| EXPERIENCE |
U.S.
Editor, China
Dialogue, Mountain View, CA
June 2007-June 2009
Contributed and commissioned original articles for chinadialogue.net.
Coordinated with London headquarters on fundraising, business
development and brand building within the U.S. Now member of the U.S. Advisory Board.
Freelance
Journalist, San Francisco Bay Area
June 2003-June 2007
Published stories in numerous national and regional outlets,
including: Anchorage Daily News, Salon.com,
MotherJones.com, Living on Earth
and National Geographic Adventure. See Complete
works
Reporter,
Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska, AK
May-August
2006
Reported and wrote stories for the city desk and features department.
Produced audio content for adn.com, and co-taught a newsroom
tutorial on producing audio slideshows for the web.
Editorial
Intern, Mother Jones, San Francisco, CA
February-May 2004.
Researched and reported stories for magazine editors and contributing
writers. Wrote news briefings and sidebars for MotherJones.com.
Contributing
Editor, Sports Guide Magazine, Salt Lake City,
UT
March 2002-June 2003.
Designed and wrote a monthly profile column on local athletes
and outdoor tourism issues in Utah. Wrote feature articles,
assigned and pitched, on timely news and events.
Editorial
Intern, National Geographic Adventure New York,
NY
May-September 2001.
Wrote and researched news items and profiles published in the
front of the book. Provided additional research and reporting
support for editorial staff and contributing editors on feature
stories.
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| EDUCATION |
University
of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Masters in Journalism, May 2007
Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, ME
BA in double major Anthropology and Art History, May 1996
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| AWARDS |
2007 Robert
S. Whittington Award for Exceptional Reporting - awarded for
"Hard Choices: Can Conservation Easements Save the Family
Farm?"
2006 George
Polk Award for Radio Reporting - member of the UC Berkeley Graduate
School of Journalism reporting team for "Early Signs: Reports
from a Warming Planet"
University
of California, Berkeley Journalism Departmental Fellowship,
2005-2006
Bowdoin
College: Magna Cum Laude, Anthropology Departmental
Honors
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| SKILLS |
Basic
French, Spanish; Microsoft Office, ProTools, Soundtrack Pro,
Final Cut Pro, Lexis-Nexis and Internet research; digital recording
devices: audio recorders and still/video cameras.
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| REFERENCES |
Isabel Hilton,
Editor, China Dialogue, isabel.hilton@chinadialogue.net
Michael
Pollan, Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, mp@michaelpollan.com
Kathleen
McCoy, Life Editor, Anchorage Daily News, kmccoy@adn.com
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