising background and a History degree. The bulk of my clips can be found on my website: www.MaggieSchutz.com. Thank you for looking.
Work Info
Expertise
Reporter
7 Years
Writer
7 Years
Copywriter
15 Years
Specialty
Travel
4 Years
Women's Issues
6 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
6 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Madison Magazine (11+), Midwest Living Magazine (11+), Wisconsin Bride Magazine (3-5), Isthmus Publishing (3-5), Country Business Magazine (1-2), Grow Magazine (1-2), Milwaukee Magazine (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Dollars & Sense Magazine (11+)
Other Work History
After one year and two awards, I left my position as a staff writer with my community newspaper to focus on magazine work. I am currently a contributing writer for Madison Magazine and freelance for many other magazines and newspapers. I also continue to maintain 5-7 clients for an advertising magazine (interview, design, write copy, proof, print, mail). In 2009 I founded ViolenceUnSilenced.com, which I incorporated as a non-profit in 2011.
Equipment
MacBook, iMac, Nikon D-3000 SLR, digital voice recorder, transcription equipment
Work Permits & Visas
My husband, children and I have current passports and flexible schedules.
References
Brennan Nardi, editor, Madison Magazine bnardi@madisonmagazine.com
Awards
Gold medal "features"-- International Regional Magazine Awards, 2008
Associations
ASJA American Society of Journalists and Authors
Other
In 2008 I wrote a city magazine feature profiling seven survivors of domestic violence, and was profoundly changed by the experience. To pay it forward, I founded the website Violence UnSilenced in 2009 with the intention of eradicating the silence surrounding domestic violence, sexual abuse, and rape by giving survivors a public voice. Readers submit their personal stories of abuse and I post two each week. The readership is very supportive and I work hard to keep the space safe. I believe people are inherently empathetic but we seem to care more about general issues when we personally know those affected by them. I believe when we read the hard experiences of our loved ones on Violence UnSilenced, we take more ownership in the epidemic of abuse that belongs to all of us. I also believe that perpetrators rely on silence and shame as weapons and that for survivors, speaking out is both cathartic and empowering.
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Madison, WI. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
Books
(Bright Sky Press , 6/1/2009)
Note: I am not the author of this book. It is a collection of online essays edited by Laura Mayes, of which one was mine.
(Cherbo Publishing , 6/1/2008)
Book authored by Maggie Ginsberg-Schutz and Mary Erpenbach || Wisconsin has been called the Land of Beer and Cheese, but culinary rhetoric barely scratches the surface of its bounty. It is indeed the nation's top cheese producer, but an innovative collaboration among the life sciences, education, an
Magazines
(Madison Magazine , 10/1/2011)
A special report on domestic abuse.
(Madison Magazine , 5/1/2011)
What has our new governor done to Wisconsin?
(Madison Magazine , 11/1/2008)
6,000-word feature profiling seven survivors of domestic violence. (Best viewed as PDF.)
(Madison Magazine , 6/1/2008)
6,000-word feature on primate research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (Best viewed as PDF)
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