Some one who was interested in hiring me to write asked for a couple clips. Unfortunately, I hadn't taken the time in the past to place my clips in one site. Fortunately, much of my writing can be found easily with a google or a dogpile search of "Michelle Phipps-Evans" and "DC." In addition to this blog and other work, I am the full-time Public Information Officer at the Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking, http://www.disb.dc.gov/ and I have had involvement in press releases and other published pieces on the website. I prefer not to add my work there to this blog.
So below are a couple links I thought may interest:
Articles I report on, and write about
A profile on the District of Columbia's Mayor Vincent C. Gray after he won the Democratic nomination
http://www.hillrag.com/CCN_Website09/images/papers/DCN/Nov/1110/pdf/30-32_MCDC_1110-web.pdf
Article on the 20th anniversary celebration of the Hillcrest Community Civic Association in Ward 7
http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/CCN_Website09/publicationhtml/papers/EOR/1009/HillCrestCCA.html
A profile on DC artist BK Adams
http://www.hillrag.com/CCN_Website09/images/papers/EOR/Sep/0911/pdfs/38-39_EOR_0911.pdf
A profile on an 11-year-old speed skater
http://www.hillrag.com/CCN_Website09/images/papers/EOR/Jul/0711/pdfs/42-44_EOR_0711.pdf
The Hillcrest Garden Tour
http://www.hillrag.com/CCN_Website09/images/papers/EOR/Jul/0711/pdfs/24-25_EOR_0711.pdf
Mother's Summer Time Tea for mothers who lost children to gun violence
http://www.hillrag.com/CCN_Website09/publicationhtml/papers/EOR/1009/MothersSummertimeTea.html
Articles where I am quoted:
A story on the charm of the Hillcrest community
http://www.themattisongroup.com/Hillcrest-n43358.html
A work-related piece on foreclosures in the District
http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/2011/04/dc-to-allow-residential-foreclosures.html?page=all
A work-related blog on the coverage of contraceptives
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/11/20/d-c-department-of-insurance-birth-control-is-safe/
Press Releases for my editorial consulting firm, Invisible Colours LLC
http://englishtolatintranslation.org/even/class458693exoti/bring468784
http://translationenglishtospanish.net/foll/requi516871puter/tices470788
Newsletters
http://www.hillcrestdc.com/newsltr.pdf
http://www.hillcrestdc.com/nl_0111.pdf
http://www.hillcrestdc.com/nl_0909.pdf
Multimedia Project
In 2010, I was commissed by the Hillcrest Community Civic Association (HCCA), through the Washington East Foundation, which applied for and received a DC Community Heritage Project grant, to use oral history to explore the core elements that make for a strong D.C. neighborhood. I was tasked as a journalism scholar to interview several longtime Hillcrest residents who have been involved in, or were involved in, the work of the HCCA. Below are the findings and accompanying reports.http://www.wdchumanities.org/dcdm/items/show/1518
http://www.hillcrestdc.com/docs/oralhistory.pdf
http://www.wdchumanities.org/dcdm/items/browse?search=michelle+phipps-evans
http://www.hillcrestdc.com/nl_1110.pdf
http://www.hillcrestdc.com/nl_1210.pdf
About Me
- MPEvans
- Washington, DC, United States
- I'm a naturalized Caribbean immigrant in the grand old U.S.A. I live in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Ward 7 and I'm a forever-journalist. I started my first career as a magazine editor and I haven't been able to give it up. When I started this blog, I was knee-deep into my fourth career as a government public relations specialist. However, I have been heading up my editorial staffing company, Invisible Colours LLC out of my Ward 7 neighborhood. I'm expanding my company's brand by offering video production and other social media technologies for clients. This blog follows my journey as a 40-something-year old in Washington, D.C. Married for several years, I have three kids--a boy and two girls. I am blessed, and I'm loving all that God has given me. I have a master's in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor's of arts from the University of the West Indies. I hope I can offer a little insight into my life and my experiences. Writing serves as a catharsis for me. It is what I do best. It is what I love. It is who I am.
