Helen Anne Travis

Tampa, FL USA

Professional Experience

People like telling me their stories. Cops, square dancers, escorts, and farmers open up to me. My best friend put it best, "you have a way of making me say things that I didn't know I wanted to say."

Expertise

Copywriter
1 Year
Reporter
2 Years
Writer
6 Years

Specialty

Entertainment
6 Years
Women's Issues
6 Years
Music
6 Years

Industries


Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
4 Years
Newspaper - National
2 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
2 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

6 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

*tbt (10+), Industry Magazine (3-5), Out On The Net.com (1-2), Food 360 (1-2), Florida Designers Review (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

KForce Professional Staffing (10+)

Other Work History

I am a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times.

Computer Skills

Word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InCopy, Quark

Equipment

Sony 5.1 megapixel Cyber shot, Dell laptop, Quark, Adobe Photoshop

Showcase

News

Exotic beasts find natural ally
(St. Petersburg Times 9/4/2007)
A woman opens up her backyard to lions, bears, and the community.
"How could you steal from a cocker spaniel?"
(St. Petersburg Times 8/30/2007)
The American Spaniel Club is out more than $100,000. The club's treasurer is accused of stealing the funds. She needed the money, police say, to fuel her online gambling addiction.
Even Long Distance Couldn't Stop This Union
(St. Petersburg Times 12/23/2005)
A Marine reservist stationed in Africa marries his wife in Florida by proxy.

Profiles

Life and death amid the graves
(St. Petersburg Times 11/3/2007)
The caretaker of the Dade City cemetery reveals her motivation.
A 10-year-old champ
(St. Petersburg Times 5/25/2007)
What happens when the 10-year-old state chess champion competes in his neighborhood's tournament?
Anatomy of a Dual Life
(St. Petersburg Times 12/22/2006)
Tony Chavez grew up on this farm. He took over as foreman when his father retired. The fields are his life, but he always wanted something more. Something air-conditioned....
At 97, He Still Do Si Dos
(St. Petersburg Times 11/10/2006)
He's danced through the Depression, war, and the death of his wife. At 97, he has no plans to stop.

Alternative Story Forms

Devoted Till the End
(St. Petersburg Times 2/16/2007)
After six decades of marriage, John and Patricia Kilbourn left this life only four days apart. The only way to tell their story was through the words of the people who knew them best.