HEIDE BRANDES
Freelance writer / copywriter / editor
Specializing in * business * aerospace * agriculture * travel * health * human interest stories * corporate copywriting * blogging services
Member of North America Travel Journalists Association, Outdoor Writers Association of America and a board member for the Society for Professional Journalists Oklahoma Chapter.
You can view my samples page, but here are a few of my favorites:
When Dylan Jennings, a member of the Bad River Band of the Ojibwe, was a child, he and his family loaded on canoes to prowl the waters of northern Wisconsin,...
By Heide Brandes The temperature at what seems like the top of the world is brutally cold enough to steal your breath away, but the view spread before me in...
Jo Licata wasn’t sure what to do with the 6-foot-tall stuffed dinosaur in her office. The massive Barney doll had been left at the Hilton San Francisco Union...
By Heide Brandes The boats came at dawn along the shores of the town of Dangriga on the coast of Belize. Onboard, vibrantly dressed men, women and children...
Papa No Smile frowned fiercely as he laid out platters of grilled beef and chicken alongside salad and wine on the stone picnic table. An old man with a repu...
TERCEIRA BY MUD FINDING THE SECRET PLACES ON AZORES ISLAND THROUGH MUD By Heide Brandes The wheels of the Land Rover Defender are spinning uselessly in mud...
OKLAHOMA CITY/TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma parent Matt Reynolds backs a teachers' strike that has shut schools statewide, but each day it drags on is another he h...
It was a fortune teller who informed 7-year-old Jasmine Dolores Careen Burchell of her future. In 1941, Jasmine had but a few coins to spend at a country fa...
THE TWO-LEGGED PREDATORS Attacks on the trail are rare, but are you prepared? By Heide Brandes I was deep within the quiet wilderness of the Buffalo River T...
This was a collaborative travel project with filmmaker Dennis Spielman of Uncovering Oklahoma where I played host to a travel piece. https://youtu.be/FtC2mVJ...
As the morning sun rose above the old cobblestone paths in Kaleici, Antalya — the old section of town in the Turkish city — I walked alongside the Roman Empe...
By Heide Brandes In 2012, more than 686,000 children in America were victims of abuse or maltreatment. Of those, 1,600 died from abuse and neglect, accordin...
HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 14, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part II of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes' travels to and from California in Septembe...
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the growing field of genomics and bioinformatics in the Silicon66 region. Through this...
South African Safari Beckons Visitors By Heide Brandes I was riding in the spotter seat of the safari jeep, located on the hood of the vehicle, giggling wi...
Elephants in Africa are facing threats daily thanks to poaching, dramatic loss of habitat, disease and more. In the past 25 years, the population of African ...
The Ongoing Evolution of Desmond Mason and Why 2015 Will be His Year “I’ve always been the outsider,” Desmond Mason said, his tall, NBA-sized frame squashed...
OKLAHOMA CITY – A raft of proposed laws in socially conservative Oklahoma, criticized for being discriminatory measures aimed at limiting the rights of gay a...
By Heide Brandes (Reuters) - Just over a year ago, tribal elder Gordon Yellowman watched on the TV news as a mile-wide tornado roared toward the homes of hi...
By Heide Brandes EL RENO Okla. (Reuters) - Along America's most fabled road, Route 66, lie the almost forgotten graves of German and Italian prisoners of wa...
Special magazine focusing on Oklahoma as a place to locate a business or expand a business. All copy written by Heide Brandes.
Getting Fresh With Chef Jonathan Stranger By Heide Brandes Jonathan Stranger talks about food the way most people talk about lost, secret treasure — his fi...
THE DANGEROUS BEAUTY OF MADERAS Hiking Isla Ometepe’s fickle volcano in Nicaragua By Heide Brandes As we approach the cloud forest area of Volcan Maderas o...
MOORE, Okla.–After a second tornado in 14 years caused devastating damage to this city Monday, Mayor Glenn Lewis gathered at City Hall with many of the same ...
Who: Heidemarie Brandes and her fiance, Ashley N. Hall, both of Oklahoma City Where, when, why: When Ash and I decided to take a romantic trip to Central Am...
Even on aquamarine water as clear as a Nordic princess’ eyes, fishing from a tiny bass boat in the middle of a choppy sea means the ocean is in charge here. ...
PRIMAL FEAR — The Psychology of Being Lost By Heide Brandes I was hiking back on the stretch of the Buffalo River Trail in Arkansas I had spent most of the d...
Waking up on my first morning in the small coastal town of Bandon, Ore., I walked out of the tiny ocean-front motel to an alien landscape of crashing waves a...
From Fame to Faith Written by Heide Brandes in the February 2012 Issue God comes to people in deep and mysterious ways, and sometimes He arrives in a stamp...
PAINTING A DREAM The art of Josh Heilaman gives glimpse into dreamscapes, fantasy in October art show By Heide Brandes Walking through the imagination of J...
How do they do that? These days, $200 doesn’t get you much. A pair of Jimmy Choo shoes costs between $525 and $2,000. A set of all-weather tires averages ab...
WOOLAROC: Oklahoma’s Best Kept Secret Posted on August 1, 2010 by justin Share This: By Heide Brandes (Photos provided) Hidden away in the rolling Osage H...
OKCBiz Local small businesses get generous to help causes Heide Brandes 5/24/2010 1:00:00 AM Cupcakes were a sweet passion for 18-year-old Sara Brinson. Ev...
‘Freegans’ feast on discarded foodstuff Wednesday, July 08, 2009 By Heide Brandes Spring and summer bring a bounty of fresh vegetation to Oklahoma City, and...
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Oklahoma expreriences 48-percent growth in wineries in 2006 Heide Brandes 2.19.2007 ‘Drink wine, and you will sleep well. Sleep, and you will not sin. Avoid...