Lynn Brown

literarylynn.com
15 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I'm a freelance content creator with a passion for travel, history, culture and the places where those topics intersect. My work has been published in GQ, Conde Nast Traveler, Fodor’s Travel and Ebony Magazine, among others. I'm an adjunct journalism professor at CUNY's Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and the New School, as well as a Travel Demand Editor at Lonely Planet.

Expertise

Copywriter 3 YearsEditor 7 YearsWriter 13 Years

Specialty

Travel 5 YearsArts & Humanities 10 YearsEducation 5 Years

Industries

Book publishing - all 10 YearsPr/marketing - all 6 YearsMagazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 10 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Conde Nast Traveler (1-2)
  • Fodors Travel (3-5)
  • Ebony Magzine (3-5)
  • GQ (1-2)
  • Time Out (1-2)
  • Parlour Magazine (3-5)
  • JSTOR Daily (6-10)
  • TripSavvy (1-2)
  • AARP (6-10)
  • Broadly (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • San Francisco State University (6-10)
  • UC Berkeley (1-2)
  • Duke University (3-5)
  • WeTransfer (1-2)

Associations

ASJA, MLA, IFWTWA, AWP, NABJ.

Other Work History

Consultant & Content Creator at Literary Lynn, LLC Travel Demand Editor, Lonely Planet Adjunct Journalism Professor, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and the New School Associate Editor at the Stranger's Guide Magazine Adjunct Writing Instructor, Medgar Evers College, Shaw University & Duke University Associate Agent at Larsen Pomada Literary Agents Freelance fiction & nonfiction editor

Computer Skills

MS Office Suite, Raisers Edge, Photoshop, InDesign, Access, Publisher, Act!, FileMaker, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, crowd funding platforms Constant Contact/Vertical Response and Wordpress/Drupal.

Equipment

laptop, audio recorder.