A Charlotte, NC-based freelance journalist, editor, and all-around wordsmith, I write everything from 300-word news “flashes” to 3000-word articles. I'm passionate about and have a deep knowledge of health, health care, psychology, nutrition, and fitness.

I started my career in magazines but now also write articles for news sites and blogs. Whatever your writing needs, I can help!

A few of my fortes:  

  • Telling stories

  • Deciphering complex health and medical information

  • Breaking down big ideas into reader-friendly chunks

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My official bio

A freelance writer based in Charlotte, N.C., Beth Howard brings a wealth of experience, fresh ideas, and precise, engaging prose to every writing task, from health care to historic preservation.  

A graduate of the University of N.C. at Chapel Hill and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, Beth worked in New York as an associate editor and in Los Angeles as the West Coast editor for Omni Magazine, covering science and the environment. She served as senior editor at SELF, New Woman (health), and My Generation magazines, and later returned to SELF as editor-at-large.

Beth has penned scores of articles for print and digital media, including Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Prevention, Fitness, AARP: The Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, and has written health columns for Details, Bride’s, Shape, Babytalk, and Reader’s Digest. In 1998, she published the book, Mind Your Body: A Sexual Health and Wellness Guide for Women (St. Martin’s Press).
 
Beth is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and the Association of Health Care Journalists.

Read more about me at Linked In, access more than 100 of my published clips at Contently, or follow me on Facebook.

 

Click here, if you are looking for my friend and fellow author, Beth M. Howard, author of Making Piece: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Pie, World Piece: A Pie Baker's Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding and several delightful cookbooks!

 

 

Beth Howard, Charlotte, NC Independent Writer