Jenna Hatfield
I am a freelance writer and editor living in Cambridge, Ohio. I am also a professional photographer. This site serves as my online portfolio.
I have been writing professionally since 2006. Prior to that I worked at an NBC affiliate. I have been blogging in one form or another since 2001. I currently serve as the Section Editor for BlogHer Family. The current incarnation of our family blog receives over 14,000 views per month. It has been featured on Discovery Health’s Baby Week campaign and other campaigns of various sizes (see: Media). My adoption blog was named one of Adoptive Families magazine’s Top Adoption Blogs. A difficult article on motherhood was published in Redbook (May 08, link). I have written for various other sites over the years. (See: Clips.)
When it comes to photography, I have shaped my style over the years. While I default to my love of writing, photography comes in a close second. I always had a camera in my hand, even at a young age. My eye was trained in college where we were required to take two photography classes as Broadcast Journalism majors. I am not currently taking on any freelance photography gigs or private family shoots due to a back injury which has left me unable to carry my bag or stand for lengths of time. Hopefully I will not need surgery which would lengthen my recovery time and thus my off-shooting time. I will update past clients and this page when my doctor clears me to carry more than five pounds and walk again. Until then, you can view current favorites here. I’ll still be shooting my family and scenes from our life, city and nature… as always.
I am currently open to new freelancing opportunities, whether writing or photography. (Contact me.)
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As a glimpse of photography, this is my current favorite piece taken in February 2011 in Cambridge, Ohio. Others favorites can be viewed on my photography page.
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[Post last updated on February 22, 2011.]
Welcome!
On this site you can find out a little about me, Jenna Hatfield, and what I do. In case you stumbled upon this site and aren't familiar with my name or my work, I'll give you a brief heads up. I am a freelance writer and editor, currently working as the Family Section Editor at BlogHer. I am also an ex-newspaper photographer now focusing on my own business. I currently have a store on Etsy. I am always interested in expanding my work via freelancing gigs so feel free to contact me if you are in need of a writer, editor or photographer.
On a personal level, I am a wife to a professional firefighter and an everyday mom to two amazing little boys. We make our home in Ohio.