Esther Wang

Content Manager & Editor, Chicago History Museum

United States

I'm a highly versatile writer and editor. I've worked with texts of all lengths from PhD dissertations to tweets, in all sorts of styles from marketing copy to academic blog posts, and in all sorts of formats from traditional print publications to all major social media channels. I grew up using the MLA Handbook, was formally trained to edit according to the Chicago Manual of Style, and have working knowledge of AP style.

By the way, I am in favor of the Oxford comma.

Portfolio
Print publication
03/01/2020
Chicago History Museum events calendar

This print publication is mailed to members and donors, as well as displayed at the Museum's front desk and in the Museum Store.

Social media
Examples of Facebook Posts

Facebook posts I have written, such as behind-the-scenes, Throwback Thursday, promotion of an artifact + exhibition, and more. 

Blog post / Writing sample
10/28/2016
108 Changes since 1908

It is a well-known fact that the Chicago Cubs last won a World Series title in 1908. The 1908 Chicago Cubs team at West Side Grounds after winning the World Series. Photograph by the Chicago Daily News, SDN-006934A In the 108 years since, a lot has happened.

Blog post / Writing sample
12/01/2017
A Quiet Start to the Atomic Age

For the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, CHM assistant editor Esther D. Wang recaps the events leading up to that moment, highlighting the youngest and only female member of the team.