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EXPERIENCE
Journalist, Reuters America Inc.
December 2000 - present
Cover general news for international wire service. In 2005 I covered
Hurricane Katrina, capital punishment, the United Nations technology
summit, and computer security. I also oversaw a weekly technology
column. Click here
to read a sample of my work.
Reporter, Medill
News Service
June 1999 - December 2000
Conducted investigative project on pharmaceutical marketing practices;
covered Sen. John Edwards and other North Carolina politicians for the
Durham Herald-Sun;
covered telecommunications for three suburban Chicago newspapers.
Fellow, YVote 2000
January 2000 - March 2000
Covered young people and presidential politics for YVote
2000, a joint project of Medill News Service and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Associate editor, CityBusiness
October 1998 - June 1999
Covered technology and telecommunications; edited wire copy, small-business
and for-the-record sections; wrote daily online news updates for a weekly
business newspaper, circulation 17,000.
Supervised two interns and an editorial assistant.
Copy editor, CityBusiness
February 1998 - October 1998
Edited for style, grammar and usage; wrote feature and profile articles;
wrote headlines.
Freelance writer
Spring 1996 - present
Have written for the following publications:
PC World, a monthly computer magazine
Reuters magazine, a globally distibued business and general-interest magazine
Salon.com,
an online newsmagazine
Macalester
Today, a college alumni magazine
The IFAI Review, a trade
publication for the industrial fabrics industry
The Squealer, a monthly music magazine
Pulse of the Twin Cities, a weekly
alternative newspaper
Evanston Marketplace, the newsletter of the Evanston
Chamber of Commerce
Musician
1992 - present
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and banjo player
in several rock, bluegrass and jazz combos.
Have toured internationally, released 6 CDs and won significant radio
airplay.
Nominated as best instrumentalist and best country-rock band by the Minnesota
Music Association.
Currently record and post music on my Web site
and play occasional shows.
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Journalism
Medill School of Journalism,
Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Graduated summa cum laude December 2000
Received the Harrington Award for academic and journalistic excellence.
Bachelor of Arts in English and Music
Macalester College,
St. Paul, Minn.
Graduated cum laude 1992