Jaylan Noelle
Copywriter | Recovering Journalist
Hidden between the comics and the TV guide, the “Life” section highlights the work of local artists, chronicling how creatives inspire and improve their community with their art, music, performances, and passion.
As a freelance writer, I seek out these stories that are too often overlooked.
I am a copywriter for creatives.
With 5+ years experience as a professional writer and editor, I am trained in creative and concise, interview-based storytelling.
I help artists tell their stories.
The best stories print on Page C1.
Services
Artist Statements & Bios
Press Releases
Emails & Social Media
Blogs
SEO Website Copy
Proposals & Grants
Clients
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Don Artamas
art book introduction - biography - editing
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Naptime Recordings
blog post
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Shea Farmer Music
electronic press kit
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Arselia Kent Music
website copy | press releases
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North Indy Magazine
magazine content
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Midtown Indy Magazine
magazine content
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Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis
magazine content | copyediting
You make the art— I’ll write the statement.
“(Jaylan’s) project management skills along with her ability to communicate effectively helped our newsroom during a time we needed it most.”
-Andrew Maciejewski, C-T Executive Editor
I’m done selling stories.
Front-page news can be hard to find in quiet towns.
As the editor of a daily newspaper in rural Indiana, I cringed at some of the stories showcased on our front page. I had one reporter working with me if I was lucky. Lack of resources had us writing up close-to-meaningless articles, two per day.
We had a product to sell.
What kept me in that deteriorating newsroom for far too long were the stories about people working to make their community a more beautiful place.
And I am determined to keep telling them.
Keep up
Read up
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Recovery within reach
INDIANAPOLIS, IN- In 2001, Trudy Brown noticed a disparity between the number of sober living homes for women and men in Indianapolis. She decided to open Dove Recovery House for Women.
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Sword Drills: a memoir in progress
A current “exvangelical,” I am digging through my memories of growing up in a strictly religious household.
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Locals protest death of George Floyd
MARION, IN- In a starkly conservative town, locals gathered to protest police brutality, and local elected officials and law enforcement leaders shared their reactions.
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"Made of Mirrors"
Inspired by personal experiences, “Made of Mirrors” is the memoir of a young girl and her body. After years of dancing in a room made of mirrors, countless lessons on the theology of modesty, and the birth of her niece, she unlearns and relearns that her body is worth loving.
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Pearl Bassett turns 109
MARION, IN- Community members gathered to celebrate Pearl Bassett (April 28, 1911 - June 7, 2021), a life member of the NAACP, an active member of Allen Temple Church, and a civil rights activist and beautician.
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"To be Human"
Published in the Spring 2021 edition of Relief: a journal of art and faith, this essay juggles definitions of what it means to be human and plays with Madeleine L’Engle’s realization that the root words of human and humility are humus, meaning earth.
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Long-time pastor bids church farewell
MARION, IN- Jim Warnock shared reflections on the seventeen years he spent serving his congregation and the city of Marion, and congregants offered their thanks to Jim and his wife for their efforts to create an inclusive, safe space for all.
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Wear it out
BROAD RIPPLE, IN- Near the busy corner of 46th Street and College Avenue rests The Urban Hippie boutique. Leave behind the sounds of rushing cars for the woodsy smell of the shop’s secret, signature scent.
