Catherine Anderson

Hills & Hamlets is a niche magazine for rural culture in middle Tennessee with complementing website and social media. I created it in July 2006 to cover events and stories in small towns and communities around Nashville. Located in Williamson County, Tennessee; I am its owner and editor. I currently manage its content with my own writing as well as many contributing artists, writers and photographers. Hills & Hamlets published monthly from July, 2006 to December, 2010. In 2011, six issues were published. In 2012, two issues have been printed and the website and social media were boosted.

  • I maintain a 10-year old monthly calendar with up to four counties' events
  • See my work at www.HillsNHamlets.com and http://issuu.com/cathtray

BACKGROUND

Creator/editor of monthly hyper-niche publication Leiper's Fork Life from May, 2002 to May, 2006. Purchased by Gannett in 2004, it covered the people and events of the unincorporated village that was consciously developing tourism as a means to sustain its historic preservation, and vice versa. Home to several famous types, it is also home to families who have lived there for up to seven generations.

Freelance or employed writer for:

  • Various business's press releases and ad copy for their events, products and commercial services
  • Southern Exposure Magazine, Franklin, TN — a bi-monthly magazine devoted to Williamson County events, profiles, businesses, and background
  1. County Fair Guide in 2004 & 2005 content describing various sponsors and events
  2. A community profile on Leiper's Fork
  3. "Justin Stelter: The Art of Historic Gardening" April, 2007
  • Plein Air Magazine—an article about a trip The Cumberland Society of Painters took to Monehegan Island
  • Nashville Lifestyles—monthly magazine devoted to Nashville and its area's most exciting topics
  1. "Color All Year Long" October, 2001
  2. Various small articles about Leiper's Fork events
  3. "Profile: Nikki Taylor" October, 2004
  • Animation House, Evansville, IN Note: this included projects with several large corporations
  • Indiana Business Journal, Indianapolis, IN
  • Evansville Business Journal, Evansville, IN
  • News4U Magazine, Evansville, IN