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As SplendidlySaid’s team leader, Elaine Rogers is a detail-minded and dependable wordsmith whose byline has appeared in a wide variety of regional and national consumer magazines, newspapers and trade publications.
Favorite clips date back to the ’80s, with personal favorites  published with AMERICAN WAY, US AIR, the NEW YORK TIMES SPECIAL FEATURES SYNDICATE, WOMEN’S SPORTS & FITNESS, Parenthood.com to DALLAS CHILD,  DFW HOUSE & HOME, SOLUTIONS AT HOME, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, and the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. (Well, that covers some of them, at least.)

 We know you don’t have enough time to peruse her entire portfolio, so we’ve simplified the process by gathering a short list of favorites here. They ought to give you a feel for the writing style and editorial talent you have at your disposal when you come to SplendidlySaid for help on various MeaningfulMessaging,  SplendidStories,  ProofedPerfect  and  RightRewrites  editorial projects.

COLOSSAL COLUMNS: The distinctive, dominating style of decorative columns. An architectural feature about the history of structural columns and their varied styles and decorative uses

LIVING ARCHITECTURE: Taking a top-down approach to green building with roof gardens.  A sustainability article about the growing trend of vegetated green roofs in urban environments

 

EAT LESS; LIVE LONGER     Does curtailing calories extend life?  One of a series of nutrition and fitness features written for WOMEN’S SPORTS & FITNESS magazine in the late 1980s

BUILDING CHARACTER: How To Raise Kids To Be Good In A World That Often Isn’t.   A nationally-syndicated, research-oriented feature written for Parenthood.com and published in regional parenting publications in the Dominion Parenting Media chain

GLOBAL SHIFT: The Future Of Meetings. A B2B magazine feature about our “shrinking planet” and it’s impact on international trade and the meeting planners industry

HARRIED KIDS; HURRIED HOUSEHOLDS. A 1999 feature that is still disturbingly pertinent today. One of about 30 parenting features written for DFW regional magazines over the years.

 

OFF THE BEATEN SLOPES. A B2B travel feature exploring the attractions of a select set of ski resorts in North America with “best-kept secret” status. A clip that’s representative of a range of travel features written for airline inflights, trade publications and travel publications through the years.

 

FOOD FIGHTS: Getting The Veggies Into The Finicky Family’s Diet. A nutrition & parenting feature that addresses the endless challenges of helping youngsters make wiser food choices in a fat-loving, fast-food world.

 

PERFECT 10: Beefcake aside, this celebrity profile for AMERICAN WAY ranks as a sentimental favorite because Elaine got to fly to L.A. to interview an Olympian and it became her first cover story for a national airline inflight.

 

TEN EXERCISE MYTHS … And The Truth Behind Them. Another first, this brief fitness feature started as a DALLAS MORNING NEWS article and was syndicated nationally through the NY TIMES Special Features Syndicate to newspapers across the country and magazines like COMPLETE WOMAN.

 

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH: Choosing A Guardian For Your Child. A short-but-sweet advice column in LADIES HOME JOURNAL for young parents who need to protect their kids by making sure their wills are current just when life seems most precious.

 

TEXAS: A TOUGH PLACE TO BE A DOWN-ON-YOUR-LUCK KID. The only thing upbeat about this thorough and eye-opening report about drastic budget cuts to kid-friendly government programs in the Lone Star State was the award it won from the Parenting Publications of America.

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