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Thinking About Meaningful Editorial Work

It's Tough Being a Woman in Tech (Riverfront Times)

Thinking About the Resilience of My Media Friends

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Thinking About Meaningful Editorial Work

As a journalist and copywriter, I've drafted a lot of text. A LOT. I've written about cleaning products, pets, higher education, dating...

It's Tough Being a Woman in Tech (Riverfront Times)

Cover story, Riverfront Times, May 10, 2017 Photos by Kelly Glueck It feels appropriate that I'm posting this particular story tonight....

Thinking About the Resilience of My Media Friends

At roughly 2 a.m. on September 5, music-lovers in St. Louis and beyond learned via Twitter that LouFest -- an annual home-grown festival...

Put a Ring on It (Ladue News)

Print feature, Ladue News, May 17, 2018 The Ladue News regularly taps me to write features about all kinds of industries -- wellness,...

'Be Compassionate, Be a Billiken' Video (Saint Louis University)

After spending 2002-2007 leading Saint Louis University's internal communications efforts, leadership offered me the opportunity to move...

If You Don't Care About Meaningful Inclusion and Optics, You're Doing It Wrong

Learning to see after you've been operating blindly for so long can be daunting. It is for me. And it is for many businesses, including...

Avengers Disassemble: Parents Furious There's No Black Widow Bear at Build-a-Bear (Riverfront Ti

Digital feature, Riverfront Times, May 14, 2015 I've been writing for the Riverfront Times for many years now, and I'm blessed and...

LeBron James Proves That He's The King Of Everything Ever (BrainJet)

Digital story, BrainJet, December 2015 Photo by Erik Drost via Flickr Creative Commons In 2015 and 2016, I was an editor at a local...

Multi-platform Series: Video, Interviews, Copywriting, Social (Monsanto)

While at HLK, a full-service digital agency, I was one of the lead digital brand stewards for a major Monsanto crop-management solution...

Meet Pepper, The Companion Robot That Could Revolutionize The Way We Live (BrainJet)

Digital story, BrainJet, March 14, 2016 Photos by Allison Babka In 2015, I was an editor at a local content startup, overseeing two...