Experience

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  SagaCity Media, Inc.

  • Washington, United States

  • Editor and Project Manager

    • Oct 2020 - Present
    • Washington, United States

    Editor and Project Manager of the annual Washington State Wine Commission Tour Guide, the annual State of Washington Visitors' Guide, the annual Asheville NC Official Visitors Guide, and the twice-annual Visit Seattle Official Visitors' Guide. Responsibilities include:- Hiring writers and overseeing editorial budgets.- Working closely with client to develop all content.- Assigning all content.- Writing approximately 20% of the content in each issue.- Line-editing all content.- Proofreading each issue in layout.- Writing cover copy.- Working with Art Director to develop layout strategies, decide on artwork, and assist in procuring artwork.- All of these guides are produced by SagaCity Media, which also publishes Portland Monthly, Seattle Met, Houstonia, and a number of other consumer and custom publications.

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  Gotham Writers Workshop

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Teacher

    • Jan 2004 - Present
    • Greater New York City Area

    Teach online courses with enrollments of between 6 and 20 students on:- Travel writing (10 weeks)- Food writing (10 weeks)Travel Writing and Food Writing classes for Gotham Writers' Workshop.

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  AndrewsTraveling.com/Freelance

  • Mexico City, Mexico

  • Freelance Travel/Food Writer and Editor

    • Sep 1993 - Present
    • Mexico City, Mexico

    - Author of Ultimate Road Trips: USA & Canada (due out summer 2022) the LGBTQ Vacation book, Destination Pride (published 2021), for Hardie Grant Books (based in Melbourne, Australia; North American distributor, Chronicle Books).- Contributing writer or editor to numerous Fodor's Travel Guides (recent titles have included Mexico City, Portland, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, New England, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, National Parks of the West, Fodor's Bucket List (New England and West Coast states), and Fodor's Best Road Trips).- Producer of my own website, AndrewsTraveling.com- Current or past contributor to numerous publications, and websites, including Fodors.com, The Points Guy, The Rainbow Times, Experience Magazine, AAA Living, TripAdvisor, New Mexico Magazine, Four Seasons Magazine, Visit Guam, Travel Portland, Visit Seattle, Washington State Tourism, Travel Oregon, Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Fort Worth CVB, Travel Tacoma, Visit Bellevue, and many others. - Past outlets have included Travel + Leisure, Sunset, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die (U.S./Canada edition), Sherman's Travel, Orbitz.com, Jetsetter.com, AOL Travel, The Advocate, Out Magazine, Out Traveler, Santa Fe Trends, New Mexico Journeys, and Zagat Guides.- Authored the first edition of Moon Handbooks Connecticut, first and second editions of Moon Handbooks New Orleans and Southern Louisiana, first and second editions of Moon Handbooks Rhode Island.- Conceived of and authored the Fodor's Gay Guide series (1996 through 2001), which included three editions of Fodor's Gay Guide to the USA (which won a Lowell Thomas Bronze Award for "Best Guidebook" in 1996); and single editions of Fodor's gay guides to San Francisco, New York City, Los Angeles, the Pacific Northwest, South Florida, and Amsterdam.

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  SagaCity Media, Inc.

  • United States
  • Internet Publishing
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Editor

    • Jun 2014 - Mar 2020

    Editor in chief of The Pearl, a quarterly lifestyle magazine about Portland's hip Pearl District (thepearl.explorethepearl.com).Responsibilities include:- Overseeing editorial budgets.- Developing and assigning all content.- Writing the Dining and Nightlife coverage for each issue (as well as, typically, one or two shorter items).- Line-editing all content.- Proofing each issue in layout.- Writing online articles and producing e-newsletter.- Writing cover copy.- Working with Art Director to develop layout strategies, help produce photo shoots, and assist in procuring artwork.- The Pearl is produced by SagaCity Media, which also publishes Portland Monthly, Seattle Met, Houstonia, and a number of other consumer and custom publications.

  • Editor in Chief, OutCity, OutAloha, Love Wins Texas, and Love Wins California magazines

    • Sep 2011 - Dec 2018

    - For SagaCity Media, edited LGBTQ various travel, wedding, and lifestyle magazines on Hawaii (OutAloha, 2011–2014); Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia (OutCity, 2011–2014), Texas (Love Wins Texas, 2015–2018), and California (Love Wins California, 2015–2018).Responsibilities included:- Overseeing editorial budgets.- Developing and assigning all content (I'm always seeking new writers and story ideas).- Writing one feature and multiple shorter articles for each issue.- Line-editing all content.- Proofing each issue in layout.- Editing, updating, and maintaining OutAloha's Island Guides (Oahu, Maui, Big Island, Kauai) and OutCity's City Guides (Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Victoria), which consist of nightlife, restaurants, and hotel listings.- Writing editor's letter.- Writing cover copy.- Contributing photos to my own features as well as other articles and sections of each issue.- Working with Art Director to develop layout strategies, provide shoot lists, and assist in procuring artwork.- Maintaining editorial content and blogging regularly on the magazines' companion websites.

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  About.com

  • Portland, Oregon

  • Editor, Writer, and Photographer

    • Jan 2007 - Dec 2016
    • Portland, Oregon

    - Produced the GLBT travel website, GayTravel.About.com.Responsibilities included:- Developing and maintaining a content development and SEO strategy.- Writing and editing all content (including four to eight new articles each month, and ongoing updates of dozens of articles per month).- Developing SEO meta tags, descriptions, and keywords for all articles.- Providing all artwork, using primarily my own photos.

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  Q Syndicate

  • Travel Columnist

    • Sep 1996 - Jun 2015

    - Wrote monthly 1,200- to 1,500-word travel column, which was syndicated in numerous GLBT newspapers, magazines, and websites, mostly in North America.

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  New Mexico Magazine

  • Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

  • Copy Editor

    • Jan 2003 - Aug 2007
    • Santa Fe, New Mexico Area

    - Served as copy editor on all content, and created and maintained the in-house style book. - Regularly contributed articles to New Mexico Magazine on a freelance basis (I am still currently a contributing writer).

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  Fodor's Travel Publications

  • Greater New York City Area

  • Associate Editor

    • Jun 1991 - Sep 1993
    • Greater New York City Area

    - Edited between five and seven Fodor's guidebook titles per year.- Was promoted to Assistant Editor after six months as an Editorial Assistant, and promoted to Associate Editor one year later.- Although I left my staff position to pursue a freelance career in 1993, I've continued to write and edit various Fodor's titles since that time, having worked most recently as a writer and updater on the Arizona, New Mexico, and Pacific Northwest titles; and as a contributing editor on the Peru, Germany, Brazil, Barcelona, Australia, Colorado, and California titles.