UMass Amherst Campus Communicators Network

Freelancer Referral Directory

What this is: This is the place to share information about freelance writers, designers, photographers and other communications professionals you've worked with and are recommending to others.

What this is not: The people on this list are not employees of UMass or officially sanctioned in any way. The comments are merely your recommendations. This is also not the place to post critical opinions. If you don't recommend someone, just don't list them or remove them from the list.

How to add a freelancer: Email Nina Sossen -- nsossen@admin.umass.edu.

Writers

Cathy Cohen

cjcohen@comcast.net / 412 Audobon Rd., Leeds, MA 01053 /

used for feature story Doing Very, Very Good Science in Oct 2006. Very resposinble, met all deadlines. Likes to do science writing.

recommended by Nina Sossen, 5 Jan 2007.

Barbara Cooper

413-253-7726 / Amherst, MA

used for various web writing between 2003 and 2005.

recommended by Nina Sossen, 8 Jan 2007.

Editors

Paula Noonan

413/774-4342 / Greenfield / MA

freelance copy-editor

recommended by Faye Wolfe, 27 Mar 2008.

Photographers

Nafis Azad

nazad@student.umass.edu / 413-687-2248 / www.flickr.com/photos/maneeacc

Nafis is a current undergrad so there are some employment restrictions. He does superb work and is excellent to work with. See samples of his work on his site and in this gallery he did for us in May, 2006 and this gallery in January, 2007.

recommended by Nina Sossen, 8 Jan 2007. Updated 15 Feb 2007.

Ben Barnhart

ben@bbimages.com / Box 305 Shelburne Falls MA 01370 / 413-625-1006 / www.bbimages.com

Ben is the former long-time photographer at UMass Amherst and has done tons of work for us, including most of the photos on the UMass home page -- www.umass.edu.

recommended by Nina Sossen, 5 Jan 2007.

Ron Levy

ronlevy@gigr.com / Box 3146 Soldona AK 99669 / 800-260-7899 / www.ronlevyphoto.com

Ron lives in Alaska and did a shoot for us for a web article on Alaskan alumni. Good quality and very conscientious. Should already be in the UMass system.

recommended by Nina Sossen, 30 Jan 2007.

Michael Zide

zide@comcast.net / 413-256-0779 / www.michaelzide.com / Michael teaches at the Hallmark School of Photography and does all types of photography. He's worked with RL&D a few times this year shooting pictures for our annual report www.umass.edu/research/reports. He's very talented, thorough and personable.

recommended by Karen Hayes, 6 March 2007.

Designers

Mickey Boisvert, MBDesign

mb.design@comcast.net / 413-467-7116 / www.mbdesign-us.com /50 Porter Street, Granby, MA 01033 / 413-467-7116

Excels in print design, advertising, and project coordination. She has recently expanded her services to include print communications and installation services in a museum setting. Mickey has samples of recent work and a resumé available upon request.

recommended by Heather Miller, 11 Jan 2007. updated 27 Mar 2007 by Nina Sossen.

Lori Lynn Hoffer

lorilynn@waterlilydesign.com / 184 North Leverett Road,Leverett, MA 01054 / 413-367-9198 / www.waterlilydesign.com

Professional, responsive, creative, easy to work with and we are extremely pleased with the design New to the area and looking for more work at UMass. Example job: Report on Research 2006

recommended by Karen Hayes, 8 Jan 2007.

Marah Loft

22 Ward Avenue / Amherst MA 01002; marahloft@earthlink.net; 413-253-5042

Used her to create folders (for development) and bookmarks (for student recruitment). Creative and very pleasant to work with.

recommended by Sabine Cray, 8 Jan 2007.

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