Judith Cole

Gastonia, NC USA
Website: www.linkedin.com/in/judycoleink/
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Professional Experience

As a professional writer/editor/content maven with more than 20 years' experience, along with interviewing everyone from homeless artists, street soccer activists, business entrepreneurs, designers, chefs, magicians, musicians, assorted celebrities—and even the occasional ecdysiast and dominatrix—I’ve brainstormed/assigned/polished and published both long- and short-form content across a broad range subject matter encompassing pretty much any and everything that’s ever sprung to mind or fallen in my lap that demanded coverage. In addition to a keen ear for language, a finely tuned eye for trends, and the ability to turn out crisp, focused copy quickly and cleanly, I can keep a fair number of plates spinning at the same time, make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and I play well with others.

Expertise

Book Author
18 Years
Editor
23 Years
Writer
23 Years

Specialty

Women's Issues
25 Years
Lifestyle
25 Years
Health
25 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
13 Years
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
2 Years
Online/new media
8 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

25 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Vibrant Living (10+), Men's Fitness (6-10), SexIs (10+), Charlotte Creative Loafing (6-10), Charlotte Magazine (6-10), Draft (1-2), Skirt! (1-2), Today's Charlotte Woman (10+), Twice As Good (10+), North Carolina Health News (3-5), Good News Network (10+), Worthpoint (3-5)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

The Writers for Hire (10+), Thoughtco (About.Com) (10+), Status Labs (10+)

Other Work History

Editor, Today's Charlotte Woman; Editor-in-Chief, Playgirl; Managing Editor, Montcalm Publishing; Special Projects Coordinator, Sexis

Equipment

Full Adobe Creative Suite, Fully loaded iMac

Showcase

Features

The Women of Beer
(Draft 6/1/2008)
Beer may be the beverage of choice for a night out with the guys or a day trip on a fishing boat, but macho image notwithstanding, "the suds that dreams are made of" was actually invented by women. Meet five fine brewmasters...who just happen to be female.
Signs of Life in Gastonia
(Creative Loafing Charlotte 10/3/2007)
Charlotte's neighbor has a reputation for being home to criminals, crackheads and rednecks, but as is often the case, perception and reality aren't always the same.
Annie McClendon Gurley: Transforming Poverty into Plenty
(Creative Loafing Charlotte 3/7/2007)
Of all outsider artists, those furthest off the grid may be the homeless.
Kitsch 'n' Confidential
(Creative Loafing Charlotte 8/15/2007)
Big Mamma D's House of Burlesque serves up pulchritude with attitude. This one-woman juggernaut single-handedly puts the tease back into striptease.
Garment Workers Are Now Being Educated in Bangladesh So They Can Go to College
(Good News Network 1/18/2021)
Women in Bangladesh's garment industry break the pattern of poverty with education.
Young Man Overcomes Illness by Learning Skills From a Near Dead Art: Watchmaking
(Good News Network 1/13/2021)
Canberra man struck down by illness finds that time has a way of healing—literally.
Barber Shop Swoops in to Help Run Restaurant When Staff Gets COVID: ‘We couldn’t ask for better neighbors’
(Good News Network 11/12/2020)
Neighborhood businesses rally together in "the würst" of times.
The Science On Santa’s Reindeer: They Are All Female – Except For Rudolph
(Good News Network 12/17/2020)
Well, that would explain Vixen...
Remembering Philo
(Creative Loafing Charlotte 1/10/2007)
But for the grace of Thin Lizzy, U2 might have simply been, "U who?"
Bank of America’s Cathy Bessant: All’s Well That Ends Well
(Vibrant Living 9/28/2017)
Breast cancer survivor Cathy Bessant finds her greatest strengths overcoming obstacles.
Combining Healthcare With Job Opportunities Could Spell Success for Charlotte’s Underserved
(North Carolina Health News 5/9/2017)
Charlotte Community Health Centers’ mission is to provide one-stop, affordable healthcare for the most underserved patient populations.
1,000 Reasons to Help Teens Cope
(North Carolina Health News 4/24/2017)
Gaston County Public Library’s Community Read, “1,000 Reasons Why You Matter,” aims to raise awareness of bullying and deter teen deaths.
Some Place Like Home
(Charlotte Magazine 11/1/2007)
Through art, gardening, and soccer, Lawrence Cann is putting the humanity back into human services and getting the homeless off the street.
Collecting Baltic Amber: Separating the Fossils From the Faux
(Worthpoint 1/2/2022)
My Great Aunt Tutz bequeathed me her heirloom "amber bracelets" but would they be forever amber, or were they something else?
So You Think You Want a Vintage Stove?
(Worthpoint 2/11/2022)
A self-professed vintage stove junkie confesses all in the pursuit of her perfect retro range.
Seniors as Living Art
(Good News Network 7/5/2021)
Senior models become part of the scenery in magical landscapes that celebrate lives well lived.
Charlotte Perriand: The Creative Mind Behind Some of Atelier Le Corbusier’s Most Famous Furniture Designs.
(Worthpoint 2/5/2023)
Le Corbusier may be the more famous name, but in many ways, Charlotte Perriand was the driving creative force behind the legendary designer's throne.

Essays

A Tale of Old Bones
(Skirt! 10/1/2007)
Secrets are weeds, fed by stubborn will and fertile need, that demand to see the light of day.
Boogeyman Logic: A Requiem for Matthew
(SexIs 12/1/2009)
For World Aids Day, SexIs commissioned a series of essays and articles that spoke to each writer's personal experience with the epidemic. This is mine.

Books

And Jilly Came Tumbling After
(Red Sky Presents 3/21/2021)
Everyone has “the one that got away,” but what do you do when he comes back? That’s what homicide detective Gillian “Jilly” Delmar (a.k.a. the Wise Choice Herring heiress) is about to find out—in the middle of a murder investigation. When objectionable Professor Reginald Breedlove of Jilly’s alma mater, Castleford College, dies under sinister circumstances, Detective Delmar catches the case. She also catches sight of criminal profiler Dr. Raphael Hanlon, her long lost true love—and soon-to-be subject of an upcoming original Netflix series—for the first time in nearly two decades. Can the pair rekindle their passion, heal old wounds, cure the hiccups, and find the killer before he—or she—strikes again?
Grrracie! A Stray Dog's Tale
(Smashwords Edition 10/23/2011)
This poignant children's story in ebook format is perfect for parents to read to younger kids, or older kids to read themselves.
Peculiar Parables for a Dubious Millennium
(Amazon.com/Smashwords 2/26/2013)
"Peculiar Parables for a Dubious Millennium" is a collection of curiously delightful fables aimed at sophisticated, slightly off-kilter kids and the proud parents who are raising them just outside the box, off the wall...and a little bit to the left of center.

Lifestyle

How To Play The Dating Field
(Muscle & Fitness 3/7/2012)
Not being ready to settle down is no license to be a dog. Following these rules will help keep your karma clean while dating multiple partners.
Time Out!
(Yellow Pages Hand-Selected Guide 1/8/2013)
Kid-friendly dining doesn't have to be "krazy."
The Culinary Hearts
(Vibrant Living 1/3/2012)
Healthy eating. Healthy heart. What's not to love?
Cut to the Chase
(Vibrant Living 1/5/2012)
When the mowing gets turf, the turf gets mowing.

Fashion

Spring Fashion
(Vibrant Living 1/3/2012)
This spring, vintage is back in the vanguard.
Seminal Styles of the 20th Century: Part Two
(SexIs 5/12/2009)
A rumination on tomatoes, platinum blondes and the rise of Butch Chic

Humor

Clucked and Far From Home
(Today's Charlotte Woman 1/5/2006)
After destiny laid an egg, nothing was ever the same.