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Amy Jamieson

location-pin Collinsville, Connecticut

School: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Expertise: pets, painting, product testing, cleaning and organization, décor and design

Amy Jamieson

  • Founding Senior Editor of PeoplePets.com, now the successful Pets channel on People.com.
  • Loves working on hands-on DIY and design projects around her New England home.

Experience

A writer, editor, and content strategist, Amy Jamieson's work has appeared in various publications, including People and People.com, CBSNews.com, Forbes.com, WellandGood.com, Healthline.com, ConsumerReports.org, Bustle.com, ScaryMommy.com and more.
She's covered a wide variety of topics in her career—celebrities, television, human interest, health, pets—which began in 1998 as an unpaid summer intern at People magazine.
She went from intern to reporter at People, to senior editor at People.com, launching a successful Pets website for the brand in 2008.
Since leaving People in 2017, Amy has been writing about health, lifestyle, pets and more, usually with a cat in her lap and a dog at her feet, and also completing various DIY and design projects around her Connecticut saltbox-style home.

Education

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

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