Amy Segreti's Portfolio

There is no new leaf; turn yourself over.
—Stephen Elliott

Hello! I'm a professional editor and writer who's been rooted in the blustery world of journalism for the past nine years. I've written and edited for print and online publications in Spain and the United States, from Washington, D.C. to New York City to Colorado. Fluent in Spanish, AP style and conscious living, I work and play in new and old media. I'm currently the managing editor of a 124-page monthly alternative magazine in Boulder, Colo., and a creativity consultant for entrepreneurs, artists and passionate business owners.

My soul vocation is writing. Whether I'm working on an investigative story, narrative nonfiction or a food/wine feature, I strive to be the conduit for a genuine connection between my subject and readers.

Here you'll find a small selection of my published work. Email me at segreti[at]gmail.com, read my blog or follow me on Facebook or Twitter.

Permalink I’m the occasional restaurant reviewer for Rooster magazine. I believe strongly in traditional food reviewing methodology—be anonymous, taste as much as you can, go 3-4 times, etc. I experienced great service all four times I went. On the last visit, a bit more care was paid to my dishes (re: cauliflower); at that point, it was known I was writing a review. I combined all four experiences to write this review, published in the February 2012 issue.
Permalink I interviewed Bobby Stuckey, master sommelier and co-owner of the multiple-award-winning restaurant, Frasca Food & Wine in Boulder, Colo., about his journey to becoming a master sommelier—including the trick he used to pass the exam after six failed attempts. Published in the September 2011 issue of Rooster magazine. (Page 1 of 2)
Permalink Interview continued. I talked with Bobby Stuckey, master sommelier and co-owner of the multiple-award-winning restaurant, Frasca Food & Wine in Boulder, Colo., about his journey to becoming a master sommelier—including the trick he used to pass the exam after six failed attempts. Published in the September 2011 issue of Rooster magazine. (Page 2 of 2).
Permalink In 2010, I moved to Madrid, for no reason other than having always felt called there since I’d visited Spain as a teenager. I lived there for a year and wrote for InMadrid newspaper, the only English-language monthly in the city. For this article, I interviewed (in Spanish) the owner of the cervecería with the world’s largest selection of beer in the smallest space, according to the Guinness Book of World’s Records.
Permalink I met this eccentric, wonderful poet while in Washington, D.C. and wrote a piece on her Bathroom Poetry Project for Maryland Life magazine in the summer of 2007. Though she was quite talkative during the interview, her poems were short enough to be read in one sitting. (Get it? One sitting? Heh…)
Permalink While working at The Globe newspaper in North Carolina, I wrote a monthly travel column. My first one covered Wilmington, the town I lived in (and a good 70-minute drive from my office—a drive that, oddly, I didn’t mind at all. Oh, the wide-eyed enthusiasm of a young journalist…). A month after it was published, I was at a co-worker’s party and I happened to mention this column. A Marine looked at me admiringly. “You wrote that? I took my girlfriend down to Wilmington for our anniversary”—like I said, it was far—”and we followed your itinerary exactly. It was amazing! Thank you.” In-person acknowledgement is so rare… and so lovely.
Permalink At The Globe newspaper where I worked as a staff reporter and later as the Carolina Living Editor, I wrote this article on the strange abundance of Ice Age mammal fossils on Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach in North Carolina. I became engrossed in the passion that the people I interviewed had for fossil hunting. During my weeks of research, you couldn’t find a bigger, more annoying fan of fossils than me.
Permalink Jane Wayne Day: a day in which the girlfriends, wives and mothers of Marines get to experience a day in the life of their beloved men—from the awful food to the camouflage face paint to the muddy obstacle courses. I wrote this first-person feature piece for The Globe newspaper in North Carolina; and I got to take part in the action and shoot an M-16 rifle… in a skirt.
Permalink I wrote this news article on an abandoned church in Baltimore for the front page of the Metro section during my time on staff at The Baltimore Sun. In 2004, the newspaper had a circulation of 400,000.