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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

Brand content, Alive Magazine, November 9, 2016 Photo via Unsplash Based in St. Louis, Alive Magazine focuses on makers and artisans in...

Print feature, Riverfront Times, November 15, 2017 Local editors know that I love exploring everything that St. Louis has to offer, so...

I'd posted a version of the following to LinkedIn on July 10, 2018, after author and marketing pro Amber Naslund shared thoughts on the...

Oh, higher education, I just can't quit you. Say hello to another video about students that I helped produce after I'd left Saint Louis...