Writing Portfolio

Table of Contents

Professionally Published Works

“Talk of the Town: Meyersdale, PA” / Susquehanna Style, March 2021

“Talk of the Town: Ephrata, PA” / Susquehanna Style, February 2021

“17 Locally Handmade Gifts” / Susquehanna Style, December 2020

“Safe Ways to Give Back this Holiday Season” / Susquehanna Style, December 2020

“5 Meaningful Gifts that Won’t Break the Bank” / Susquehanna Style, December 2020

“Adjusting to Change and Finding Time to Write” / The Writer’s Workout Blog, May 2020

Copywriting Samples

Short-form Instagram Copy

Short-from Digital Ad

Long-form Marketing Copy

Academic Writing Samples

Project Proposal: Suggested revisions for La Malbec website

“Crossroads of Equality: How Connie Represents the Second Wave of Feminism” / Analysis of “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates

Instruction Manual / Rewritten Instructions for Toastmaster Blender

“Behind the Great Emancipator: How Abraham Lincoln’s Rhetoric Affects His Legacy” / Paper for Rhetoric and Professional Writing class

“The Consequences of the Internet’s Attention Economy” / Paper for Writing for the Internet class

Website Proposal / Proposal created for Technical Writing class

The Voice, Bloomsburg University’s Student Newspaper

“Addition of Nickelodeon shows makes Netflix relevant again” / February 2021

“5 Tips for a Successful Semester” / February 2021

“Zendaya, ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ and ‘Watchmen’ win big at 2020 Emmys” / September 2020

“Netflix movie ‘Cuties’ is deserving of criticism” / September 2020

“‘The Umbrella Academy’ season two picks up the pace” / August 2020

“Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’ is a wild, entertaining adventure” / April 2020

“The new era of talk shows” / April 2020

“‘Birds of Prey’ is worth the watch” / February 2020

“Artistry and activism” / September 2019

Periscope, Carlisle High School’s News Site and Magazine

“‘Russian Doll’ is the best Netflix original content (Review)” / March 2019

“‘A Brief Inquiry’ into The 1975’s new album (Review)” / December 2018

“Twenty One Pilots creates brilliant backstory for upcoming album ‘Trench’ (Review)” / September 2018, Best of SNO award

“‘Multiple Choice:’ Test or a captivating novel? (Review)” / May 2018

“Carlisle ‘shake’down: The search for the perfect chocolate milkshake (Video)” / April 2018

“HQ Trivia ‘gets down to the nitty gritty’ with increasing prize money (Review)” / April 2018

“Behind the screens: How movies are rated on online sites” / March 2018

“Potential for success: Super Bowl lead-out programs score big audiences” / February 2018

“Big Brothers Big Sisters: An organization dedicated to a ‘big’ problem” / January 2018

“YouTube Rewind: The shape of disappointment (Review)” / December 2017, Best of SNO Award

“Is ‘It’ worth seeing? (Review)” / October 2017

“‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2’ delivers an entertaining adventure (Review)” / May 2017

“‘This is Where it Ends’ offers a blood chilling reading experience (Review)” / April 2017

“Miller presents her story through colors with ‘Chapter One’ (Review)” / March 2017

“‘A List of Cages’ shines light on heavy topics (Review)” / March 2017

“‘La La Land’ performs its way into audience’s hearts (Review)” / February 2017

“Cost, convenience, and quality: Why viewers are cutting cable (Editorial)” / January 2017

“Winter cheerleading cheers into the new season” / January 2017

“New club having positive effect within the school” / December 2016

“25th annual student-directed Shakespeare festival takes the stage” / December 2016

“Never too early to get in the holiday spirit (Editorial)” / November 2016

“Trick-or-treating is a night for children (Editorial)” / October 2016

“Farmers on the Square: Tradition in the heart of Carlisle” / September 2016

“NBC’s ‘The Good Place’ most creative show of the fall (Review)” / September 2016

Creative Writing Samples

“Sleeping with the Jaded Sun” / poetry

“The Cafe” / short story, National Scholastic Silver Medal 2016