Courtney Balestier

Brooklyn, NY USA
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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 Years
Writer
7 Years

Specialty

Lifestyle
3 Years
Food
3 Years
Music
3 Years

Industries


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

Total Media Industry Experience

7 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.

Showcase

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.