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Relating to the Media: Lynn Norusis

Relating to the Media: Contact information and pitching advice for public & media relations professionals.

Journalist: Lynn Norusis (editor, writer, reporter, publisher)

Media: Text, Web, Magazine

Coverage interests: General, Lifestyle, Culture, Pop Culture

Market(s): Northern Virginia (Washington, D.C., suburbs)

Base: Chantilly, Fairfax County, Northern Virginia, Greater Washington D.C.

Outlet(s): Northern Virginia Magazine

Website: muckrack.com/lynn-norusis

Recent work: “Shopping & Imbibing in Fairfax Corner” - northernvirginiamag.com/culture/news/2017/11/30/one-loudoun-barnes-fairfax-corner-allows-simultaneous-shopping-and-imbibing; “Insider’s Guide: Barry Beck shares his favorite hidden gems” - northernvirginiamag.com/style/insiders-guide/2017/08/16/insiders-guide-barry-beck-shares-his-favorite-hidden-gems/; “The Year in Consumption: Favorites from 2017” - northernvirginiamag.com/culture/culture-features/2017/12/24/the-year-in-consumption-editor-lynn-norusis-picks-her-favorites-from-2017

Pitch tips: Lynn Norusis is established as the managing editor of the large-circulation Northern Virginia Magazine. She assigns stories to a coterie of local writers. Keep pitches direct, light. Real estate, fashion, best-of (dentists, doctors, etc.), arts, culture, shopping - all angled with hyper locality.

Background: Lynn Norusis’s reporting background is in construction, architecture and real estate.

For more stories, see also Barry Beck.