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Memphis-based freelance writer Aisling Maki's work has been published in newspapers, magazines and online sources in over 20 countries.

For five years, Aisling served as the Memphis correspondent for the Agence France Presse. Globally, her stories have appeared in The Australian, Daily News & Analysis of Mumbai, The Mail & Guardian of South Africa, and Yahoo! World News. 

Locally, Aisling has written for The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Daily News, Memphis Health & Fitness, Memphis Magazine, The Memphis News and Memphis Parent Magazine. 

She honed her broadcast writing skills as a web producer and new media reporter for Memphis' NBC/CNN news affiliate. Aisling regularly executed breaking news coverage on the station's website and reported her own weekly on-air segment focused on web-related news and trends.

In 2005, Aisling co-created the Mid-South's first comprehensive website for families with children. She has also developed and managed successful social media campaigns for news outlets, non-profits and small businesses.

Aisling is a passionate memoirist and award-winning fiction writer. In 2000, she was recognized for best short story in UConn's Myriads LIterary Journal for Evangeline, a portait of a lonely woman in 1950's rural Ireland who sought solace through the lens of her camera. In 2006, Aisling won Memphis Magazine's Fiction Grand Prize for her story Bird Life, the comedic quest of two sisters intent on proving the existence of the ivory-billed woodpecker.

As a history major at the University of Connecticut, Aisling won the highest honor for excellence in history, as well as awards for community service.



Aisling is available for freelance projects. Click here to learn more about her services.

“Aisling Maki is a skilled writer with a strong sense of news judgment." -- Robert Edwards, Producer, WMC-TV