Here are some of the journalists who make SixEstate Newsblogs the best in the industry. Whatever your topic, we can find a professional journalist to help you blog the news and reach your target audience.
Rachelle Matherne
Rachelle Matherne was involved in the early development of Newsblogging. She not only blogs, but also teaches and supervises our Newsbloggers, editors, and optimizers. Rachelle has a degree in Media Arts from Tulane University and over 15 years of experience in journalism and broadcasting, including a stint as manager of WTUL Radio in New Orleans. She writes for clients about media, journalism, broadcasting, publishing, and new media topics.
George “Loki” Williams
Loki is an important part of our Newsblogging team. An avid citizen journalist and pro-blogger, he is the proprietor of the social media blog, SocialGumbo, and the founder of the New Orleans community blog, HumidCity and it’s Cincinnati counterpart, CincyVoices. He was also the blogger for the Webby Award winning KatrinaMedia.org produced by the Open Society Institute and is a partner in HurricaneArchive.org. Loki is the MC and co-producer of the annual RisingTide blogging conference in New Orleans. Loki helped us develop the social networking strategy we use to syndicate Newsblogs. Loki’s writing specialties are politics (SE Louisiana), investigative journalism, geek culture, food, and new media topics. He also has over five years experience in online community/mailing list management.
Dedra Johnson
Dedra Johnson was the lead blogger on an early and influential Newsblog, The LIVEbrary. An English professor and specialist in writing instruction, she covered the news beat of how middle schools are integrating Internet technologies into the classroom. She has resumed teaching at the college level, but we might be able to persuade her to blog again for the right client.
Kevin Allman
Kevin Allman is a freelance journalist whose writing has appeared in Details, Vogue, The Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He has since returned to full-time journalism as the editor of New Orlean’s alternative newsweekly, The Gambit, where he oversees some much-needed investigative journalism.
Pat Hartman
Pat Hartman is a veteran editor, journalist and freelance writer. She is the author of two books set in Venice, California, and proprietor of VirtualVenice.info, a site dedicated to celebrating the cultural history of this artistic center. She was the lead writer on the Architectural Graphics Standards newsblog. Pat’s specialties are politics, medicine, religion, literature, travel, arts and entertainment, and other aspects of popular culture.
Gary Michael Smith
Gary Michael Smith is an author, editor, publisher, and editorial photojournalist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hundreds of his articles and letters have appeared in dozens of online and print technical, trade, and scientific journals, consumer magazines and newspapers. He’s authored 12 nonfiction books on a variety of topics, including writing, publishing, scientific journal management, photography, professional organization development, employment search, consumer protection, coffee sociology and history, working in the film and television industry, and driving safety.
Steve O’Keefe
Steve O’Keefe is the COO of SixEstate and the lead developer of Newsblogging. He is the author of several books including The Complete Guide to Internet Publicity, and has been a contributing author on Internet marketing for such publications as Internet World, COSMEP, The Independent, and PR News. His articles have appeared in over 100 publications. Steve can be coaxed to blog about politics (world), business, economics, and spiritual issues.
How About You?
Are you an experienced journalist? Do you want to try your hand at Newsblogging? If you have a specialized knowledge of a field and want to write about it for pay, we want to hear from you. Please send your resume or CV, news clips and writing samples to Steve (dot) OKeefe (at) SixEstate (dot) com and let us know if you have any questions. When we have a blogging assignment that fits, we’ll contact you.