Christianna McCausland

Baltimore, MD USA
http://www.ChristiannaWrites.com
17 Years Experience

Professional Experience

Award-winning freelance writer with 14 years experience writing feature articles, books and corporate content. My diverse writing expertise includes articles on horseracing and human gut bacteria as well as home style and personality profiles. My feature specialties are profiles, lifestyle, interior design/architecture and business. I write content for companies and nonprofits -- annual reports, newsletters, web copy, brochures, books -- and have experience working as a PR and media consultant. I've appeared as a guest commentator and expert on radio, television and in documentary films.

Expertise

Account manager 3 YearsBook Author 11 YearsWriter 14 Years

Specialty

Lifestyle 14 YearsBusiness (general) 14 YearsHome & Garden 14 Years

Industries

Magazine - Local/Regional magazines 14 YearsAcademia Other 14 YearsMagazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 14 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Christian Science Monitor (1-2)
  • Baltimore magazine (10+)
  • AAA World (3-5)
  • SmartCEO (3-5)
  • Fast Company (1-2)
  • Chesapeake Home + Living (6-10)
  • Preservation (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • MSN (3-5)
  • University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (3-5)
  • Morabito Consultants (1-2)
  • Bull Dog Tours (1-2)
  • Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (6-10)
  • Mercy Health System (3-5)
  • Melville Thomas Architects (10+)

Awards

Excellence in Journalism award from The American College of Emergency Physicians (for “Everything You Wanted to Know about the ER But Where Afraid to Ask.”) Excellence in Journalism award from the Maryland chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for “The Warden’s Story,” a piece on urban violence in Baltimore City.

Other Work History

I have published one book (a history of horseracing) and two commissioned books for clients.

Technical Skills

Copyediting

Foreign Language Skills

Some conversational Spanish

Unions

none

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Equipment

Laptop, color and b/w scanners and printers, Nikon digital camera, Olympus digital recorder

Work Permits & Visas

n/a

References

Ken Iglehart, managing editor Baltimore magazine, iken@baltimoremagzine.net Ken Karlic, Splice Design Group, ken@splicedesigngroup.com

Corporate

Re:discover
(Buick/MSN 12/1/2011)
Buick sponsored MSN.com microsite that featured content as part of Buick's nationwide Re:discover campaign. I created a complete guide to the City of Charleston, one of Re:discover's feature cities, that included profiles with notable residents such a Hootie & the Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan
Morabito Website
(Morabito Consultants 1/1/2014)
This website was completed from the ground up with little to no existing information from which to work. In conjunction with the client and graphic designer, I coordinated the creation and writing of all content including biographies and the entire portfolio. Site launched in January.
Reflections
(Stella Maris/Mercy Health System 4/1/2012)
Reflections is the development magazine for Stella Maris, a division of the Mercy Health System. I created all content for the publication and coordinated production with the client and designer.

Editorial

New Moon Rising
(SmartCEO magazine 9/1/2012)
Profile of the surfer cum CEO of South Moon Under.
Fighting for Normal
(Men's Health online 1/1/2014)
Part of the Everyday Heroes series, a profile of Murdock Henderson, a man who is deaf who is paddling the Amazon River for charity. I took the headshot with my Nikon digital.
Remembering A Great Crusade
(AAA World 5/1/2014)
Travel piece on the World War II Memorial.
The Inside Track
(Baltimore 5/1/2013)
Profile of Stuart Janney, owner of the 2013 Kentucky Derby winner, Orb. Published just as the horse was preparing his triple crown run, prior to the Preakness.