Madeline Holler

Long Beach, CA USA
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Professional Experience

A veteran blogger, essayist and journalist with a focus on parenting news, issues and trends.

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
6 Years
Writer
15 Years
Social Media
5 Years

Specialty

Family, Children & Teenagers
6 Years
Lifestyle
15 Years
Women's Issues
6 Years

Industries


Newspaper - Local/Regional
15 Years
Online/new media
6 Years
Other
2 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

15 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Babble Media|Disney Interactive (10+), Bill Moyers Media (6-10), Salon Media (3-5)

Foreign Language Skills

Fluent in German, Swiss German, conversational French, learning Spanish. Also, some Japanese.

Computer Skills

Wordpress, Word, Excel, Photoshop, Windows XP, some HTML

Equipment

Nikon DSLR, FLIP camera + video editing, laptop, iPad

Showcase

Journalism

Hitting the Bottle: The Rise and Fall of the Tipsy Mom Blogger
(Babble.com|Disney Interactive Blogs 2/7/2025)
Trend piece on the rise and fall of blogger moms who drink.
Parenting Trends: 10 That are In, 10 That are Out
(Babble.com|Disney Interactive Blogs 2/7/2025)
Some things stand the test of time. Parenting trends do not.

Essays

Tyranny of Cloth Diapers
(Salon.com|Salon Media 2/7/2025)
What French feminist and philosopher Elisabeth Badinter misses in her takedown of mothers who choose cloth over disposable.
Why My Kids Watched Me Give Birth
(Salon.com|Salon Media 2/7/2025)
Is homebirth the best teachable moment I could have found?

Blogging

Blogger/writer
(Babble.com|Disney Interactive Blogs 2/7/2025)
Daily contributor to Babble's anchor blog. Focus on parenting news and family life.