Editing print articles to make them suitable for web.
Creating web-original articles and evergreen content to gain more traffic.
Working with freelancers to create fun, web-original columns like “Shanghai Mama.”
Developing social media campaigns and events to increase readership.
While the site is no longer active (Ringier sold its business in China at the end of 2017), I’ve included some screenshots of some of the content I created for ShFamily.com. Just click on the images to read.
I started the Adventurous Appetite blog when I moved to South Korea in 2009, as a way to stay in touch with family. I had no idea what I was doing, and most of the first entries are like long Facebook posts! But, I kept at it off-and-on for about a decade before deciding to archive the website. Here are some of my favorite posts.
I actually got my first byline in 2006 when the St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) took a chance on a recent college graduate and published my personal essay on what it’s like to have ADHD. My second article was published six years later when I wrote a “small world” story about reuniting with a guy I met in the Beijing airport.
VisitFlorida.com is Florida’s official tourism marketing company. Over the years, I have written landing pages and articles on a variety of topics, from boating, to solo travel, to a series of “Girlfriend Getaways.”
