Write long-form content on restaurants, bars, hotels, and attractions in Yolo County, including wineries and outdoor adventures.

I create hyper-local content focusing on restaurants, attractions, events and travel designed to position the company as a valued community resource.

I write and edit articles for print and online publications, create marketing and communications content and prepare press releases and email marketing copy. My specialties include travel, outdoors, food, dining and wine.

Wrote and edited content for numerous travel- and destination-related projects for Google, including Maps, Trips and others.

Responsibilities included developing content for both internal and external audiences. I researched and wrote monthly and quarterly articles focusing on risk management and assisted with writing and editing marketing copy for the association's website, collateral materials and other publications, as needed.

Duties included writing and editing articles for both print and online delivery, writing copy for social media, preparing press releases, developing talking points and writing and editing other association publications as needed. Topics included public education with a focus on legislation and policy and profiles on educators, schools and students. I also assisted in the development of the association’s online communication and marketing strategies, helped to develop a private social network and blog site for members, and contributed to the overall content strategy for the association’s website.

I was the Sacramento-based writer-editor for an international guide to travel and dining. I wrote restaurant reviews and annual vacation and business travel guides highlighting hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities.

I reviewed restaurants throughout the Sacramento area for a national dining, travel and entertainment guide.

I wrote daily news articles in the areas of education, police and fire, as well as feature articles, profiles, obituaries, reviews and breaking news, among others. The work entailed generating stories through beat contacts.