Samantha Brown is an Australian editor, content writer, and media specialist based in Southeast Asia. She has worked as an Agence France-Presse correspondent in Bangkok, Phnom Penh, and Jakarta, and also reported from East Timor, Laos, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. She is a co-founder of the independent online travel guide, Travelfish.org.
She helps companies and individuals communicate with their audience by conveying compelling narratives using crisp prose.
Her services include:
taking written copy, notes, and suggestions, and combining them into text that sings (think: press releases for major hotel brands that require an interview or two plus good background research);
editing text to adhere to strict in-house style guides (think: editing annual reports, white papers, and policy documents for multilateral development banks);
writing knock-out press releases, succinct social media posts, snappy consumer newsletters, and can’t-look-away website copy (think: a twice-weekly fashion consumer newsletter, plus Instagram captions to drive sales and engagement);
monitoring news websites to write wraps of industry news (think: news monitoring for clients within the aviation industry); and
conducting interviews and researching to write stories for both in-house magazines and consumer magazines (think: traipsing around an Indonesian island to write an award-winning destination story for a top-tier consumer title).
Her background in breaking news and writing news features across a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia, politics, and economics, means she write quickly and with attention to detail.
As a former online travel guide editor/founder, she understands both the travel industry and the small business owner’s need for nimbleness and trust.
Clippings/client list/rates available on request. Please contact her at [email protected].
