• Mercedes Kraus
  • Coaching
  • Writing

Mercedes Kraus

  • Mercedes Kraus
  • Coaching
  • Writing
 
 

SELECTED WRITING


I might write something up here about conversations. There’s a strong through-line between my ability to interview people and my abilities as a coach. I’d like to try to express that here, or else fold it into the descriptions below.

These images all need work / readjustments, which I’ll finish on Monday.

 
 

This image will probably change. I think I want all the images to be the actual photographs from the story, though I might do another side-by-side for this one since it’s the only print-only story I’ve done.

SKETCH OF KULAPAT YANTRASAST

For The Panafold, a subscription-only magazine. Some description of the interview and what I got out of it.


Photo: Richard Powers

Photo: David Hartwell

HOME PROFILE & EARTH FOR ELLE DECOR

I’ll describe this.


Layout from the original Fort Thunder story in the 1999 TK YEAR issue of Nest. Photo: Courtesy The Best of Nest, by Todd Oldham. Published by Phaidon Press, 2020.

THE BEST OF NEST for New YORK MAG

These were five Q&As to celebrate The Best of Nest.


Photos: Ka’Lynn Youngblood

GAME NIGHT AT THE LINE LA

I’m including this other story to demonstrate my writing about a community responding to a cultural need and moment https://www.thelinehotel.com/magazine/love-peace-spades-game-night/


Photo: Thais Varela using the Lightroom preset she shared for her interview on Adobe Discover

TUTORIALS & DIY

How to / tutorials — both for Adobe and Editor’s Notes. I interview Thais Varela in Spanish to create. Also for Adobe, description of the writing with links to a couple more stories. Demonstrating service journalism and my ability to teach / explain creative concepts.

This will be a different image from one of my Editor’s Notes editions.


(250K views on YouTube)

Photo: Zachary Tyler Newton

URBANISM

Desus and Mero Bronx interview video & How Does the brain respond to the city article from Van Alen. I used to be quite an expert in urbanism and want to show that prowess here with a couple of images and links to stories..