midVentures || Food Loves Writing || Naperville Magazine || Sun Publications || Liberty Suburban News || Pearson Venture Group
MIDVENTURES
(http://midventures.com/), incubator of tech startups through conferences, innovation consulting, and online platform
Blogger and Copywriter
Creating weekly blog posts for MXCurrent (client of midVentures), as well as weekly news-centric posts for midVentures blog; writing copy for websites
FOOD LOVES WRITING
(http://foodloveswriting.com), literary food blog about food, about everything else
Author, Editor, Photographer, Designer
- Manage content and design using HTML, CSS, WordPress, graphic design, social media, advertising management, SEO.
- Contributed as blogger to two e-books: 55 Knives & and Help for Haiti.
- Planned a public party/event, August 2009, for blog’s one-year anniversary.
- Seen the blog featured in: The Kitchn, ReadyMade.com, Pink of Perfection, Food News Journal, Uptake.com, Travel + Leisure, DePaul Alumni blog, the Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel, Chicago’s Printed Blog.
- Built a community of over 1000 current subscribers.
NAPERVILLE MAGAZINE
(http://www.Naperville Magazine.com), award-winning Naperville lifestyle magazine
“8 Hot Dates,” front-page-featured article, June 2007
(View full article here)
SUN PUBLICATIONS
(http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/index.html), daily suburban Chicago newspapers
Newspaper Reporting
Between August 2006 and February 2007, Shannalee covered assignments for daily newspapers such as Naperville Sun, Lisle Sun, Downers Grove Sun.
LIBERTY SUBURBAN NEWS
(http://www.libertysuburbanchicagonews.com), weekly suburban Chicago newspapers
Newspaper Reporting
Covered assignments for weekly newspapers such as Lisle Reporter and Downers Grove Reporter.
PEARSON VENTURE GROUP
(book viewable on Amazon)
“A Part of History”
Contributed essay for inclusion in Italy from a Backpack, a collection of first-person travel essays
