Writing Portfolio

I have created every Conservation Corps MN & IA Monthly Email Newsletter since July, 2021. This includes writing content, editing content, coordinating with other staff who need to provide content or input, publishing using Mailchimp, and promoting on social media using Hootsuite.

I lead the creation of the 2024 Annual Report for Conservation Corps MN & IA. I identified stories, photographs, wrote and edited content, coordinated with staff from across the organization who needed to provide content or input, wrote the “letter from the Executive Director” at the beginning of the report, coordinated between the contracted designer and the […]

I wrote the below article for the Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa website in 2021. So far this year, Conservation Corps Minnesota & Iowa (CCMI) members have spent more than twice as much time responding to wildfires compared to previous years. “It’s the worst fire year in 30 years,” said Brian Miller, program director – […]

I served as the primary content organizer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – Scientific and Natural Resources, quarterly email newsletter from Spring 2019 through Spring 2021. Newsletters organized and edited in that time: 2019 Spring*Special Issue*SummerFallSpecial Issue*Winter 2020 Spring*SummerFallWinter* 2021 Spring* *indicates newsletters containing articles I wrote. I wrote several feature articles in […]

I wrote the script for this video; shot all the footage; edited the video using Adobe Premiere Pro; and used Adobe Illustrator and Adobe AfterEffects to create the animations. What are Scientific and Natural Areas? Watch this short video to find out. Scientific and Natural Areas are exceptional places where native plants and animals flourish; […]

I developed all the content for this external webpage about Prescribed Fire for the MN Department of Natural Resources. This includes writing the copy for the webpage with input from subject experts; writing the script for the video; taking all the photographs on the webpage; shooting all the video; editing the video using Adobe Premiere Pro; and using […]

I made this website as part of a web design class, where I learned basic HTML and CSS. This website was written by hand, and was updated and used as my portfolio website for several years before I migrated to using WordPress on my site for easier content management.

By David Minor  2 April 2017 Essma Imady, a Minnesota artist, moved with her parents to Syria when she was 5-years-old. She returned to Minnesota 20 years later with her husband, intending to move back to Syria after finishing school. After violence in Syria escalated, they realized they could not go back. Essma, now 29, […]

By David Minor 12 Feb 2017 A new apartment building to be built beginning this fall in the Prospect Park neighborhood will be part of a collaborative storm water management while also contributing to the creation of a new park in the area. The Minneapolis City Planning Commission approved on Feb. 6 an application to […]