Celeste LeCompte

San Francisco, CA USA
Website: http://www.revolutionarygrammar.com
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Professional Experience

I’ve been covering sustainability and green business for the last five years. That work has brought me in contact with everyone from high-tech execs and fashion models to politicians and small farmers. No matter who I'm talking to, I'm focused on providing savvy, in-depth reporting for both deeply entrenched sustainability practitioners and those new to the sector. I thrive on complex topics that feed my natural curiosity, and I'm passionate about green/sustainable business, cleantech and sustainability -- especially when it comes to topics such as trash, agriculture (and the food business, in general!), smart energy, and business metrics. As an editor, I like to think of my work as the salt in a writer’s recipe. Good, measured editing can add depth and bring out the best, the flavor, in an article. Too much editing will overpower it. As a writer, my job is to craft articles with enough flavor that they require just a pinch of salt from an editor. www.revolutionarygrammar.com

Expertise

Content Editor (online)
5 Years
Researcher
6 Years
Writer
5 Years

Specialty

Business (general)
5 Years
Environment & Nature
6 Years
Technology
1 Year

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
5 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
5 Years
Online/new media
4 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

5 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

The GigaOM Network (GigaOM.com) (10+), BusinessWeek.com (10+), Sustainable Industries (10+), Bitch Magazine (6-10), Meeting Professionals International (1-2), Spa Magazine (1-2), Spot.Us (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Bryan Potter Design (6-10), Ecotrust (3-5), Blue Sky People (1-2), Celilo Group Media (1-2)

Other Work History

Currently, I’m the Special Projects Editor at The GigaOM Network, where I cover cleantech for Earth2Tech.com and am overseeing the development of GigaOM Briefings. Previously, I was the managing editor of Sustainable Industries magazine and an associate editor at the now-defunct utility news and analysis site NWCurrent.com.

Foreign Language Skills

Some Spanish (read, understand; speak some)

Computer Skills

Microsoft Office, WordPress, Clickability CMS (online publishing), Quark; Mac & Windows; some HTML

References

Happily supplied upon request!

Awards

I was the editor on a Sustainable Industries story that was awarded a FOLIO Gold Eddy Award for business feature excellence (2007)

Associations

Society of Environmental Journalists

Showcase

General

Sun Microsystems built its business in the go-go days of the dotcom era. But as that market collapsed the company's fortunes fell sharply — along with its stock. Now, the company is gearing up to stage a comeback, and CEO Scott McNealy says the key is the company’s new Eco-Responsibility Initiative.
The $825 billion economic recovery package is packed with references to doubling renewable energy, funding public transportation and energy efficiency, and investing in clean water and environmental restoration. But it's not just a present for cleantech — high tech's getting some goodies, too.
Traditional financial accounting practices guide companies making decisions about how to spend, invest and allocate resources among competing demands. Today, companies are trying to make similar decisions about corporate social responsibility. Is triple-bottom-line accounting really possible?