Writing Samples
Primary Writing Projects
- My current blog here at amandahirsch.com
- iMA Innovators, a column I write for the Integrated Media Association about innovative people and projects working to make public media a relevant enterprise in our current media climate. Check out sample posts about mapping and crowdfunding public media.
- MediaShift - I'm a contributing writer for this popular site about the changing media landscape. Sample posts: collaboration lessons for journalists and a profile of the innovative Los Angeles web series Departures.
- Outside the Frame, a column I wrote for the independent film series P.O.V. exploring the intersections between documentary storytelling and the web. Sample posts: Remixing at SXSW and Great Documentary Websites.
- Creative DC, a blog I founded and ran from 2006-2009 that inspired and showcased creative living in Washington, DC. Washington Business Tonight called Creative DC "informative and provocative." Sample posts: Taking Risks and Make DC Weird.
Individual Blog Posts and Essays
A sampling of some of my favorite pieces about art and culture:
- There is No Script: Improv and Creative Living, a post here on amandahirsch.com
- Street Art and Selling Out, amandahirsch.com
- Black Swan: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman, amandahirsch.com
- Is Washington, DC Cool? for The Journal of Cultural Conversation
...and, about health and wellness:
- Back to Work: The Pressure of the New Year, amandahirsch.com
- Killer Stress, a review of the National Geographic program of the same name for PBS
- On Howler Monkeys and Comfort Zones, for Tastee Pudding
- Living a Creative Life for Tranquility du Jour blog (formerly Hip Tranquil Chick)
See also: 35 Things I Have Learned at 35, a guest post for Newvine Growing.
And again, you can always read my current blog, right here on amandahirsch.com.