Portfolio

Places where you can read additional work by me, online and off.

J.Karp’s (now revamped) print magazine curating the best of the best in the blogosphere:

Sex & The Unemployed Woman, April 9, 2009 issue - It’s the maintenance that keeps the breakouts from coming. Relationships (and sex) are the same.
Grafitti House, Evanston, (photo) April 30, 2009 issue
Buzzwords, Terms & Facts Every Job Seeker Should Know, April 30, 2009 issue – If you are fearful that your potential (or new) employer will hold it against you that you got fired from your last job (or any of your jobs) – maybe you should revisit the idea if it is the best place to work after all.
Anna Pulley: Sex Journo Extraordinaire, May 7, 2009 issue – I am not sure how Anna has survived the past several years enduring Chicago winters, but let’s hope she doesn’t leave anytime soon.

Chicago based newsletter dedicated to cultivating the local writing and editing community:

Meaningfulness, Creativity & Good Work, May, June 2010 (p. 4, Viewpoints) - Can you recognize fulfillment and good work? A person dedicated to finding fulfillment (creative, professional or otherwise) purposely demystifies it.

Samantha Karol’s blog on life, career, friendship and appreciation:

Appreciating Life’s Harshest Moments, August 2009 – Your life’s mission is not one thing, nor should it be. It is several things at once, and they change, mercifully, for the better.

Chicago’s own local newspaper focusing on neighborhood-based news stories:

Nonprofit Uses Art to Help Students Cope With Violence, February 2009 - The session is run by Gwenn Waldman, a veteran art therapist, who heads Art Therapy Connection, a nonprofit organization founded in 2002 that uses art to connect troubled kids with their emotions

“Chicago 10″ Showcase Mulls Over Controversy, September 2008 – Films like Chicago 10 serve to ignite discussion about citizenship, activism and what it means to truly participate in a democracy, organizers of the event say.

J.R. Moreau’s blog on career, social media and living the start-up life.

The Career Mosaic (original version), January 2010 - Enter the rise of the career mosaic. Careers are no longer functioning in a linear spectrum that’s defined by chunks of time at a series of jobs.

Career site and news portal:

10 Job Tweeters You Should Be Following, August 2009 – Moore directs you both to her own writings and to other writers’ works, as well as interesting news items she comes across. Plus, some of her personal Tweets are entertaining enough to make you forget about the current economy.

Elisa Doucette’s blog on life and career in Portland, ME:

Blog Crush-Raven Moore, October 2009 - Then when we traded a few direct messages and she stated her love for Maine and that she went to college here, I knew I was going to like her even more.

Chicago based daily newspaper covering pop culture and news:

Job hoppers on look out for bigger, better, July 2010 – “I think people respect job hopping as long as you’re able to illustrate you can get stuff done. Good work is about execution,” Moore said. “If you’re able to showcase you get things done and produce good work, people won’t care if you job hop,” she said.

Vonnie’s blog on all things, style, make up and natural hair:

The 5 Stages of Natural Hair, August 2010 -Looking at other curly coifed chicks, you wonder if God cursed you with untamable kinks that know no bounds when shrinkage, dryness or definition is involved.