Lisa Selin Davis

Brooklyn, NY USA
http://www.lisaselindavis.com
10 Years Experience

Professional Experience

A freelance writer, editor and online consultant with 15 years experience, I have an extensive background in all things urban planning: architecture, design, environmental issues, housing and real estate. I also cover film, parenting, aging, health and many other subjects, in publications ranging from Time to the New York Times, Atlantic Cities to New York magazine. When I’m not writing articles, I’m helping other folks plan, design, build and execute websites. Specifically, I consult on editorial web projects to create online content and online community, helping people with everything from copywriting to SEO to links and partnerships with other sites. I’ve worked on sites for women scientists, aging New Yorkers and the real estate-obsessed. I’m also available for manuscript consulting, non-fiction book proposal writing and copywriting. You can see my own work at www.lisaselindavis.com, and browse sites I've started, like www.upstater.net and www.seniorplanet.org.

Expertise

Book Author 8 YearsEditor 6 YearsWriter 10 Years

Specialty

Family, Children & Teenagers 8 YearsReal Estate 10 YearsHome & Garden 8 Years

Industries

Newspaper - National 9 YearsMagazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 9 YearsOnline/new media 9 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Quartz.com (3-5)
  • Wall Street Journal (10+)
  • Time (3-5)
  • AARP (3-5)
  • Parenting (6-10)
  • This Old House (6-10)
  • New York (3-5)
  • Salon (3-5)
  • The Atlantic Cities (3-5)
  • New York Times (6-10)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Brownstoner.com (10+)
  • Senior Planet (10+)
  • Warner Music (1-2)
  • Brooklyn Borough President's Office (10+)
  • Brennan Real Estate (6-10)
  • QuestCorp Publishing (1-2)
  • Telling Story, Inc. (1-2)
  • Jungle Media (1-2)

Awards

NAREE Journalism Award, 2006 NAREE Bivins Fellowship, 2005 Mellon Research Grant, 2005 Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, 2006 Fellowship, VCCA, 2006 Fellowship, Ragdale Colony, 2006 Fellowship, Saltonstall Artists' Colony, 2005 Fellowship, Ledig House at Art Omi, 2004 Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Scholar, 2004

Associations

Author's Guild American Society of Journalists and Authors TravelWriters.com

Other Work History

I worked in the art department of film and television productions for 8 years, most recently at Nickelodeon's Blues Clues. Occasionally I do some copy- and promotional writing

Foreign Language Skills

intermediate French, basic Spanish

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Photoshop, MAC OS10, Dreamweaver, HTML

Equipment

MacBook, digital cameras

References

available upon request

Articles

City Dwellers Take to Bungalow Colonies
(New York Times 8/4/2013)
A piece about New Yorkers taking up residence in bungalow colonies, relics from the middle of the last century.
Keeping Up With the Scotts
(Grist 11/1/2008)
JC Penney's New Green Store and the Green Mall
Artsy New York Road Trip
(New York Magazine 8/16/2004)
This is a travel piece, with instructions for a 4-day weekend tour or the emerging "culture belt."
Extreme Makeover: Parking Lot Edition
(Time 5/28/2010)
Featurette about reinventing parking lots as all kinds of other useful things
The Couple Who Lived in a Mall
(Salon.com 8/1/2008)
A couple built a secret apartment inside a shopping mall.
My Cheap Gramma
(ReadyMade 12/1/2006)
An essay on learning to love Gramma's tag sale gifts
Things You Should Know
(MORE 8/1/2006)
How to finish a marathon, and how to get a chatty seat mate to shut his trap
Farm and Function
(Interior Design 6/1/2006)
A rural modern farmhouse and its funky collections
Handholders for Homeonwers
(This Old House 8/1/2006)
A piece on professional hand holders to help you through the renovation process
Greenhouse as Classroom
(New York Times 12/20/2007)
The Steamfitter's Escape
(New York Times 6/28/2007)
Greatest apartment ever
Little Boxes
(New York Times 7/10/2005)
The Container Store as therapy
Function over Form
(Plenty 11/1/2007)
A pioneering Solar architect--and contrarian--who believes he has a formula for modern green architecture that puts LEED to rest
Builders' Lessons in Green
(New York Times 11/11/2007)
Builders go back to school to learn to build green
Why Online Comments Are So Toxic
(AlterNet 7/31/2012)
The psychology of trolling.
Weekend Escapes: Rincon
(New York magazine 4/22/2010)
Still Alternative After All These Years
(New York Times 1/23/2009)
profile of second home community in western massachusetts.
Facebook versus Facetime
(Time 1/18/2009)
People who prefer online friendships to real ones
John Sayles Profile
(The Independent 8/1/2004)
Modern Love: What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love
(New York Times 3/6/2014)
A Modern Love essay about love in the analog age.
Reinventing the Suburbs
(AOL/Housingwatch.com 2/10/2010)
A series of posts on AOL's new real estate site, Houswingwatch.com
A Radical Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl
(Time 6/11/2009)
Tysons Corner, exurban hell, is being reborn as a dense, green city.