If you're looking for a writer who can make complex ideas feel effortless, I bring a rare combination of deep experience and technical fluency. With over a decade of experience writing across sectors like fintech, banking, software, and industrial technology, I’ve delivered everything from investor reports and broker reviews to thought leadership, white papers, and technical standards documents. Whether you need a detailed research report or a compelling blog series, I write with precision, speed, and strategic intent. I’m here to help you elevate your message, speak the language of your market, and create content that delivers real business value.
Award-winning writer and editor with 40-plus years experience with daily newspapers and magazines. Have covered beats for daily news including health, education, local politics. Have written extensively for the older adult/senior demographic or 50-plus population, including health and housing issues. Have also written extensively on new homes, home renovations and decor. Have developed specialties in health and medical writing, the senior demographic, housing, entertainment and education including colleges and universities. I also have editing experience and can create press releases, newsletters and brochures.
Former financial journalist with Smart Money Magazine in NY, winner of National Press Club of America award Published in more than 20 newspapers and magazines in US, UK and Nigeria Several years experience in TV production in Nigeria - including writing scripts for reality shows, talk shows, events, documentaries Several years experience in strategic communications in Nigeria.
Contributed to The Telegram 2000-2008, YFM Magazine, Sunday Express, authored “Will of my Own-a personal memoir” (465 pages, 2009) MONKEY APPETITE - A Collection of Reflections and Short Stories (206 pp. 2019)
Thea is a former professional freelance writer who has moved into the realm of fiction writing and novels. Her work has appeared in various publications like Canadian Living, Saltscapes, and Atlantic Books Today. She has worked as writer, editor, and teacher but finds her home in writing fiction.
A thorough professional with more than 30 years' experience as a writer and editor. I've written features for many of the major Canadian magazine markets, but I also specialize in other communications materials: case studies, news releases, digital features, speeches, newsletter copy...and more.
An enthusiastic and innovative senior communications professional with over 15 years of experience developing communications strategies and public relations plans to achieve results in support of business objectives. Solid leadership skills with a proven ability to foster positive working relationships with diverse stakeholders. Collaborative team player, creative thinker and trusted advisor, focused on helping organizations strengthen their brand and enhance their success through the development and delivery of best practices.
I established myself in press industry as an independent publisher to bring high-quality, fact-based reporting regarding the most crucial social and community topics concerns Nepali people. Along with these, I have undergone various online media trainings in order to establish it. Currently, I am working for a Vancouver based anti-racism organization as an intern to provide a similar project to understand cultural erosion due to mental health and racism challenges in BIPOC communities and news distribution for the same cause. Currently, I am expanding my horizon into freelancing and preparing getting into the Canadian industry in professional capacity.
I transform complex medical , integrative health and environmental content into engaging, easy to understand online copy. After 6+ years with the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors, I understand the inner workings of the nutraceutical and integrative health industry. I provide killer blog and social media content for both general public and health care practitioner audiences. I've worked with some of Canada's top Botanical Gardens and urban forestry organizations. I write content that seamlessly weaves together plants, environmental sustainability and both human and ecosystem health. I studied Western Herbalism, and have great respect for botanical medicine. I write compelling content that explains the health benefits of herbal medicine, gardening and spending time in nature. As a member of the LGBTQ and BIPOC communities, I write engaging content about special cultural, health and environmental issues these populations face.
15 years ago, I traded a corporate office in an urban high-rise for the freedom and variety of freelance communications and contract writing. I've never looked back! Over the past decade and a half, more than 1200 of my articles have hit print across nearly two dozen provincially and nationally circulated trade magazines, and I've handled large and small communications projects for companies from Thrifty Foods, to the BC and Alberta Governments, to Annex and Glacier Media. The majority of my professional portfolio is in the agriculture and scientific research fields, though I've also done projects in the fields of urban planning, education and more. I'm always excited to deep dive into new and interesting projects. If you need a writer or a communications expert, let's chat!
I'm a workflow automator and project manager focused on small- and medium-sized businesses. My goal is to use automation to enable teams to focus on the work that actually matters. It doesn't matter if your company is struggling to find its footing or looking to take a major step in its growth; I'm here to help!
International Drone Pilot License Since 2017 Black Box Guild Stock Video Provider Since 2016 Filming short films since 1991 Event Photographer Since 1988
I’m a freelance journalist and author of 13 Lonely Planet guidebooks. My work has also appeared in TIME, National Geographic, The Guardian, BBC Travel, CBC, Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, American Airlines, Afar, Travel + Leisure, ESPN, Thrillist, Eater and more.
It's important to do the thing you love, and for me that is writing. This is why I’ve been writing and editing articles for newspapers, magazines and websites for more than a decade. Published digitally and in print, my articles have been featured in The National Post, Best Health magazine, the Toronto Star, This magazine and more. Some of my more recent roles include working as the lead UX content strategist at Staples, as a magazine editor for NextHome and as the senior bilingual editor at YellowPages.ca, which involved coaching a wonderful Canada-wide team of freelancers. After our children were born, I began to freelance part-time, which included working on an article about miscarriages for Today’s Parent, researching and writing career-related listicles for CERIC, and writing and editing e-learning content on a variety of topics with Janie Vu. If you’d like to work together, I’d love to learn more! You can reach me at marisabwrites@gmail.com.
Karina Barker is a copywriter located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With a superior track record and up to date skills, her client list includes the Government of Canada, the Royal Bank of Canada, CBI Health Group, Heineken, Pepsi Co., 3M, ThoughtWire, and Parkbridge, as well as more than 40 small businesses and non-profits across Canada. Karina has delivered writing in the form of web copy, landing page conversion copy, marketing emails, lead magnets, articles, high-quality blog posts, paid and organic social, SEM ppc and print ads, annual reports, technical writing, and more. Prior to launching her copywriting business in 2015, Karina worked for more than a decade with the federal and provincial governments in policy development and strategic communications and in Toronto’s financial district as a corporate writer and communications manager for a global solar energy company. Karina is an active member of the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) and the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Her work has been published both in print and online. She is backed by a small team, all of whom contribute to providing boutique writing services and an exceptional client experience. To learn more, please visit www.karinabarker.ca.
For three decades Julie has been working as a magazine writer and nonfiction author in both English and French, and as a French-English translator. She has published 8 books, including The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed (St Martin’s Press), co-authored with her husband and writing partner Jean-Benoit Nadeau. Her first book Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong became an international bestseller translated into 6 languages. Her book The Story of French won Quebec’s 2007 Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction and the 2011 Prix La Renaissance Française (French Renaissance Award) from Académie des Sciences d’Outre-Mer (The Academy of Overseas Sciences) in Paris. Julie has won numerous writing grants throughout her career including three Canada Council Grants for Professional Writers and a Fulbright Fellowship for Professional Writing. In 2023, Julie published a comprehensive guide to self-employment, Going Solo: Everything You Need to Start Your Business and Succeed as Your Own Boss, with Jean-Benoît Nadeau, which draws on the couple’s three decades’ experience as freelance writers. Julie’s newspaper and magazine articles have appeared across Canada, the United States and Europe in publications like The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Globe and Mail, USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, Le Courrier international and more. She is a regular contributor to Quebec French-language news magazine L’actualité and Quebec business magazine Gestion and is a regular translator for theconversation.ca.
Academic articles on epic poetry and saga published in the Bulletin of the Canadian Celtic Arts Association and Independent Scholars of Antiquity; three years as columnist for the American-Canadian Club, Mexico; regular contributor to Foresight, Canada's national retirement magazine; have published numerous articles on Mexico, health and fitness, and history in Canadian West, New England Senior Citizen. Alive, and Clubmex.; published in an anthology Frontier Days in the Yukon; for many years a regular columnist for Mexconnect, a foremost online authority on Mexico , and the Lake Chapala Review, a print magazine on the prime retirement Guadalajara--Lake Chapala area, Jalisco, Mexico.
I am a professional writer who has been freelancing for consumer and trade magazines since 2009. I specialize in food, health and wellness and arts and culture within visual arts, dance, costume and fashion. Bylines in Dance International, Flare, NUVO, Hamilton Arts & Letters, Bakers Journal, Health and Wellness Retailer Magazine, Bar and Beverage Magazine, Western Hotelier, Eastern Hotelier, Western Restaurant News, Western Grocer, Western Food Processor and more. I am also a marketing professional available to create content driven copy that incorporates Search Engine Optimization (SEOs) to take your webpages to the top of Google Search Engines.
