Erik P. Maier
01 · Content Writing

Award-Winning Content Writing & Editing

Since much of my writing career has been split between “commerce” and “everything else,” I thought it was appropriate to split the two categories on my portfolio as well. If you’re looking for my written commerce content, you can find that right here. Below, however, you’ll find a few pieces of historical content, “how-to” content, and good-old-fashioned news content.

(A quick, but important, note - while I have chosen to include the live on-site URLs for my work at Autoblog.com, the site has had a significant visual refresh since the original time of publish, altering the original layout of the articles. For that reason, I’ve also included PDFs of the articles, as close as I could get to how they were once presented.)

Award-winning historical content
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Award-winning historical content

This piece of historical content is a multimedia endeavor that I worked closely with one of our associate producers on, helping to shape the original idea and final execution. It’s a quick look into the life of Wendell Scott, the first Black American full-time NASCAR driver. After ideation, I served as editor for both the video component and written article for publish. It ended up winning a silver 2021 Automotive Heritage Award for “Best Audio or Video Story.”

https://www.autoblog.com/features/wendell-scott-nascar-race-racecar-history-black-america-virginia-civil-rights-movement
Live Article - Autoblog.com PDF Screengrab w/ original layout
In-Depth “How To” Content
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In-Depth “How To” Content

In 2020, video game streaming was hot. I have a bit of expertise in this area, so I was tasked with starting and hosting a weekly gaming livestream for Autoblog. This went hand-in-hand with a large increase in gaming coverage on-site and it allowed me to produce content like the article above, all about how to start up your very own game stream from home. This post doubled as commerce content, with affiliate links added where appropriate.

https://www.autoblog.com/features/how-to-start-your-own-game-stream-2019
Live Article - Autoblog.com PDF Screengrab w/ original layout
02 · Transmit

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