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Philosophy & Services
Storytelling
Over the years, I’ve interviewed and written about a fair number of well-known artists and entertainers. And while I’ve enjoyed that immensely, it pales in comparison to giving lesser-known people rock-star treatment, particularly those who do meaningful work. I am interested in people and finding out why they do what they do, whether I am writing 150 words or 15,000 about them. It is my hope that readers come away from my writing with an intimate sense of the people, places and issues that I cover.
Social networking
I’ve never taken a how-to course in social networking tools. I simply use them.
I’ve participated in much of what cyberculture has to offer since the mid-1990s. From early bulletin boards and listservs to blogging, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, I’ve closely watched the ways that media outlets, companies and individuals use these tools both effectively and poorly. I can help you understand how people use these tools in their daily lives and effective, authentic ways of reaching them.
Content curation, link journalism, information filtering
The sea of information on the Internet gets deeper and more confusing every day. As a journalist, not to mention a mother who turns to her computer for practical information on a regular basis, I know a lot about cutting through the fat of the Internet and finding the most useful, truthful and compelling content. As a writer, I also know how to summarize it and package it well.
Other technical skills
I am at least 70 percent geek. From my earliest newspaper jobs, I felt that learning the technology involved in publishing was important to my writing. I am well-versed in the software and tools that designers and programmers use. As a result, I’ve created content for magazines, public radio news broadcasts, commercial television, web sites, email newsletters and even cell phones over the years. I can construct in-depth narratives for print publications, but I also understand the demands of new media, and have experience writing and packaging digital content.