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Alexandra Samuel

Vancouver

WriterResearcherSocial Media

I am a freelance technology writer who regularly contributes to The Wall Street Journal, The Harvard Business Review, JSTOR Daily and more. I write timely, engaging stories that draw on my expertise as a tech researcher and data analyst -- and my experience as a mother -- to cover topics like how businesses can tap customer data, why kids' screen time is a feminist issue, and how to reduce the burden of email. I'm brimming with story ideas, so editors turn to me for original approaches to a variety of subjects, written in a range of voices and formats, from narrative and humorous to scholarly and analytical. I'm up for a wide range of assignments, and write most frequently about technology, business, data and parenting. I also take on content marketing projects like corporate blogging gigs and major data-driven reports, and offer social media strategy advice to both media and corporate clients based on my experience building one of the world's first social media agencies.

20Years XP

Member since 9/11/2008

Fran Marranca

Los Angeles, CA

PublisherSales Manager/Exec.Sales Person

BFF Consultants creates lasting multi-media platform advertising sales strategies resulting in increased sales revenue for our clients. Before launching BFF Consultants in 2007, I worked my way up in the LGBTQ and mainstream media industry from Sales Manager, to Advertising Director to Publisher. I understand what is needed to build a successful and sustainable sales strategy and sales team. I've built multi-million dollar territories, won new fortune 500 accounts, launched new print and digital publications, mobile apps and websites. As a consultant, I work with my clients to create and implement strategic plans of action, guiding my clients to success and sustainable profitability. BFF Consultants’ works with your company to increase sales revenue, expanding your reach to both audience and advertiser. From start-up to restructuring of your current business model, BFF Consultants will guide you through the evolution necessary in today's ever changing media industry to reach your goals.

25Years XP

Member since 8/26/2005

Margaret Crane

New York, NY

WriterEditorReporter

With more than twenty years' experience, I specialize in explaining clinical and basic research findings to lay audiences. Human interest articles, profiles, service pieces, and "listicles" also are well within my capability. My secret? I humanize even the driest of topics. I strive to understand and promote my clients’ priorities. I do my utmost to establish deep rapport with my sources, whether they happen to be physicians, scientists, non-profit managers/executives, donors, or patients and their families. And I'm passionate about my craft.

22Years XP

Member since 9/13/2018

Stephanie Baker Forston

Atlanta, GA

WriterCopywriterAccount manager

As a freelance writer, I have covered business, technology, finance, beauty, travel, and lifestyles for multiple web and print publications. My tone is very flexible, and I can adapt to the voice of nearly any publication. Additionally, my experience in PR and marketing has helped me develop a professional voice that lends itself to case studies, white papers, reputation management, and social media. The research and editing skills I honed early in my career have served me well in all my professional endeavors, and I maintain my memberships with AP and Chicago style manuals. I have a knack for understanding complicated subjects and explaining them in simple ways for a general audience. On occasion, I also moderate both sponsored and editorial webinars.

15Years XP

Member since 11/16/2007

Meredith Nelson

New York, NY

Copy EditorWriterReporter

I've been a first-rate copy editor for about 150 years, a decade of which was spent on the sixth-largest daily newspaper in the country. My work on national consumer magazines is also extensive and includes a great deal of fact-checking experience. My advertising agency clients include the behemoth McCann, Strat Farm, The Cooper Group, Visual Alchemy, BBDO and Alexander Design. I have reported and written stories from all over the world: an on-the-ground piece about tensions in the West Bank city of Hebron; magazine profiles of Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's Morning Joe and CNN's Jack Cafferty; features on chic prosthetics, giant racing mechs, and bionic skin; and so much more. Clips available on request. My knowledge of AP style is Talmudic and I am well-versed in The Chicago Manual of Style, AMA style and Words Into Type. I'm a versatile and devoted wordsmith, obsessively attentive to detail. It's an occupational hazard. What can I say? I love the language. Hire me. You'll like me.

30Years XP

Member since 6/11/2006

Elaine Pofeldt

Scotch Plains, NJ, NJ

WriterEditorBook Author

Published in Fortune, Money, CNBC, Forbes, Millie, Columbia Business Magazine, Crain's New York Business, the Meeting Professional, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, the Economist Intelligence Unit reports and many other outlets, I am a specialist in entrepreneurship and careers. I have written two popular books--"The Million-Dollar, One Person Business" (Random House) and "Tiny Business, Big Money" (W.W. Norton) and am a ghostwriter for business leaders, writing books, thought-leadership articles. and white papers.

34Years XP

Member since 11/17/2024

Emily Kumler Kaplan

Boston, MA

Producer (television)WriterReporter

Emily Kumler Kaplan is an award-winning investigative journalist. As an ABC news producer for 20/20 and Primetime, a newspaper reporter and columnist, and magazine features writer, she has gone inside the minds of murderers, world leaders, celebrities, business innovators, and everyone in between. Emily’s fascination with how our personal narratives play a major role in our experiences makes her a captivating writer and speaker. She engages her audiences with stories of people overcoming the impossible. Emily is currently writing a book about globalization. Emily earned a Master’s in Journalism from Northwestern’s Medill School. Emily covered Congress for PC World. As a staff reporter and columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal she covered growth and technology in the Business section and fashion and nightlife in the Style section. Emily has written cover stories for national publications on a variety of topics.

12Years XP

Member since 11/13/2008

Sara Lieberman

Paris

Content Editor (online)EditorWriter

As a former full-time lifestyle/features editor I am well adept at packaging and conceptualizing all types of lifestyle features from food truck round-ups and best dressed at Fashion Week to a Belle du Jour-inspired shoot for Girls' Allison Williams. After completing a three-month work exchange at fashion/lifestyle publication Fabulous Magazine in London, I've decided to pursue writing full-time, with a strong concentration on travel. I've written about "27-hours in Joshua Tree" for Fodor's, compiled a 15-page city guide to Paris for New Zealand magazine Urbis and am local expert on AFAR.com. I also contribute dating and personal essays to Cosmo UK and regularly write about my own self-discoveries while discovering the world on my blog, News Girl About Towns.

18Years XP

Member since 9/20/2007

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Adrienne Samuels Gibbs

Chicago, IL

WriterEditorSocial Media

I'm a Pulitzer-nominated reporter, writer and editor who can cover a wide variety of subjects. My best pieces range from breaking news to cultural trend pieces to long-form narratives to short, comedic listicles. I've covered pop culture, finance, hurricanes, immigration, books, movies, fine art, racial issues and government. I'm frequently tapped to write magazine cover stories, and as such I've interviewed and wrangled everyone from Taraji P. Henson to Meryl Streep. I've been a staffer at The Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Ebony, St. Petersburg Times and The Miami Herald. I'm the former, Interim ME of Ebony. I've flown with the Navy Blue Angels, visited with Muammar Gaddafi's top aides (and heard him speak a month before his death) while on a United Nations fellowship, and penned a weekly Sun-Times column on Chicago's cultural scene and, separately, its violence. I love telling the story.

15Years XP

Member since 7/16/2011

Leah Shepherd

Columbia, MD

EditorReporterWriter

Communicating complex information well is what I do best. I specialize in covering employee benefits, human resources, health care, long-term care, and personal finances. I have written extensively about trends, legislation and regulations on those topics. I take pride in reliably meeting deadlines and consistently crafting quality pieces. I'm also a RYT200 yoga instructor, trained in vinyasa, ashtanga and yin yoga. Personal experience gives me far-reaching knowledge of gymnastics, yoga, meditation, adoption, ballroom dancing, and dogs. A versatile player, I can successfully deliver for daily newspapers, monthly magazines, electronic newsletters, frequently updated Web sites, white papers and corporate communications projects.

19Years XP

Member since 7/2/2006

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Samantha Shephard

Los Angeles, CA

Producer (television)WriterTV Reporter

I am a freelance fashion journalist with over a decade of experience in all aspects of television production, along with writing a broad selection of pieces for national magazines - from 3000 word features digging into the industry to profiles, trend and beauty hits, shopping and celebrity style. I have traveled often to New York, Milan and Paris to cover the runway collections and have a deep pool of contacts in all areas of the industry, as well as in my current home base of Los Angeles.

15Years XP

Member since 1/30/2011

Greg Hitchcock

Gloversville, NY

Content Editor (online)EditorReporter

A well-regarded freelance writer, my background includes social media marketing, video production, and writing articles, both news and features. One of my greatest achievements has been producing a short documentary about climate change in the Adirondacks for the United Nations that earned an honorary mention from the embassies of France in 2016. Local media –print, radio, TV – has interviewed me about my projects. I have been working as a freelance writer since 2007 writing business, health and general news stories for newspapers including the Leader Herald, Country Folks Growers, Saratoga Business Journal and Glens Falls Business Journal.

15Years XP

Member since 12/26/2014

Brianna Soloski

Reno, NV

CopywriterEditorWriter

I'm a storyteller, editor, and comms professional. My versatility as a writer has provided me with opportunities to write fiction, creative non-fiction, feature articles (about human cannonballers, no less), lifestyle content, financial content, real estate content, event planning content, fundraising appeals (direct mail and email), magazine/newspaper pitches, and more. In addition to my extensive writing experience outlined above, I have experience writing about tech topics and developing content (white papers, briefing papers, newsletters, webinars) on topics related to the construction and trade union industry. I'm obsessed with the Oxford Comma and can spot a typo a mile away. I'm a lifelong bookworm who dreams of having an in-home library. I pride myself on being a well of useless pop culture knowledge, and can do the New York Times crossword puzzle without Googling (most days)! I’m open to freelance opportunities and can provide a portfolio upon request. I can be reached via email at briannas

14Years XP

Member since 10/16/2008