Writing Portfolio

The Museum of Flight

• 2017 Annual Report (Apr. 2018)
• “Veterans Speak: Memories of Air Combat in the Vietnam War” magazine article (Dec. 2017)
• “From Vietnam to Seattle: Preserving the B-52 Legacy” magazine article (Oct. 2017)
• Project Welcome Home campaign website creation and maintenance (Jun. 2017)
• “A Lunar Affair” magazine article (Jun. 2017)
• “Project Welcome Home Vietnam Air War Memorial Park” magazine article (Jun. 2017)
• 2016 Annual Report (Apr. 2017)
• “FedEx: Curating Compelling Connections Through Air Cargo” magazine article (Feb. 2017)
• “We Flew Past Our Goal!” magazine article (Feb. 2017)
• “The Challenge” magazine article (Dec. 2016)
• “Making Strides” magazine article (Oct. 2016)
• “Taking Leadership by Storm” magazine article (Oct. 2016)
• “A Treasured Legacy” magazine article (Aug. 2016)
• “Getting the Big Picture” magazine article (Apr. 2016)
• Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign 8-page magazine feature (Feb. 2016)
• “Inspiration Begins Here at The Museum of Flight!” magazine article (Nov. 2015)
• “The Power of Giving: Igniting the Spark of Inspiration” magazine article (Nov. 2015)
• Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign website creation and maintenance (Oct. 2015)
• “Memories Create a Lasting Legacy” magazine article (Sept. 2015)
• “The Boeing Academy for STEM Learning” magazine article (Jul. 2015)

Videos – storyboard, direction and messaging for a specific fundraising project.

• B-52 restoration video for the Project Welcome Home campaign (Nov. 2017)
• Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign Thank You video to celebrate the successful completion of the Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign (Apr. 2017)
• Aeronautical Science Pathways video to promote a new education program (Sept. 2016)
• B-29 restoration and unveiling video for exhibit opening (Jul. 2016)
• Aviation Pavilion construction time lapse video for a new building on the Museum campus (Jun. 2016)
• “Something Big is Coming” video for the Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign community gifts phase (Mar. 2016)

Campaign Newsletters

• Project Welcome Home (2017 – 2018)
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
• Inspiration Begins Here! Campaign (2015 – 2016)
  • Summer 2017
  • Winter 2017
  • Summer 2016
  • Spring 2016
  • Summer 2015

Aloft Magazine – The Museum of Flight’s bi-monthly member magazine. Author and copyeditor.

• Volume 40, No. 3 (May/June 2018)
• Volume 40, No. 2 (March/April 2018)
• Volume 40, No. 1 (January/February 2018)
• Volume 39, No. 6 (November/December 2017)
• Volume 39, No. 5 (September/October 2017)
• Volume 39, No. 4 (July/August 2017)
• Volume 39, No. 3 (May/June 2017)
• Volume 39, No. 2 (March/April 2017)
• Volume 39, No. 1 (January/February 2017)
• Volume 38, No. 6 (November/December 2016)
• Volume 38, No. 5 (September/October 2016)
• Volume 38, No. 4 (July/August 2016)
• Volume 38, No. 3 (May/June 2016)
• Volume 38, No. 2 (March/April 2016)
• Volume 38, No. 1 (January/February 2016)
• Volume 37, No. 6 (November/December 2015)
• Volume 37, No. 5 (September/October 2015)

Freelance Writing, Editing and PR

• Materials Matter with AIA Seattle (October 2016-February 2017)
• Getting to Zero with AIA Seattle (June 2015)
• Press package for the CD release party of Seattle band Kings of Cavalier (April 2015)
• Website, social media, and RFP editing for Bonfire Art, Design and Culture (January 2015)
• Website copy for the 8-Bit Weather mobile app (December 2014)
• PR for the Phoenix Festival, a TwispWorks benefit event for local wildfire relief (October 2014)
• AIA’s Seattle Design Festival Susan Szenasy event review (September 2014)

Tech Writing certification, Bellevue College

• Website maintenance manual for Bonfire Art and Design
• User guide for goPeople mobile app prototype
• Usability test website to measure how intuitive WordPress is for new users
• Style guide for standardizing the KEXP Music Matters newsletter

    

KEXP 90.3 FM, KEXP.ORG – a nonprofit listener-powered radio station of Seattle, formerly KCMU, the student radio station of the University of Washington. Author and editor.

• Whipped Cream and Other Delights (November 2013)
• Make Your Mark and Help Build KEXP’s New Home! (November 2013)
• 2012 Annual Shareholders Report (October 2013)
• Breaking New Ground Together: the Campaign for KEXP’s New Home (July 2013)
• Amplifier Love Week 2013 (June 2013)
• Capitol Hill Block Party Flyaway 2013 (June 2013)
• Civic Pride: The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest (May 2013)

Music Matters newsletter – the monthly newsletter for KEXP. Author and editor.

• Music Matters: A Year of Great Music (December 2013)
• Music Matters: Gratitude, Gravy and Great Music (November 2013)
• Music Matters: “Rock & Roll” Saves Lives (October 2013)
• Music Matters: You Made This a September to Remember! (September 2013)
• Music Matters: Vote for the Top Albums of the 21st Century! (August 2013)
• Music Matters: You Make Summer Sizzle (July 2013)
• Music Matters: You Make Summer Sound Sweeter (June 2013)
• Music Matters: Iceland, Amplifiers, and Twelve Hours of Awesome! (May 2013)
• Music Matters: Better Sounds for a Better World (April 2013)

       

OSP Magazine – an online trade publication for telecom networks. Ghostwriter for Angela Bennink of NoaNet, a client of Cocker Fennessy.

• Over the Rivers and Through the Woods: How a Non-Profit Telecom Company Connected Rural Washington State with Fiber (September 2013)

Sustainability Matters newsletter – the quarterly email publication of Glumac, a West coast green engineering company. The newsletter is sent out to professionals in the green building industry such as engineers, architects and contractors. Editor, author and photographer.

• Susan Szenasy of Metropolis Magazine Visits Portland to Talk Green Building (Issue 27)
• Charging the Future with Electric Vehicles (Issue 27)
• Glumac Commissions the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine (Issue 26)
• Glumac Introduces Construcion Services (Issue 26)
• Glumac explores Green Building in Toronto (Issue 24)

• Issue 27 (August 2011)
• Issue 26 (May 2011)
• Issue 25 (February 2011)
• Issue 24 (November 2010)

        

Ecotone Publishing –  a division of the International Living Future Institute, this Pacific Northwest publisher produces books that focus on sustainable design on both local and global scales. On-site co-editor.

• The Ecological Engineer: Glumac (2011)

Oregon Insider – a monthly news publication for environmental management and regulation in the Pacific Northwest. Author and co-author.

• Oregon Convention Center: the Convention Center that Challenges Convention, Issue 469 (September 2011)
• The Vancouver, WA Hilton Hotel: Pioneering the Elegant Side of Efficiency, Issue 467 (July 2011)

Sustainable Business Oregon – a publication of the Oregon Business Journal that covers local news and issues at the intersection of business and sustainability.

• Oregon Convention Center: the Convention Center that Challenges Convention (August 2011)

The Zweig Letter – a publication of Zweig White, a marketing publication for architects, engineers and environmental planning professionals worldwide. Co-author with Steven Straus, president of Glumac.

• Green: Under promise and over deliver, Issue 906 (April 2011)

      

Crosscut.com – Pacific Northwest nonprofit online newspaper run by David Brewster, founder and editor of the Seattle Weekly. Author and photographer.

• LEED-ing the way to sustainability (August 2008)
• Review: Faith and mental illness on Seattle’s streets (July 2008)
• When it comes to energy consumption, what really drives change? (June 2008)
• Folklife ’08: Seattle folks are the life of the festival (May 2008)
• Vancouver, B.C., loses some ground as a sustainability leader (May 2008)

STIR Magazine – the student-funded publication of Clark University dedicated to life, culture and style. Editor, author and photographer.

• Volume 5, Issue 2 (Spring 2010)
• Volume 5, Issue 1 (Fall 2009)
• Volume 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2009)
• Volume 4, Issue 1 (Fall 2008)
• Volume 3, Issue 2 (Spring 2008)
• Volume 3, Issue 1 (Fall 2007)