About Lylah M. Alphonse

I'm a Boston-based journalist, editor, freelance writer, and blogger with more than 15 years of major metro newspaper experience and more than six years of experience editing and writing online. When I'm not at the keyboard or solving a kid-related crisis -- I'm also a mom and stepmom to five kids, who range in age from college to kindergarten -- I'm in the kitchen or, occasionally, asleep.

When I'm awake, I'm a Senior Editor at Yahoo.com's Shine, where I write daily for Yahoo! Shine and for Yahoo.com's front page about news, trends, health, parenting, pop culture, and more. I launched and curated Yahoo!'s "Women in Politics" section in 2012, was part of Yahoo! News' election-night team, and have a proven track record of writing articles that grab readers and get them commenting. Click here to view my Yahoo! archive.

From 1994 to 2010, I was an editor at The Boston Globe, where I also freelanced as a writer for several departments: I’ve written hard news stories (9/11 coverage from Europe, shuttle explosion from India), travel trend stories (group travel, destination pieces, packing tips), hard and soft features (schoolchildren and beer in Belgium, in-depth interviews with and profiles of local celebrities and up-and-coming innovators), restaurant reviews, home and office design features, book reviews, family-friendly features, and product reviews. Click here for clips.

You can find my full resume and references here, and you can email me at WriteEditRepeat (at) gmail (dot) com.

Looking forward to hearing from you!