Health | Blair Campbell

writer: Confessions of a Pregnant Wine Writer

December 30, 2014 by blaircampbell

As a wine writer married to a winemaker, the issue of alcohol consumption during pregnancy loomed large in my life during my own pregnancy in 2009. My September 2010 East Bay Express cover story, “Confessions of a Pregnant Wine Writer,” gave an account of my experience down that particular rabbit hole. An excerpt: Now, granted, I’m not a big troller of online forums on any subject, but I was shocked by the volume of information available on alcohol consumption during pregnancy. And by information, I […]

Categories: Food & Wine, Health • Tags: cover story, East Bay Express, feature writer, wine and pregnancy, writing

writer & content strategist: runScribe

December 5, 2014 by blaircampbell

runScribe is a wearable fitness tool for runners created by ScribeLabs, a technology collective based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Colorado. While runScribe was still in development, ScribeLabs’s founders needed some brochure-style copy that would explain their new product—copy that would be shared both in a press packet and on a new website being developed by Good Dog Design. Since the launch of its new site, ScribeLabs has been profiled in the Wall Street Journal and other high-profile publications, and the story we told also helped […]

Categories: Design, Health, Technology • Tags: content strategist, running, runScribe, San Francisco Bay Area, ScribeLabs, the Wall Street Journal, wearables, writer

writer: Slow Medicine

December 3, 2014 by blaircampbell

For Marin Magazine‘s September 2013 issue, I wrote a feature entitled “Slow Medicine: Learning to Listen to the Voices of Patients and Families.” This feature explored a burgeoning healthcare movement in which greater emphasis is put on helping patients truly understand their diagnoses and treatment options. Central to the article was my interview with Katy Butler, whose recent critically acclaimed book Knocking on Heaven’s Door looks at slow medicine from both a journalistic and personal perspective. During the months that I worked […]

Categories: Books, Health • Tags: feature writing, Marin Magazine, slow medicine