Courtney Balestier

Brooklyn, NY USA

7 Years Experience

Professional Experience

An active freelance writer (and full-time editor with a master's degree in magazine journalism), I'm a generalist, but with a penchant for food writing and music writing. I'm interested in any assignment that allows me to write with passion and creativity about interesting ideas, places and people.

Expertise

Editor 3 YearsWriter 7 Years

Specialty

Lifestyle 3 YearsFood 3 YearsMusic 3 Years

Industries

Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 3 YearsMagazine - Local/Regional magazines 3 YearsNewspaper - Local/Regional 4 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Seven Footer Press (1-2)
Paste Magazine (3-5)
Time Out New York (3-5)

Other Work History

Every Day with Rachael Ray, senior associate editor (current)

Computer Skills

Proficient in Word suite and Mac OS.

General

Best of What's Next: Slow Club

(Pastemagazine.com 11/27/2009)

This is a feature on an up-and-coming British band called Slow Club.

Best of What's Next: JBM

(Pastemagazine.com 4/16/2010)

This is an interview with up-and-coming singer JBM for Paste's "Best of What's Next" series.

The Perfect Storm: We Corner The Dead Weather for One of Their First Full Band Interviews

(Self-Titled 4/14/2009)

One of my absolute favorite assignments, this is an interview I did with Jack White and his bandmates to kick off their tour for the Dead Weather's first album, Horehound. The assignment was for Self-Titled, a great Brooklyn-based music title.

Passport NY: China

(Time Out New York 10/15/2009)

I found the best bakeries, book stores and groceries to experience Chinese culture in New York City.