Professional Experience
I'm a freelance content creator with a passion for travel, history, culture and the places where those topics intersect. My work has been published in GQ, Conde Nast Traveler, Fodor’s Travel and Ebony Magazine, among others. I'm an adjunct journalism professor at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and the New School, as well as a Travel Demand Editor at Lonely Planet.
Expertise
- Copywriter 3 Years
- Editor 7 Years
- Writer 13 Years
Specialty
- Travel 5 Years
- Arts & Humanities 10 Years
- Education 5 Years
Industries
- Book publishing - all 10 Years
- Pr/marketing - all 6 Years
- Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 10 Years
Media Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- Conde Nast Traveler(1-2)
- Fodors Travel(3-5)
- Ebony Magzine(3-5)
- GQ(1-2)
- Time Out(1-2)
- Parlour Magazine(3-5)
- JSTOR Daily(6-10)
- TripSavvy(1-2)
- AARP(6-10)
- Broadly(1-2)
Corporate Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- San Francisco State University(6-10)
- UC Berkeley(1-2)
- Duke University(3-5)
- WeTransfer(1-2)
Other work history
Consultant & Content Creator at Literary Lynn, LLC Travel Demand Editor, Lonely Planet Adjunct Journalism Professor, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and the New School Associate Editor at the Stranger's Guide Magazine Adjunct Writing Instructor, Medgar Evers College, Shaw University & Duke University Associate Agent at Larsen Pomada Literary Agents Freelance fiction & nonfiction editor
Computer skills
MS Office Suite, Raisers Edge, Photoshop, InDesign, Access, Publisher, Act!, FileMaker, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, crowd funding platforms Constant Contact/Vertical Response and Wordpress/Drupal.
Equipment
laptop, audio recorder.
Associations
ASJA, MLA, IFWTWA, AWP, NABJ.
General
The Best Meal in Paris Isn't French
(Conde Nast Traveler 7/21/2015)
Preserving the Soul of Black San Francisco
(Ebony Magazine 6/23/2016)
Voodoo and the Work of Zora Neale Hurston
(JSTOR Daily 1/7/2017)
The Wine Hater's Guide to Drinking in California Wine Country
(GQ 5/15/2017)
What ‘Lemonade’ Says About Black Women’s Ability to Thrive
(Ebony Magazine 4/29/2016)
Missing Mardi Gras? Here Are 10 Other New Orleans Festivals Worth Traveling For
(Fodor's Travel 2/23/2017)
The 10 best things to do in Mississippi
(Time Out)