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...
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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...
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...
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...
Give Back and Get Involved (Alive Magazine)
Brand content, Alive Magazine, November 9, 2016 Photo via Unsplash Based in St. Louis, Alive Magazine focuses on makers and artisans in...
Guide: 40 Shops We Love (Riverfront Times)
Print feature, Riverfront Times, November 15, 2017 Local editors know that I love exploring everything that St. Louis has to offer, so...
Wrestling with Entrepreneurship and Identity
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...
Student Marketing Competition Highlight Video (Lutheran Church Extension Fund)
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...
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