SoutheastHealth
My Role
- Scheduled and conducted interviews with patients and doctors to write in-depth, feature-length stories for the health network’s quarterly magazine that promoted various hospital services.
- Distilled complex medical topics into engaging and accessible narratives for general audiences, ensuring clarity without sacrificing important details.
- Authored weekly advertorials to highlight hospital achievements and patient success stories.
- Produced the internal newsletter, interviewing hospital employees to share their stories and recognize their contributions to the hospital community.
- Served as photographer for many of my stories, ensuring both the written and visual elements aligned to enhance the overall narrative.
Feature Stories

I can say, with all honesty, that Sam is one of THE best writers I have had the pleasure of working with during my years as a feature editor at a daily newspaper and at Southeast Missouri Hospital. An added plus is how quickly Sam can produce quality copy.
Sally Owen, Public Relations Manager at SoutheastHealth


Advertorials

