Editorial
Peta makes the editor’s job easier by submitting copy ready for publication in quality, accuracy, length, and timeliness. She has an instinct for angles with a twist as well as an eye for engaging stories. Weaving a lede together that enfolds the reader into the story is a favorite creative challenge.
In her 20-plus years of experience in the publishing industry, Peta has interviewed extensively. Subjects have included: Olympian Picabo Street, former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson, Wired magazine founders, and polygamists. As a TIME magazine correspondent, she has reported on and written numerous stories of national interest including the Elizabeth Smart abduction, 2002 Olympic security, and the Warren Jeff's arrest.
(Note: Commercial work/clients are kept separate from editorial writing.)
Where Mother's Day Strikes Thrice
Since last fall, eight-year-old Sam Jensen has been nurturing a seedling, along with his other classmates at school, to give as a Mother's Day gift. This Sunday, he'll proudly present the thriving plant to his moms - all three of them - who will also receive corsages from their husband, and a giant card from their 11 children. Read the Time Magazine ArticleReal Life CSI Is Hair
She is someone's daughter — but whose? All that's left of the young woman is 26 bones, some hair, a T-shirt and a necklace. This is the crime scene hunters came across one October day in 2000. Read the Time Magazine Article
Ten Times More Powerful, Thanks to A Robotic Suit
The superhuman strength of our childhood heroes and the fantastical characters of Hollywood films have busted out of the boundaries of imagination and into reality. In several places around the world, research has resulted in robotic suits that significantly amplify a person’s strength and mobility. Read the Reflex Magazine ArticleThe Examined Life
This Sunday is Mother's Day and this morning, we bring you an essay from writer Peta Owens-Liston. As the mother of two young boys, she has come to understand that her sons' questions and observations have made her life much richer. Read the NPR Radio EssayWho Will be the Next Polygamist Prophet?
During his 14 months in hiding from the FBI, Warren Jeffs managed to continue controlling and directing his followers, members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who number an estimated 10,000, most based in the border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz. Read the Time Magazine ArticleWhen Turning Pages Becomes a Trip
On the pages of Theme magazine, high-brow and low-brow subjects interplay with one another like alternating beads on a necklace—skateboarding and lost language, fashion design and tattoos. (read: high brow). Read the Adobe Magazine Article (p.3)Short Travel/Departmental Pieces
25th Street, Ogden, Utah…
Along the infamous stretch called Electric Alley you can still see second-story Dutch doors and brickedin windows of former bordellos. Read the Article
An Odd Splash in the Desert…
“It was a moment of insanity,” admits Linda Nelson, co-founder of Seabase, a saltwater snorkeling and scuba diving spot. Read the Article
