Linze Rice is a professional writer, editor, photographer, and freelance journalist. She began as a general assignment reporter and beat reporter for DNAinfo Chicago, covering the Far North Side of Chicago, and has taught journalism at Loyola University. She’s an alumna of The Northern Star newspaper at Northern Illinois University. From car crashes to culture, to local and presidential elections, “sexy” statues, food, education, business, property development, historical architecture, and more — she’s covered it.
Today, she has developed specialties in the areas of:
Travel
Food
History
The Weird, Wacky, & Quirky
Her byline has appeared in publications such as the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Magazine, DNAinfo Chicago, Block Club Chicago, The Takeout, Only in Your State, and more, and her stories have been picked up by the New York Times, The Today Show, ABC News, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Magazine, Politico, Jet Magazine, Curbed, Eater, Time Out Chicago, Chicago Reader, Patch, El Dia Newspaper, Jezebel, The Takeout, Thrillist, Chicagoist, Buzzfeed, The Frisky, EdgevilleBuzz, Uptown Update, ABC 7 Chicago, Fox 32 Chicago, WGN TV, NBC 5 Chicago, Windy City Live, You & Me Chicago, Chicago Tonight, WTTW, WGN Radio, WBBM Radio, WBEZ Radio and others.
As a freelance copy editor, she has ensured the highest quality standards are met for clients such as Healthline Media (Red Ventures/RVO Health) — which sees site traffic of over 150 million users per month.
As the owner of Pink House Media, Linze has put her media skills to use by consulting with businesses, nonprofits, and individuals to create marketing, PR and social media content, facilitate public relations, perform high-quality editing, take professional photos, and offer media knowledge and insight based on experience. This has included consulting, copy editing, writing, reporting, media pitching and follow-up, business and event photography, headshots, research, graphic design, fact-checking, working with multiple stakeholders such as editors, clients, and sources, developing editorial calendars and social media content, blogs, website copy, and much more.
Check out samples of her work below, including media appearances.
