Loretta Sorensen, Writer, Editor and Publisher - "Spirit of the Plains Magazine"
The New Voice of Farm to Family Connection
I am a wife, my husband, Alan is the Yankton County Highway Superintendent. We have two daughters and two grandchildren, Michaela and Myles, who will soon be 4 and 3-years-old.
Until August 2006 I was the Director of College Relations and Adjunct Faculty, also teaching Basic News Writing, a Journalism class – Mount Marty College, Yankton, SD
Publisher of a quarterly non-denominational Christian magazine- Spirit of the Plains
Freelance News and Feature Writer and Photographer
Since 1986 I have provided news and feature articles and columns for The Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa; The Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, SD; Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan, Yankton; and occasionally for the Omaha World Herald. I have also written for Prairie Business Magazine, Fargo, ND; The Draft Horse Journal, Waverly, Iowa; The Small Farm Journal, Eugene, Oregon; Rural Heritage, Gainesboro, TN; and South Dakota Magazine, Yankton. I am generally published somewhere each week.
Public Relations Coordinator for St. Dysmas of South Dakota, an ecumenical prison ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America that is open to inmates of all denominations.
EDUCATION:
- Master of Science in Journalism, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD.
- BA Selected Studies, Business minor, Mount Marty College.
- Memberships/Community Activities
- Christian Writer’s Fellowship International
- Fellowship of Christian Writers – Tulsa, OK
- American Christian Fiction Writers
- Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
- Yankton United Way Board of Directors
- Yankton United Way Campaign Board – Co-Chair 2003/Chair 2004
- Publicity Chair 2001-2003
- Christian Women’s Club speaker – have talked at clubs in three-state area since July 2000
- International Marriage Ministry (MMI) – have lead study groups with my spouse at Yankton Federal Prison Camp; my husband and I also lead Bible studies and assist with church services at the chapel at the camp when the chaplain is absent.
- Gideon Auxiliary
PERSONAL INTERESTS
- I enjoy learning about computers and the Internet. My husband and I have five Belgian draft horses we use for enjoyment and to work the small fields we cultivate. We also ride horses. I play guitar and violin and my husband and I sing together and use this as a ministry and entertainment tool.
Please visit: www.spiritoftheplainsmagazine.com
