At the end of 2024, I completed a 10-week online course to sharpen my food writing skills. As a part of this class, I penned this short memoir about core childhood memories centered around my favorite condiment: ketchup.
LA Times!
In October 2019, my personal essay “I didn’t need a zodiac chart to know: Our date was ill-fated” was featured in the LA Affairs column of the Los Angeles Times in both digital and print. Click here to read about my dating horror story: https://www.latimes.com/style/laaffairs/la-hm-la-affairs-danielle-fogel-20191026-story.html.
Enjoy!
Throwin' It Back
The year was 2013. Vine was still alive and kicking, people were doing the Harlem Shake for some reason, and I was in my second year of college. As an assignment for one of my Multimedia Writing courses, I was tasked to create a newsletter for a local, on-campus organization including layout, copy, and interviews. This was a difficult feat, but great practice for both long- and short-form content.
Click here to behold the beauty of my very own newsletter from back in the day: Hillel Happenings.
Please forgive my horrendous grammar, punctuation, and overall sense of humor. I was still learning, OK?!