EDITORIAL FREELANCE & ASSIGNMENT

View sample tearsheets of recent editorial print work below.

I have photographed for hundreds of small and large, local, domestic and international, independent and not, print and online media covering a broad range of subjects including poverty in South Africa; the Democratic and Republican National Conventions; local and sustainable agriculture; grassroots environmental conservation work in Nicaragua, Mexico, and Africa; bicycle messengers; ice fishing and fly fishing; and the culture and aesthetics of suburban American life.

Most of my current editorial focus in on the production and culture of food.

Editorial clients include:

PERIODICALS - The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, Orion, GEO (Germany), New York Magazine, Playboy, TIME, The Wall Street Journal, BIKE, Alaska Airlines Magazine, Berkshire Living, El Puente (Nicaragua), Hooked on the Outdoors, Librebaiages (Belgium), Mother Earth News, Nature Seychelles Magazine (Seychelles), The Organic Gardener (Australia), Orion Afield, Plenty, Popular Photography, Waterkeeper, YES! and many more.
BOOKS & PUBLISHING - Chronicle Books, Chelsea Green, The Mountaineer Books, Chockstone Press, Scholastic, Orion Books, The Sierra Club Calendars, Falcon Publishing, and more.
WEBSITES - Grist.org, Fool.com, BusinessWeek.com, NewFarm.org, NewYorkMetro.com, TheDailyGreen.com, OrionOnline.org, and many more.

To view my stock archives including projects on local and sustainable agriculture, international grassroots conservation work, and BerkShares, please click here.

 

View sample tearsheets of recent editorial print work below.


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Feature assignment for Orion (Jan/Feb 2007)

A Rare Bird: A U.S. non-profit partners with a Nicaraguan activist in a creative conservation initiative.
photographs and text by Jason Houston

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Cover story assignment for Berkshire Living (Mar/Apr 2007)

Dog and Burger Show: An Odyssey of Cheap Eats
text by Daniel Bellow; photographs by Jason Houston

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Story assignment for Plenty (Jun/Jul 2006)

Summertime, and the Eating is Local: Two months on a supermarket-free diet
text by Lou Bendrick; photographs by Jason Houston

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Feature assignment for Orion magazine (Jan/Feb 2003)

In the Shadow of the World Summit
photographs and text by Jason Houston

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Feature assignment for Gastronomica magazine (Summer 2007)

The American Farm
photographs and text by Jason Houston

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Feature story assignment for Berkshire Living (October 2007)

Café Olé: Throughout the region, cafés brew as many connecitons as they do cups of coffee
text by Amanda Gordon; photographs by Jason Houston

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Feature story assignment for Berkshire Living (Mar/Apr 2008)

Beyond Mexico: The far-reaching flavors and sincere preparation of Latin American cuisine captivate Berkshire palates
text by Robin Catalano; photographs by Jason Houston

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Feature assignment for Orion (Jan/Feb 2004)

Balancing Act: The world of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison
photographs and introductory text by Jason Houston; interview by David Whitman

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Feature story assignment for Berkshire Living (October 2006)

The Hands that Feed Us: Celebrating a short food chain in the Berkshires
photographs and text by Jason Houston

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Cover story assignment for Berkshire Living (Jan/Feb 2008)

Cold Fish: A retired chef seeks solitude and serenity—and maybe his second world-record fish—on the area's frozen lakes
text by Peter McLaughlin; photographs by Jason Houston

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Feature story assignment for Hobby Farm Home (Spring 2008)

Foraging for a Change: A full-time forager for Whole Foods MArket, Susan Phinney scouts for environmentally friendly farmers with unique products to add to Whole Food's repertoire
text by Cherie Langlois; photographs by Jason Houston

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Feature story assignment for Waterkeeper (Spring 2007)

Fishing to See
photographs and text by Jason Houston

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Feature story assignment for Orion magazine (Jul/Aug 2004)

Shortening the Food Chain
photographs and text by Jason Houston

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Table of Contents for Bike (June 1998)

photograph by Jason Houston

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Feature story for New York Magazine (Dec 20-27, 2004)

New York Porked Out: Pig, in new and glorious forms,
hogged the spotlight on menus all over town

text by Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite; photograph by Jason Houston

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Feature story for Bike (Nov 1996)

Competitive Fetch: Messengers come to San Francisco's concrete canyons to
move packages. This wouldn't ordinarily be news, but there were naked people,
Europeans, and trophies involved

text by Michael Ferrentino; photographs by Jason Houston

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Feature story for Organic Gardener (May/Jun 2008)

Reconnecting with Real Food
text by Michael Pollan; photographs by Jason Houston

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Misc magazine & book covers

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