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As a freelance journalist, I work in a
variety of writing, reporting and editing jobs. Here is a
little of what I do:
I write feature and news stories on just
about any topic. My work includes articles about business and social
issues, politics and personalities. I often write about
entrepreneurs and their unusual ideas, as in this piece for
Inc.
magazine, "Get
healthy...or else."
Some of my feature stories
appear as cover pieces for special sections, as "Rolling
Into Trouble" did in a Wall Street Journal
special report on small business.
Sometimes I write entire
sections of copy for publications. For Crain's
Chicago Business' Focus section on franchising, I wrote
a collection of six articles. Among them were stories that
detailed the pros and cons of owning a franchise, as well as
numerous examples of success and failure. I have written
special sections on a variety of topics, including food and wine,
e-commerce and family
business.
Occasionally, publications call for a more reflective, essay style of
writing about the news. I write news analyses and commentaries that
bring perspective to events. I wrote “Alabama
Politics: Praying and Fighting,” to give the international
readers of The Economist magazine a feel for the unique
personalities involved in an Alabama governor’s race.
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National publications
occasionally need extra reporters to work on stories their
staffers write. Oftentimes, I report news for stories
that are written by other writers, such as for this Time
magazine piece, "The
Twilight Zone of Consciousness." Similarly, I also
work as a team reporter, gathering quotes, anecdotes
and statistics for articles that include information from
several journalists. In this Time magazine piece,
"Hot
Towns," for example, I provided the lead example
and other Florida anecdotes and quotes that appear in the
story.
I write advice articles that use
examples as well as experts to illustrate how to make
businesses run better. "Do
Your Employees Qualify for
Overtime,"
written for Inc.
magazine, explains how business owners should interpret tricky wage laws. "Staring
down change" in Crain’s Chicago
Business, offers
tips to second-generation family business owners who want to
make major changes in their companies.
In addition to correcting punctuation and grammar, a strong
editor can turn a diverse collection of articles into a compelling
publication. I edit articles, websites, magazines
and books with an eye toward developing or maintaining
a cohesive, appropriate voice for each publication. I have
edited numerous editions of Florida
Trend’s Research Florida
magazine, which include articles
written by dozens of professionals.
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