Freelance Writer
1997 - present
Authored features, columns and breaking news on a broad range of topics,
such as
the recent housing downturn, eco-terrorism
and the animal rights movement, pirate
radio and the deregulation of the telecommunications industry, the
epidemic of male depression,
big
energy’s investment in wind power and the
agonizing death of an extreme skier. Contributed cover stories and major features for
publications and broadcasts including the New York Times, National
Public Radio, Marketplace, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones,
Outside and Wired.
Senior Writer
U.S. News & World
Report
June, 2006 - March, 2008
Authored features and breaking news stories on a broad range of topics,
including cover packages on the
recent housing bubble and
subsequent crisis,
financier Warren Buffett's brain,
Americans’ defining values and
pre-historic explorers. Also contributed major features on the
2008 Presidential election,
New Orleans' recovery after Hurricane Katrina,
how
drought is changing the American West,
the
controversy over drug-reimportation from Canada and
an
investigation of wildland firefighter deaths amid safety concerns at
the USDA Forest Service.
Supervising Editor
National Public Radio
March, 2005 - June, 2006
Oversees news coverage at NPR's Morning
Edition, a five-days-a-week radio news magazine with 13 million
listeners. Supervises staff, makes assignments and provides editorial
guidance to reporters and production staff; Tracks ongoing flow of news,
recommends specific stories and areas of coverage, and is also
responsible for editorial integrity and quality. Contributed occasional
radio stories, including stories on
gasoline price gouging,
executive pay abuses,
surging prices in the market for vintage guitars,
terrorism and the laws of war and the
plight of former vice presidential staffer I. Lewis Libby.
Contributing writer
New York Times
Sept., 2002 - present
Contributed features and breaking news stories for the Times'
business, sports, national, travel and real estate sections, including
stories on
the increasingly personal nature of environmental protest,
a legal showdown over human rights lawsuits,
the sexual assault case against Kobe Bryant
and traveling
along Vail, Colorado's backroads.
Staff Reporter
Wall Street Journal
Dow Jones & Co.
December,
1994 - September, 1997
Authored features, investigative and breaking news stories on a wide
variety of managerial and workplace issues, including nine
Page One
stories and 32 Marketplace front-page features on topics such as
corporate downsizing and restructuring, racial discrimination and
diversity training, sexual harassment, Internet privacy and technology
in the workplace, ballooning executive pay and a flu-season epidemic of
sick supervisors who refuse to go home.
Senior
Editor
Snow Country Magazine
New York Times Co.
June,
1991 - September, 1994
Authored and edited features, columns and departments for mountain
sports magazine with 460,000 circulation. Promoted from assistant to
senior-level editor; managed editorial and art staff; assigned features
and photography; established and managed editorial bureau in Vail,
Colorado; co-developed market research studies.
Editorial Intern
Outside Magazine
Mariah Publications, Inc.
September,
1990 - April, 1991
Assisted in all stages of production at outdoor sports and lifestyle
magazine with 400,000 circulation. Researched, fact-checked and
proofread features and columns; authored articles and developed sidebars
and charts for Dispatches, Destinations and Reviews departments.
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