Professional Work
Journalistic Publications
Breathe Easy? LA’s Air Quality, Then And Now | Blackbird, December 2018
Restoring The LA River: From Concrete Ditch To Urban Oasis | Blackbird, November 2018
Racial Profiling: How Some California Police Departments Disproportionately Enforce The Law | Blackbird, August 2018
Buffalo River Dredging - Residents And The Dept. of Environmental Conservation Weigh In | Artvoice
Editorial Publications
The Origins of Sneaker Culture: World War II to Present | Blackbird, December 2018
Thomas Edison, The Mob, & Magic: How The Film Industry Came To LA | Blackbird, December 2018
Local History: How The Dodgers Stole A Neighborhood | Blackbird, October 2018
Real-Life Halloween Haunts Around Los Angeles | Blackbird, October 2018
Best Day Hikes Around Los Angeles | Blackbird, September 2018
Artists We Love: Upset’s Lauren Freeman | Blackbird, June 2018
Blog Posts Dealing With ALS And Grief/Loss
After Life: Trying To Heal Without Letting Go | Wordpress, May 2018
Guilt Of The Living - Coping With Guilt When Someone You Love Is Dying | Wordpress, November 2017
Beginnings Pt. 2: Going To California | Wordpress, August 2017
Beginnings Pt. 1: My Mother’s Diagnosis | Wordpress, July 2017
Writer, Director of Content | 1ink.com
2016 - 2017
Responsible for increasing organic web traffic by over 150% over the course of 14 months (9/2016 - 11/2017). Primary duties included writing SEO-friendly product descriptions, creating weekly blog posts for our e-commerce site, submitting guest blog posts for other affiliates, and managing the company's social media channels.
Skills utilized in this position: creating fresh content on a daily basis, optimizing content for SEO searches, editing content, and performing light HTML coding while uploading content.
Published Work:
The History of Printing
How to Build a Greener Office In Six Easy Steps
Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Ink/Toner Purchase
Four Signs That It's Time to Buy a New Printer
Six Easy Ways to Save Hundreds of Dollars a Year
Thinking of Getting a New Printer? Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Buy
Outside Publications:
Best Budget Printer for Designers | Inkbot Design, August 2017
Content Writer | wikiHow
2015 - 2016
Responsible for creating written content for wikiHow. Primary duties included researching assigned topics to become a functional expert in under 30 minutes, writing sourced and fact-checked web content in under two hours (per article), and ensuring that the content was sufficiently approachable and informative for a general audience.
Skills utilized in this position: creating original content on a daily basis covering topics that were assigned by the content manager, conducting research using credible sources, reviewing articles for both content and grammar/punctuation, performing light HTML coding for web content/formatting, and submitting work for review and publication.
Sample of published work:
How to Stay Safe in the Sun