“Do not use words too big for the subject. Don’t say ‘infinitely’ when you mean ‘very’; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.” ~C.S. Lewis
How we say something is sometimes just as important as what we say. Below you will find some of my professional writing samples.
FOOD WRITING
Plate Magazine
Onigiri Gets a Tan at Plant-Based, Caribbean-Focused HAAM in Brooklyn - September 2024
Hear are All the Best Spring Cookbooks and Beverage Books to Dive Into - March 2022
2020 Chef’s to Watch: Nelson German - December 2020
Saveur
My Secret Love Affair with the 1990s Most Infamous Snack Food - December 2022
Business Insider
I Tried the McRib for the Fist Time. Sorry to Everyone Who Loves This Sandwich, Including My Dad, but This Just Ain’t It. -November 2022
Epicurious
25 New Baking Books for Cozy Fall Treats, Holiday Cookies, and Lots of Sourdough Loaves - August 2021
Garden & Gun
Honoring the History of the Plate Sale - August 2020
Food & Wine
24 Hours in the City of Gold - July 2020
Tiffany Tastes
Strip Clubs, Salvation and Sonic Drive-In - November 2017
(Nominated for a 2018 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award in the Personal Essay category)
NONPROFIT/PHILANTHROPIC SECTOR WRITING
Nonprofit Finance Fund
How the Social Innovation and Equity Council was Born - July 2020
Interpretation (Council on Accreditation Blog)
Data for Change: Nonprofit Leaders Raise Their Voices About the State of the Sector - June 2018
The Source from WaterAid America
Facebook Doesn't Care About Your Aunt Flo - May 2017
#MannequinChallenge, WaterAid Style - December 2016
United Philanthropy Forum
A Newcomer's Take on the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference - April 2015
TRAVEL/TOURISM WRITING
At Home Tennessee (Now At Home Memphis and Mid South)
Memphis Renaissance: The Bluff City's Riverfront Revitalization - May 2012
ExZooberance (Memphis Zoo & Aquarium member magazine)
Conservation: The Komodo Dragon Program - February 2012
New Web Design - April 2011
Memphis Zoo: What's Not to "Like" - December 2010
Baby Boomer News
Memphis Zoo Staff Pleased with Bonding at Primate Canyon - August 2010