Laura W
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Joined 8/23/2011
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Laura is a versatile writer with over 10 years of professional experience. She is an award-winning alumna of the government-journalism program at Sacramento State University, which is the only such program in the nation.

Laura's news, feature and review articles have been published in business, lifestyle, music, entertainment and parenting magazines. She's also written for trade publications, newspapers, real estate companies and a variety of websites, especially in the health and beauty/fashion areas.

An experienced health writer, Laura has ghostwritten for doctors, as well as provided informative articles for TheNest.com, SFGate.com, Livestrong.com and many others.

Laura has crafted hundreds of beauty and style articles for online newspapers, celebrity websites and for a medical spa.

She's ran blogs for private clients, provided ad copy for major retailers and written on behalf of many law practices.

Laura has experience in the record industry as a scout for Warner Records and has written concert reviews, CD reviews, band profiles and breaking news for a variety of arts and entertainment publications.

Laura follows A.P. Style, unless otherwise indicated by the client.
Green Living
Music
Entertainment
Fashion
Politics
Relationships
Craft
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Education
Travel
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Specialties

Laura specializes in news, features, reviews, content articles and blogs. Her areas of expertise include politics, music, parenting, health, fitness, beauty, fashion, weddings and etiquette. Her love of rock music, weddings, gymnastics and all things pop culture is evident in the hundreds of articles she has published on these interests.

Interests

Laura's interests range from punk rock to princess movies. She takes pride in being a woman who defies stereotypes. She hopes to one day use her head full of trivia knowledge to win lots and lots of money.

Education

California State University, Sacramento

Laura studied both political science and journalism at Sacramento State for the institution's unique combined degree.

Laura wrote for Sacramento State publications, covering local and state politics.

Laura's coursework in subjects including nutrition, environmental science, music history, family issues, social issues and psychology help her write informative articles on these topics.

Health

445 Projects Completed

As an experienced health writer, Laura has ghostwritten for doctors' offices and written for online publishers and newspaper websites, such as SFGate.com and TheNest.com. Her expertise includes diseases, chronic conditions, pregnancy, baby health, child health, teen health, natural remedies and home treatments. Laura wrote daily blogs for a doctor's medical spa. The blogs focused on weight loss, skincare, fitness and new medical technologies. She also works in the health industry, providing in-home care for the disabled.

Fashion

151 Projects Completed

Using her fashion knowledge and slight obsession with celebrities and trends, Laura's work was featured on TyraBanks.com, and she later helped launch Tyra Banks' Type F. Her friendly, fun and informative, fashion-forward articles have been featured on a number of websites and blogs. She has written on everything from the latest trends to wedding fashion. She specializes in body-positive articles that help women of all ages, shapes and sizes look fabulous in flattering fashions.

Music

104 Projects Completed

Laura uses her rock music expertise as a former scout for Warner Records to write hundreds of music articles for publications including "Sacramento News & Review," "The Music & Sound Retailer," "Richohet Magazine," "LoCal MuSac" and Examiner.com. She has experience writing album reviews, show reviews, band profiles and breaking news articles.

Entertainment

104 Projects Completed

Laura is a music journalist, writing on both national and local music. She was a scout for the Reprise Records division of Warner Records. Laura has had her own music column in three Sacramento publications, and has written on music for a major trade magazine and a popular alternative newspaper. As a pop culture junkie, Laura has also written on celebrities for "Celebrity Magazine" and on celebrity fashion for Tyra Banks' Type F.

Medical

92 Projects Completed

Laura's experience includes ghostwriting for medical practices across the United States and Canada, as well creating supplemental content for major newspapers and health websites. Laura has written on everything including pregnancy health, elderly care and fitness. Laura ran a blog for a Sacramento-area medical spa. The blog promoted the med spa's services, while offering valuable medical, beauty and fitness advice. Laura also works as a medical caregiver for the elderly and disabled.

Sports

80 Projects Completed

As a former athlete, Laura has written countless sports articles for Livestrong.com and AZCentral.com. With eight years experience as a gymnast, gymnastics training, rules and coaching articles are her specialty. Laura is also a former dancer, with training in ballet, modern dance, hip hop and even clogging. In addition to dance and gymnastics articles, Laura has written articles on basketball, baseball, soccer, football, hockey, snowboarding and skateboarding.

Beauty

61 Projects Completed

Laura has written dozens of beauty articles for Tyra Banks' TypeF.com and Lance Armstrong's LIVESTRONG.com. She has also written countless beauty blogs for a Sacramento med-spa, as well as cosmetic and skin care retailers. She is an expert in both natural remedies for skincare and medical aesthetic procedures. Laura targets her makeup advice to specific complexes. She writes both step-by-step how to articles and informative content articles.

Fitness

57 Projects Completed

Laura is a fitness writer who is published on Livestrong.com, ArizonaCentral.com, TheNest.com, gymnastics websites and in "Sacramento Lifestyle," a monthly magazine, for which she is a regular contributor. Laura uses her background in gymnastics, dance, basketball and competitive jump rope to add expert knowledge to these how-to and informative articles. She loves writing about new fitness trends. Laura has also written fitness articles for a Sacramento-area med spa and other private fitness clients.

Kids/Family

50 Projects Completed

Laura has written numerous kids content articles for leading websites. Most of her articles focus on indoor activities, outdoor games and educational projects. Laura has also written hundreds of parenting and child health articles for Livestrong.com. She has freelanced for "Sacramento Parent Magazine" and is a weekly reporter for a Sacramento-area newspaper where she regularly previews upcoming family events and interviews educators.

Food

50 Projects Completed

Laura loves writing articles that help people make smart nutritional choices. Her food articles have appeared on the health and nutrition channels for major newspapers and on leading health websites. She has also blogged about nutrition for a medical spa website. Laura's expertise is in food safety, preparation, and in baby, child, teen and elderly nutrition. Laura has many articles published on sports nutrition for athletes, particularly gymnasts as Laura is a former gymnast.

Nutrition

50 Projects Completed

Laura's nutrition articles appear on a variety of websites, including newspapers, health and medical businesses. Laura is passionate about infant, child and teen nutrition. Laura also wrote nutrition content that promoted losing weight and/or maintain a healthy weight for a Sacramento-area medical spa. Laura also works as a caregiver for the elderly and disabled, where she is responsible for providing proper nutrition for her clients' needs.

Travel

30 Projects Completed

Laura's travel articles appear on leading content websites. Laura loves writing family-fun travel articles. Laura can produce romance copy or straight-forward content articles. As a Sacramento native, Laura's specialty is articles on Northern California's most popular locations and well-kept secrets. She has provided web pages and blogs for real estate websites, including Apartments.com.

Education

27 Projects Completed

Laura's educational articles for web consumption focus on lesson plan ideas for teachers, homework ideas for children and educational projects for the whole family. Most of Laura's articles are geared toward preschool and elementary school levels. Laura has also written education-related features for "Sacramento Parent Magazine," "Prosper Magazine" and "Valley Community Newspapers."

Relationships

20 Projects Completed

Laura's relationship articles appear on Livestrong.com. Her published articles include everything from romantic, unique and themed date ideas to expertly researched pieces on communication, dealing with conflict and cheating. As part of her education, Laura studied psychology, family issues and social issues at the college level.

Craft

20 Projects Completed

As a hobbyist crafter, Laura enjoys writing craft articles for online publishers. She focuses on educational crafts, crafts for decoration and crafts for holiday presents. She works with a variety of mediums and loves taking around-the-house objects and turning them into art. Laura has written both step-by-step how-to articles and more broad craft idea articles. She has also taught craft projects to children.

Green Living

10 Projects Completed

Laura cares deeply about making a positive change on the environment and her green living articles appear leading websites. Laura has written on recycling, plastic bags, reusable bags, alternatives to plastic foam, cloth diapering and more. As part of her coursework at Sacramento State University, she studied environmental science.

Legal

8 Projects Completed

Laura ghostwrites blogs for law firms across the United States. With a training in government-journalism, Laura has a strong legal research background. She has written for legal practices in the fields of personal injury, motor vehicle accidents, employment discrimination and debt relief.

Government

5 Projects Completed

Laura's training is in government-journalism. Laura covered the Sacramento City Council as her beat in college and covered politics in her civic journalism internship with "The Voice of Sacramento." Laura's government/political science content articles appear on leading content websites. Laura has a library of political science text books to use for research.

Politics

2 Projects Completed

With an educational background in government-journalism, Laura has covered Sacramento and California state politics for years. She was a staff writer for the non-profit Make A Difference Project publication, "The Voice of Sacramento." Laura writes journalistic, news-based articles and educational, content articles. Political science is her passion and it shows in her articles.

Article

542 Projects Completed

Laura's articles are published on content sites, business websites and blogs, and in newspapers and magazines. She has written feature articles for a variety of print publications, including the "Prosper Magazine" (business), "Sacramento Parent Magazine," "Sacramento News & Review" and "The Music and Sound Retailer." She is currently a weekly reporter for Valley Community Newspapers and a regular contributor to the monthly magazine, "Sacramento Lifestyle."

Laura's content articles appear on websites including SFGate.com, Chron.com, TheNest.com, LIVESTRONG.com and YellowPages.com.

Blog Post

242 Projects Completed

Laura has blogged for a variety of companies. She ran blog for a Sacramento-area medical spa, where she wrote micro-blogs five days a week and wrote longer blogs several times a month focusing on health, beauty and fitness. She also blogged about Sacramento for Apartments.com. She currently blogs monthly for a fashion and beauty website and regularly blogs for fashion and beauty retailers, as well as for medical practices.

Laura has also blogged for a skateboarding retailer, various law offices, vet websites, construction/home maintenance company and much more.

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