writer & EDITOR
Sophie boudreau
Hello! My name is Sophie. I’m a Michigan-based freelance writer, editor, journalist, comedian, mother, and hypochondriac with bylines in HuffPost, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, Scary Mommy, COURIER, and more—if you’re interested in working with me, check out my portfolio below and reach out via my contact form or at sophierboudreau@gmail.com.
A native Michigander (yes, we really call ourselves Michiganders and for that I am deeply sorry), I graduated from the University of Michigan in 2014 with a degree in film, television, and media. I spent the following year completing a Fulbright grant in Malaysia, where I taught English to secondary school students and was regularly coerced into consuming durian.
In late 2018, I moved to Los Angeles with my husband. In addition to performing stand-up comedy and building on several years of freelance writing, my time on the West Coast allowed me to work with live studio audiences at CBS Television Studios and Television City — including dozens of shifts at “The Price Is Right,” which provided a lifetime of comedic fodder. After three years of contending with Southern California rent prices and the onset of a pandemic that made full-time remote work more feasible, I returned home to Michigan in 2021 to continue my freelance writing career. My work has appeared on BuzzFeed, Scary Mommy, Medium, and widely across Only in Your State — more specifically, the Only In Detroit and Only In Michigan pages. In 2022, I was hired at eHow as a senior editor — a job that I genuinely loved until media layoffs brought it an untimely end. Last year, I joined the contractor team at COURIER Newsroom, which allowed me to write extensively about political topics ranging from reproductive rights to voting laws.
In 2020, I was a top 25 finalist out of an estimated 2,000 applicants for the coveted NBC Late Night Writers Workshop.
I’m always on the hunt for new opportunities to write professionally, with interests in everything from mental health to satire.
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