Services

Writing

Blog posts

Plan and conduct interviews and research recurring and one-off blog posts that put your people and products at the forefront, encouraging personal connections with clients and users.

City Running Tours, Read & Run, and Italic Type

Newsletters

Create and curate content for engaging newsletters.

City Running Tours

Reports

Well-researched, clearly communicated, and compelling reports for nonprofit and private sectors.

White papers and reports

Articles

Conduct interviews and research to write substantive and engaging articles.

Testimonial

Working with Chelsey has been one of the best decisions I have made as a business owner. She consistently demonstrates a remarkable work ethic and an unwavering commitment to the success of the business. She consistently goes above and beyond, whether it’s ensuring the tours are personalized and memorable, training the guides, communicating with clients, or maintaining an engaging blog. Her friendly and approachable demeanor puts everyone at ease.

Michael Gazaleh, President & CEO, City Running Tours

Editing

Copy Editing & Proofreading

Proofread nonfiction books for Chicago Review Press: The Most Human.

Proofread Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science’s quarterly print and online newsletter.

Proofread and copy edit for Purdue University’s College of Engineering.


Copyedit articles clients submit for publication in journals.
Series of articles for California District Attorneys Association: Article 1, Article 2, Article 3, Article 4, and Article 5.

Support student papers and college entrance essays through ideation to final edits with Academic Approach.

English as a Second Language (ESL) certified. Work with writers of diverse linguistic backgrounds: Chinese, Spanish, Polish, and Arabic.

Testimonial

After reviewing Chelsey’s edits on the first of a series of four articles, I came to look forward to her edits for the remaining three I published in California District Attorneys Association’s publications. Chelsey corrected for punctuation and grammar and evaluated the big picture of each article. She explained her corrections so I understood her reasoning and provided words of encouragement. Though Chelsey is not involved in the legal profession, I found her perspective as a novice useful to ensure my explanations were easy to understand (these articles were written with new attorneys in mind). I would strongly recommend Chelsey’s editing skills to any writer.

Joe Chavez, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Stanislaus County

Running Tours

Read & Run

Led a series of six runs on the Chicago River, a run of Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood based on Clark & Division, and a run of Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood based on the Lost Book of Adana Moreau.

Self-Guided Historic Tours

Created the Waterways of Lemont tour for Lemont, Illinois. Plotted the route, conducted meticulous research, wrote detailed self-guided tour blog post, and recorded audio version.

Testimonial

I had the chance to work with Chelsey in 2021-2022 when she planned and guided several fantastic running tours for Read & Run Chicago, covering fiction and nonfiction and important topics like Japanese-American history in Chicago and environmental advocacy. Chelsey is extremely thorough, detail-oriented, and creative when it comes to all aspects of the planning process for her running tours, including the research she puts into the program, dedication she puts into practicing her route and script, and thoughtful ways she engages experts to interact with runners during the tours to enhance their learning experience. For example, she took the initiative to develop a six-part series tracing the Chicago River in which various environmental activists and ecology experts spoke directly to members of the Read & Run Chicago community.

She is an exceptional person to work with due to her great communication, delivery prior to deadlines, and drive to produce quality work.  Chelsey is extremely passionate about her work and will put 150% into making sure it’s a success. 

Allison Yates, Founder of Read & Run