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Writing Samples and Articles

Online And PRINT

Below, a selection of my writing by subject, some as PDF links, and some linked to online. Email at garland.pollard@gmail.com with questions.

 

Content and Copywriting

  • Episcopal Stylebook and Marketing Handbook: This Diocesan Brand Guidelines and Marketing Stylebook is a booklet given out to the entire network of churches, to help them with websites and their marketing. The guidebook includes a style guide, technology stack tips, and overall marketing and branding advice.
  • Fairfax, Virginia History Survey, FXVA.com, Fairfax County 2020 Official Visitors Guide, Visit Fairfax, 2020. Marketing copy for the Fairfax County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
  • The Southgate Leigh Lohman treasure map of Virginia, Virginia Living, March 28, 2017

Public Policy

  • Prosperity in Richmond’s Downtown, Style Weekly, June 8, 2005
  • Q&A with Arthur Waldron, on U.S./China Policy, Inside Business, interviewed at University of Richmond, March 12, 2001
  • Ex. Governor and former presidential candidate Michael Dukakis on Amtrak and railroads in the U.S., August 2001
  • Redevelopment on Broad Street, the case against meddling in downtown Richmond, Virginia, April 23, 2001

Architecture

  • Richmond’s Capitol Square Architecture & Design, 2006, Richmond Guide
  • Reston, Virginia founder Robert E. Simon, Q&A, Virginia Living Magazine
  • Mount Pleasant, Victorian architecture on the Northern Neck of Virginia, from Virginia Living
  • Metallic Wonder: The history of the Reynolds Aluminum Headquarters EXO, Now Home to Philip Morris, Inside Business, May 21, 2001
  • The Decline of the Colonial Williamsburg Brand, from Brandchannel.com, 2004.
  • Q&A with Dr. Helen Rountree, Expert on Virginia’s Indians, from Virginia Living
  • The Strange Death of Commander Richard E. Byrd, Style Weekly, 1987

Business Columns

  • History of Baltimore’s Noxzema Brand, Inside Business
  • How P.C. Amin Built a Richmond Hotel Empire, Inside Business, Nov. 26, 2001
  • Branding: Busta Rhymes and Courvoisier Liquor, Inside Business
  • Goodbye Pan American World Airways, Style Weekly
  • Profile of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad, Virginia Business Observer
  • Bankable Brand Names After Financial Mergers, Inside Business
  • Launching the Redevelopment of Rockett’s Landing, Inside Business
  • Richmond, Virginia’s Top Brand Names, Inside Business
  • Lakeside Appliance, a regional appliance seller, outlasts Richmond’s Circuit City
  • History of Econo-Travel Motels of Norfolk, Virginia

Miscellaneous Features

  • The Prak Sisters: From Cambodia’s Killing Fields to Richmond, Virginia, Inside Business, March 18, 2002
  • Back to School with Perry Ellis, produced by Neely Barnwell and art directed by Tyler Darden, Virginia Living. Sample concept from editing the magazine.

Travel

  • Longboat Key Nature Tour, VisitFlorida.com

Media

  • WXGI AM 950 profile, Style Weekly

General Links for Articles

  • Seeking Alpha Business Columns, on their website

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John Garland Pollard

P.O. Box 923
Boca Grande, FL 33921

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