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| Professional/Personal Overview |
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A military, security and Asian affairs journalist for some of the best publications in the business.
Nearly six years reporting abroad (Cambodia, China).
Prior military service; war-zone reporting experience (Afghanistan); an intimate understanding of soldiers' issues.
A quick-thinking, resourceful writer with the hard-won ability to undertake big-picture stories via folks on the ground. |
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| Work Samples |
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Essay |
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(grist.org, 10/30/2006)
How a Wyoming gas boom has spurred sportsmen and conservationists to work together.
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(New York Times Magazine, 8/20/2006)
How being embedded with my stepfather in Afghanistan smoothed a prickly relationship.
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Reportage |
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(Voice of America Khmer, 10/1/2007)
A closer look at the changing operations of Sri Lanka's separatists in Cambodia.
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(Foreign Policy Passport, 9/19/2007)
A guest blog on the September arrest of former Khmer Rouge commander Nuon Chea in Cambodia.
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(Voice of America Khmer, 7/24/2007)
A six-part series examining the failed diplomatic efforts of the US mission in Cambodia in the year prior to its fall to the Khmer Rouge.
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(Voice of America Khmer, 7/17/2007)
The president of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, accused of inciting a coup in November 2000, prepares for a US federal court date.
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(Climbing Magazine, 10/1/2006)
The story of demobilized Afghan freedom fighters who wished to be mountain guides.
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(Christian Science Monitor, 6/28/2006)
A dispatch from a remote province on the Afghan-Pakistan border, highlighting the difficulties US soldiers were facing as they tried to exert control in the area.
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Radio |
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(Weekend America, 9/18/2007)
How Wyoming's gas field workers blow off steam.
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| Work Info |
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Expertise |
| Copy Editor |
4 Years |
| Writer |
10 Years |
| Reporter |
10 Years |
Specialty |
| War & Conflicts |
9 Years |
| Government |
9 Years |
| International |
8 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
10 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Voice of America (11+), National Guard Magazine (6-10), New York Times Magazine (1-2), Christian Science Monitor (1-2), Climbing Magazine (1-2), Alpinist (1-2), grist.org (1-2), Foreign Policy Passport (1-2), Esquire (1-2) |
Other Work History
Daily reporter at newspaper in Cambodia (4 years).
Magazine writer for monthly in China (1.5 years). |
Computer Skills
Word, Quark XPress, OS X |
Technical Skills
Radio producing/editing (Dalet)
Digital photography |
Equipment
Laptop, Nikon D2H, minidisc recorder, field microphone |
Foreign Language Skills
Survival Khmer, Vietnamese, Chinese. |
Other
Prior military service.
Experience reporting from Afghanistan.
Clean copy, rapid rewrites.
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Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car. |
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