Collaborating with Linda has been an eye opener, showing me what productivity and effectiveness can look like in the professional writing and editing world. Her ability to organize thoughts, content, and work flow is remarkable. She reacts elegantly to well-perceived group or system dynamics, making her a valuable member of a working team. She lubricates the machine, filling gaps where she sees them. Her understanding of style and meaning allows for simple, clear, and enjoyable writing. I have watched her interact with many new people, and each person seems to walk away from her thinking, “At last, I’ve found her!”
U.S. Department of Agriculture
The USDA is a key collaborator on Fuel Up to Play 60, the nation’s largest in-school health and wellness program.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serivce is to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.
Kriss Wittmann
I provided illustration services, where I worked with Linda on a special multi-day event. The engagement involved heightened communication around the needs of the client and changes to the schedule. Linda’s exceptional written and oral communication clearly guided me to the outcomes of the program. When on site, I enjoyed my interactions with her. She was cognizant of my needs and was always in service to both her clients and to the contractors. Plus she was fun! We shared many laughs and enjoyed our time serving the client. I thoroughly enjoyed partnering with such a professional colleague.
Taking Action for Healthy Kids: A Report on the Healthy Schools Summit and the Action for Healthy Kids Initiative
After the historic 2002 Healthy Schools Summit, Linda collated, wrote, and edited a 24-page report on the summit. The report pointed the way toward a new national initiative, Action for Healthy Kids. Drawing from a vast collection of Summit materials, this report includes: letters by Summit chair Dr. David Satcher (former U.S. Surgeon General) and Mrs. Laura Bush; photographs and key quotes from the Summit; fact-based sidebars on the childhood overweight and obesity crisis; promotional sidebars on successful programs; references; and the body of the report itself. Hard copies of the report are available upon request.
Fuel Up to Play 60 Training Camp Videos
Linda wrote a series of “Training Camp” videos for Fuel Up to Play 60, one of which is still available on the Fuel Up to Play 60 website. Scripts for ten other videos (now retired) are available upon request.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Linda has taught as one of the instructors for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center’s week-long, intensive workshop on “Critical Writing, Critical Thinking.” She has delivered modules on “Grammar and Mechanics,” “Narration as an Organizational Strategy,” “Improving Sentence and Paragraph Structure,” and “Style: Five Steps to Clearer Sentences.” She has also coached individual writers throughout the week.
Children at Risk Journals
Linda has copy edited articles for two journals published by Houston-based Children at Risk: Journal of Family Strengths and Journal of Applied Research on Children.
TVTextbook Fact Sheets
Linda has developed a wide variety of fact sheets for a range of organizations, including TVTextbook, Action for Healthy Kids, and Houston’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools. Most fact sheets have been retired, but hard copies are available upon request.
“101 Tips for Teaching Nutrition Concepts in Physical Education”
Linda researched and wrote the copy for this brochure, jointly produced by Fuel Up to Play 60 and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
Fuel Up to Play 60/Action for Healthy Kids Webinars
Linda organized, researched, and wrote the scripts for a series of webinars sponsored by Fuel Up to Play 60 and Action for Healthy Kids. Each webinar featured a different Fuel Up to Play 60 “Program Advisor,” whom Linda interviewed and prepared for the broadcast.
Fuel Up to Play 60 eNews
From 2010-2014, Linda wrote and edited the monthly Fuel Up to Play 60 eNews, sent to educators and other interested adults throughout the United States.
MarcoPolo: Internet Content for the Classroom Teacher Training Kit
Drawing from her work leading K-12 professional development sessions for the MarcoPolo program, Linda helped design, write, and edit this extensive train-the-trainer guide.
The West Virginia Encyclopedia
Published by the West Virginia Humanities Council (whose Board of Directors Linda served on in the 1990s), The West Virginia Encyclopedia is the state’s first comprehensive, one-volume reference book in many decades. Linda researched and wrote the entries on Hazel Dickens and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Encyclopedia of Appalachia
“Researched and developed by the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at East Tennessee State University, this 1,860-page compendium includes all thirteen states that constitute the northern, central, and southern subregions of Appalachia—from New York to Mississippi. With thorough, detailed, yet accessible entries on everything from Adventists to zinc mining, the Encyclopedia of Appalachia is an indispensable one-stop guide to all things Appalachian.” Linda researched and wrote the entries on Hazel Dickens, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Rita Sims Quillen, and Lee Smith.
StoryWeb
Linda loves stories – and this blog and podcast was her way of celebrating all things storytelling! Each Monday, Linda posted information about a new story – a novel, a memoir, a poem, a song, or a film. Each blog post was accompanied by a podcast. StoryWeb ended in 2018.
The Wellston Loop
Linda is an expert on Wellston, a neighborhood in St. Louis. The Wellston Loop – a website and blog – tells the story of this community, from its early beginnings in the 19th century to its heyday in the 1940s and 1950s, from white flight in the 1960s to its current decline.
The State of Family Nutrition and Physical Activity: Are We Making Progress?
This report – published in 2010 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and its Foundation – discusses the current realities of kids’ and families’ eating and activity behaviors in the United States and how they relate to the prevalence of obesity and malnourishment, as well as unique opportunities and strategies to improve the health of our nation’s youth. Linda co-wrote and edited this report from the Academy’s Kids Eat Right program. She was also part of the team that analyzed the data to reach the conclusions presented in the report.
The Wellness Impact: Enhancing Academic Success through Healthy School Environments
This report – published in 2013 by GENYOUth Foundation, in collaboration with the National Dairy Council, American College of Sports Medicine, and American School Health Association – addresses why schools play a more important role than ever in helping forge the nation’s future. It illuminates the vital importance of improved nutrition and increased physical activity in creating an environment that enriches students’ readiness to learn. Linda served as a supporting researcher for this report.
ReCharge! Energizing After-School
A collaboration between Action for Healthy Kids, the National Dairy Council, and the National Football League, ReCharge! was a fun-for-kids program designed for students in grades 2 to 6 to learn about and practice good nutrition and physical activity habits. Linda served as a contributing writer to the project. Portions of ReCharge! are available upon request.