Sample Editorial Projects
The 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington, DC (Washingtonian, 2024-2025): Visit, vet, and review restaurants all over DC to determine the very best the city has to offer.
Block Party (DoorDash, 2023-2024): Oversaw editorial calendar and all content for Block Party, which featured 30+ monthly articles about cooking, restaurants, retail, and more.
Plant Powered II (Washington Post, 2023): Edited and launched a 10-week vegan recipe newsletter series.
The Crunchies (Food52, 2022): A celebration of the best new(ish) snacks from small businesses that more people should know about. I shepherded this project from research phase to launch.
Quarantine Cookies (Kitchn, 2020): A recipe package featuring 16 excellent bakers, on their cookie of the year.
America's Favorite Neighborhood Restaurants (BonApp, 2018): The most ambitious digital editorial project done at Bon Appétit to date, featuring 80+ pieces of content from sought-after writers, actors, and thought leaders.
Consulting Examples
Interested in learning more? This is where I devote the majority of my time but many of the projects are internal and/or not for external viewing. Contact me for more details, references, etc.
Served as Interim Executive Editor for major media brand and Interim Head of Copy for major food brand
Optimized newsletter strategies for CPG, media, and personal brands. Launched e-newsletter for small food business; created e-mail campaigns for key brand moments. Scaled e-comm revenue for lifestyle newsletter business.
Audited website strengths/weaknesses for major food media brands
Crafted brand values for major national fast-casual food brand
Pinch hitting in a variety of capacities: rush newsletter copy jobs, reporting articles on tight deadlines, top editing when team is short-staffed, polishing CEO talking points, etc.