Who We Are
The St. Louis Bloggers’ Guild is an organization of bloggers who create Web content for websites, be them their own or corporate. Bloggers are unrepresented in most markets; bloggers are prevented from joining most traditional writers’ unions, like those governing newspaper journalists, and may be under-represented in others. As blogging gains popularity and an increased audience, social media’s influence and potential is more valuable than ever before. We exist to promote and protect the work and skills of these bloggers.
Dana Loesch, Founder, Business Director Dana works as professional blogger and talk radio host. In addition to her blog, www.mamalogues.com, Dana has written for corporate parenting communities and major-market publications. She was named the Riverfront Times Best Columnist of 2007 for her popular newspaper column on motherhood, and in 2006 her website was pitched as a network television sitcom. She was selected as one of St. Louis’s “30 Under 30″ by the St. Louis Business Journal in 2008. She has been featured on KSDK Channel 5, KMOV Channel 4, and the Fine Living network. In addition to hosting her own show on KFTK 97.1 FM, Dana is a frequent guest on local and national radio and speaks regularly on the subject of social media. Dana is currently building a local blog advertising network with area bloggers. She and husband, Chris, and their two young sons live in St. Louis City.
Andrea, Co-Founder, Accounting Andrea is a thirty-something wife and mother of two. She blogs about the laughs and lunacy of motherhood at Little Bald Doctors. She’s an accountant by trade, a writer by dream, and superhero in another dimension. Andrea’s interests include photography, writing, and helping the St. Louis blogosphere expand and unite through the St. Louis Bloggers Guild.
Lisa Bertrand, Co-Founder, Editorial Lisa lives in West County with her Sudoku-loving husband, Wii-addicted son and diva dog. In her “previous life”, she served as a communications project manager for an international engineering/architectural/construction management firm. These days, she’s a professional blogger who spends her days working in her jammies while trying to convince herself that she doesn’t need a 12-step program for her chocolate addiction. She operates Midwestern Mommy and writes reviews for Parent Bloggers Network and Moms Central via her site, Midwestern Mommy Reviews. Lisa, an occasional social media consultant, is currently developing a new project with two other St. Louis mom bloggers.
Melody Cissell, Co-Founder, Membership Director Melody lives and blogs in St. Louis. She has degrees from Webster University in English Literature and Education and she isn’t afraid to use them. She blogs about po-culture and pop-politics at Girls Guide to the Galaxy™ . Her hobbies include reading, traveling, and enagaging in social media. She works as an interaction designer for an international company to support her clothing and pizza problem.
Raquita Henderson, Co-Founder, Forums Management Raquita, Resident W.O.B.L is truly a jack of all trades. She firmly believes a clean desk is a sign of cluttered desk drawer. She’d like to avoid desks all together in her future. Currently headlining as a photographer, she is also her mother’s web master, her friends’ life coach, budding graphic designer, wife and mom to two beautiful daughters, big dog Anubis, and one lucky hubby - if you believe him - and lastly a poet, which is how this blog thing got started in the beginning. She takes the most comfort in drowning herself in artistic endeavors and would like to try quilting next. The lunacy she calls life is documented on her blog, WOBL in Training.
Todd Jordan, Co-Founder, Editorial Todd isn’t just a great programmer, but he’s been a burger slinger, a movie usher, dressed mannequins, and run the engine room in a nuclear submarine. He’s watched movies in theaters from coast to coast, and in foreign countries as well. Even several in foreign languages. From climbing the Rock of Gibraltar to plumbing the depths of the Atlantic, he’s traveled all around having fun, learning things and drinking strange brews. There are rumors he glows in the dark, that he’s an alien, and that he used to be in the Intelligence community. One of those might be true. He blogs about his experiences at The Broad Brush. His topics range from social media tools like Seesmic to taking photographs with a DSLR, to dining out for Brazilian food.
Jaelithe Judy, Co-Founder, Editorial Jaelithe, a St. Louis native, is a professional internet marketing writer, an experienced navel-gazer, an amateur tilter-at-windmills, a haphazard vegetable gardener, and a mother to one quirky kid. She writes about whatever subjects furrow her brow at The State of Discontent. And when she’s feeling indignant, she takes politicians to the woodshed for Momocrats.
Craig Mayhem, Co-Founder, IT Craig is one of the warped minds behind superfunpatrol.net. He is a comedian, podcaster, comedy writer and makes money as a computer nerd. He also enjoys playing and recording music. Mr. Mayhem loves the city of St. Louis and has lived there for 16 years and is a big believer of supporting city businesses and projects. Craig eagerly awaits the day that affordable robots can mow the lawn. He has no children, but he does have two cats - one that he hates and one that he loves. They are the ying and yang of cats. There is a sign in Craig’s yard that says, “Beware of Devil” just to confuse the neighbors.
Tam, Co-Founder, Editorial Tam is a working mom (aren’t all working moms though?) to two little “buns” that keep her on her toes and a wife to a fabulous hubby. She’s winging this thing called parenthood and trying her best to not mess her children up too much in the process. She loves it when her kids are NOT in the car, and she can have the windows down and crank HER music up LOUD. She’s been blogging since August 2007 at A Bun’s Life, but has been reading for a very long time. [*Editor's note: Tam is NOT a turtle.]
