photo: Kate Hailey
Based in Seattle, Alex Russell has worked as a writer and editor since 2001. His published work ranges from human interest features and hard news to product descriptions and travel blogs. Alex is a talented editor, and has helped others with their creative, academic, and business writing.
Alex also enjoys volunteer work, and has given his time to organizations including Eco Encore as a writer and web editor, Ballinger Homes Family Support Center as a tutor and youth mentor, and Pongo Publishing as a poetry therapist in Seattle Juvenile Detention.
Some of his published work is here, but contact Alex for his full resume at alex[at]alexinwords.com.
You can also view his professional profile online at LinkedIn.
Here’s what others have said about him:
“Mr. Russell is extraordinarily self-aware about his work—about the implications of word choice and juxtaposition for meaning, about the ways various audiences will make sense of a story.”
—Roz Spafford, Chair Emerita UC Santa Cruz Writing Program
“His copy is neat and on time, and he can always be counted on to grasp the focus of the story and make it accessible to the reader.”
—Janet Blaser, Publisher M! Magazine