I know, I know. You’ve heard it all before: she’s a Renaissance journalist, she can write about anything, she’s a Jill of all trades. Plenty of writers say it. But do they really mean it?
No, Laura Laing is not going to be able to write about any topic under the sun. But she’ll tackle just about anything with vim and vigor. She’s written serious stories about transsexuals and cross dressers, how tos about growing a green child and hard-hitting investigative pieces about methamphetamine. Her profiles include Ingrid Newkirk, founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, David Koz, smooth jazz saxophonist, and Jean Small, Baltimore octogenarian and do-gooder.
Laura’s not just a journalist. Corporate and government clients come to her because she’s easy to work with and produces top-notch copy designed to get readers out of their seats. She’s written copy for government brochures and amusement park marketing efforts.
And her educational background makes Laura the perfect fit for curriculum writing. Take a look at her contribution to supplementary materials for a city’s summer reading program. Her experience as a math teacher brings real-life experience to the table, as this prime number maze shows. Laura knows how to get students—and teachers—excited about learning.
Laura can provide all of the same stuff that other writers offer: timely stories with juicy hooks, snappy wordsmithing, and a surgeon’s precision with details and deadlines. What she can also do is turn the evergreen to edgy, the tedious to titillating, the controversial to congenial. |