Alaina Johns

About

An editor once told me that to be successful as a freelance writer, I had to find one really good gig. She was wrong.Succeeding as a writer and editor today is not about winning over one publication or arena: versatility, a keen mind for research, and quick adaptation to a variety of markets are the key. I've written about helicopter safety, elementary education, theater, music, and visual arts, farming, food, business, ecology, community development, spaceflight, toad migrations, and much more.Many of my peers are returning to school. But as a reporter, editor, and essayist, I make the world a lifelong classroom for myself and others while meeting and exceeding the needs of editors, publications, clients, readers and subscribers.Specialties: arts and culture, local reporting, newspaper and magazine features, human interest stories, blogging, reviews.