Steven Blum is a staff writer at MasterClass, where he writes class guides for some of the platform's biggest names, including RuPaul, Esther Perel, Christina Aguilera, Metallica, Es Devlin and Matthew Walker.
Previously, he worked as a culture columnist and contributing writer at Los Angeles Magazine, a contributing editor at Broadly, a digital director at Four Two Nine Magazine, Seattle City Guide editor at Blackbook Magazine and as a food columnist at The Stranger. His writing has also been published in GQ, Slate, NBC News, them., Billboard, The Daily Beast, Out Magazine, the Daily Dot, USA Today, Tablet, and Haaretz. He's been interviewed by local NPR affiliates about his work and lectured undergrad students at USC's Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. In 2021, he won an award from the NGLJA (National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association) for excellence in business coverage and was also nominated for a GLAAD award.
Steven has also worked as a content strategist for Google, United Way, Dashlane and the European Commission. His work on United Way's "Everyone In" Campaign, which aims to end homelessness in L.A., was a finalist for the Shorty Awards. He produced campaign commercials and wrote social copy for the Safe Clean Water Act, a rain-capture measure, which voters in L.A. County approved in 2018. He also edited Feminasty by Erin Gibson, one of the top-selling humor books on Amazon in 2018 and a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
He's skilled in email marketing, headline writing, copywriting, editorial strategy and social media.
You can check out Steven's clips at www.steven-blum.net or get in touch with him at stevenleoblum@gmail.com