Amy Faust

Instagram • 11th November 2025

Copywriting for New Seasons Market

My current job is writing paid and owned social media, marketing emails, landing pages, radio spots, and more for a beloved chain of 24 grocery stores in the Portland Area. New Seasons is the first grocery store in the world to attain B Corp status.

4th March 2023

BED BATH & BEYOND Social Media

The one and only writer responsible for their social brand for 2.5 years was me!

Columbia Sportswear Company • 4th December 2019

The Story of Columbia Sportswear

To commemorate their 60th anniversary, the global sportswear company hired me to write a piece that would celebrate the history of their family-run company and promote their recent achievements to shareholders.

1859 Oregon's Magazine • 25th August 2015

One Film at a Time

Profiling these four local documentary filmmakers for this 1859 cover story hardly felt like a job, since they were such great company. Their hard work is changing hearts and minds.

13th November 2019

Lytle • Barnett : Vintage Sparkling Wine made here in Oregon

As a newcomer on the Oregon wine scene, this company hired me to write all of the copy that defines their brand, as well as bios, product descriptions and all other copy on this site.

12th November 2019

SMELLS LIKE TEEN PARENTING

When my daughter was in high school, I wrote an anonymous, humor-driven blog about our struggles. She's out of college now and she still doesn't know I wrote it.

1859 Oregon's Magazine • 18th March 2018

Rajneesh in Review: A Memoir

1859 magazine asked me to write a personal account in which I revealed for the first time that the Rajneeshis, as seen in Netflix's "Wild, Wild Country," had poisoned my father. Wild, indeed.

1859 Oregon's Magazine • 6th July 2016

The Future of Water in Oregon

Figure out the challenges that climate change poses for Oregon's water laws and then write a cover story that's a balanced overview of said impending water issues...in two weeks? Sure, 1859, I'll do that.

Google Docs • 13th November 2019

GERT & TIM BOYLE profile for Priorities magazine

When Franklin Covey's magazine approached the "tough mother" and her son to talk about the success of their family business, Columbia Sportswear, Gert and Tim chose me to write the piece.

1859 Oregon's Magazine • 1st March 2016

Mainstream Green

A few months after Cannabis became legal in Oregon, 1859 asked me to write a piece that would serve as a "pot primer" for grown-ups.

25th November 2019

TV COMMERCIALS

Here's a sample of some television commercial scripts I have written recently for MilePost Media. Password: Amy

6th December 2019

THE TEDALLEN CHRONICLES

What happens when you play along with a Facebook romance scammer (aka catfish) just to see how much of his time you can waste? So much!

1859 Oregon's Magazine • 12th February 2015

Chasing Giants

Every spring for four decades, OSU marine mammal tracking expert Bruce Mate has made his way down to Baja to reconnect with the same female gray whales. Writing this poignant profile of Bruce and his work made for a memorable assignment from 1859.

4th December 2019

Learn To Play Bridge: I Dare You

An example of the type of first-person features I used to write for Willamette Week, an alternative weekly paper in Portland.

10th December 2019

DAILY QUIZ

Twice a day on our radio show, listeners played quizzes to win prizes. My job was to write questions that were timely and accurate, but also generally pointless, absurd and entertaining.

Youth Music Project • 17th April 2019

Youth Music Project 2019 Benefit Video

I'm very proud to be a board member for this excellent school, where kids can learn regardless of their ability to pay. I produced this video for our 2019 gala, which I also hosted.

4th December 2019

CMA Award Proposal for "Mike and Amy in the Morning"

I wrote this piece to submit to the Country Music Association as our entry for best major market morning radio program in 2017. We won!