Jason Credo

Social Media Strategist, Writer

United States

I graduated with a degree in English from San Diego State University and currently work as a Social Media Strategist at progressive nonprofit. My articles have been published on online publications such as, Elite Daily and College Magazine. My typical beat is personal essays within Culture and Lifestyle, though I have written on various topics from sex to sports, as well as, fiction. I am openly freelancing and seeking new opportunities to pitch every day.

Portfolio

Personal Essays

Medium
07/23/2021
Cheat | A Story on Infidelity

He took me to Paris on my twenty-fifth birthday, and he held me that night beneath the lights of the Eiffel Tower. We gave ourselves no time to adjust to the new time zone, having flown across the country from Los Angeles.

Elite Daily
04/07/2016
My Long-Distance Relationship Failed, But I'd Still Do It All Over Again

It's a tale as old as time: Boy meets boy on Twitter. They fall madly in love. Other boy just so happens to live 2,500 miles across the country. It's something everybody dreams about, right? Not so much. The long-distance relationship is about as inconvenient as it is unconventional.

Research Driven

College Magazine
09/24/2014
Retweets and Double-Taps: What Millennials Have Done With Social Media

One morning, I woke up to five Facebook notifications, two retweets on Twitter and about ten Snapchat stories. While the notifications were mostly check-ins by friends and tagged pictures from a decade ago, I still felt like I accomplished something monumental in my sleep.

College Magazine
09/29/2014
The 14 RA's You'll Meet in College

The Resident Advisor is the person on your floor that you either A) fear more than death itself or B) adore with a familial passion. Rarely in my experience have I witnessed a middle ground. As an RA, I had to put up with residents hating me for no reason and residents who felt drawn to me because I was someone they could talk to.

College Magazine
09/05/2014
How to Write an Essay in College: Advice From Your Friendly English Major

In college, your professor will assign you an essay to write on a topic they claim to have covered in their lecture three weeks prior. As you peruse the prompt, you glaze over the mundane rules associated with any college essay: Times New Roman, 12pt font, double-spaced.

Human Interest

College Magazine
08/11/2014
Love in College is Like Falling Off a Cliff

In my personal experience, the concept of love has always been shrouded in mystery. In books, I would read about unrequited and irrevocable romances. In movies, I would experience grand gestures of boom boxes played outside windows and poems spoken aloud in class as a profession of affection.