Professional/Personal Overview
From Watsu to weaning, Le Corbusier to Le Cordon Bleu, public journalism to public radio, my beat is broad. I specialize in design and architecture; health and spa coverage; parenting and child development; food and travel; and all things under the rubric of public journalism. A prolific writer and editor, I have published more than 100 articles in national and local magazines, co-written a play, edited books, and created an innovative magazine about public radio for KJZZ and KBAQ, the NPR affiliates in Phoenix, Arizona. I currently teach magazine writing at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at ASU and manage digital communication and social media for the Musical Instrument Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate museum in Phoenix. Whether you're looking for a full-length feature, pithy Web copy or an entire book, I'm available for all your editorial needs.
Work Info
Expertise
Social Media
4 Years
Editor
18 Years
Writer
18 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
8 Years
Home & Garden
12 Years
Lifestyle
14 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
18 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Go magazine (11+), Public Radio Wave quarterly (11+), Design & Architecture (11+), Wavelength magazine (11+), Healing Lifestyles and Spas (6-10), Arizona Highways (3-5), Sunset magazine (3-5), Saturday Evening Post (1-2), Self Magazine (1-2), Successful Living (1-2), Great American Kitchens (1-2), ReZoom.com (1-2), Parents Magazine (1-2), LINKS magazine (1-2), LUXE magazine (1-2), Mental Floss magazine (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Friends of Public Radio Arizona (11+), Musical Instrument Museum (11+), Sally Cooper & Company Public Relations (11+), Arizona Office of Tourism (3-5), BrandWithin (1-2), City of Glendale, Arizona (1-2), Modern Industries (1-2)
Other Work History
Adjunct professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University
Computer Skills
OpenOffice, Acrobat, Skype, Office, etc.
Technical Skills
Copy editing, social media
Equipment
Laptop and desktop computers, digital audio recorder, digital cameras, digital videocamera, transcriber, scanner, Web conferencing gear
References
Numerous, available on request
Awards
Silver medal, Worldfest international Film Festival for a documentary about cabbies; 2006 APEX Award of Excellence for Wavelength magazine
Other
Master's degree in magazine journalism from NYU
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 9/15/2010)
Issue of the Phoenix-area public-radio member magazine
(Wavelength , 5/15/2010)
Profile of Robert Eaton, director of Phoenix's Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery
(KBAQ / KJZZ , 5/15/2010)
Summer 2010 issue of the Phoenix-area public-radio member magazine
(Sunset , 4/1/2010)
Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Musical Instrument Museum and Arizona Food Tours
(mental_floss , 3/1/2010)
The secret life of the White House
(Wavelength , 1/20/2010)
Article on the new Musical Instrument Museum opening in Phoenix in April 2010
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 1/20/2010)
Winter 2010 issue of the Phoenix-area public-radio member magazine
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 9/21/2009)
Fall 2009 issue of the member magazine for Phoenix NPR-affiliate radio stations KJZZ & KBAQ
(MindfulMama , 6/24/2009)
Wallet- and earth-friendly family trips
(Go , 6/1/2009)
"Crew Cuts" profile of AirTran Airways flight attendant
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 5/15/2009)
Summer 2009 issue of the member magazine for Phoenix NPR-affiliate radio stations KJZZ & KBAQ
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 2/2/2009)
Winter 2009 issue of the member magazine for Phoenix NPR-affiliate radio stations KJZZ & KBAQ
(The Living Kitchen , 2/1/2009)
Interview with Canadian kitchen designer Brock Davies
(Go , 2/1/2009)
My monthly Phoenix destination guide for AirTran Airways in-flight magazine
(The Saturday Evening Post , 1/15/2009)
The value of life lists, as reprinted in The Saturday Evening Post
(Healing Lifestyles & Spas , 1/1/2009)
Interview with and recipes from Sedona's premier destination-spa chefs
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 9/15/2008)
Fall 2008 issue of the member magazine for Phoenix NPR-affiliate radio stations KJZZ & KBAQ
(Healing Lifestyles & Spas , 6/1/2008)
How to start hiking
(Successful Living , 1/1/2008)
The value of making a life list
(Arizona Bride , 10/7/2007)
Article about the art of letterpress
(Healing Lifestyles & Spas , 9/1/2007)
History and value of mud and clay treatments
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 12/1/2006)
Member newsletter for the Phoenix metropolitan area's NPR affiliates
(ReZoom.com , 11/1/2006)
7 picks for shopping in and around Phoenix
(Scottsdale Food , 10/1/2006)
Gluten-free pizza at Picazzo's
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 9/2/2006)
Editor's letter from Wavelength, the magazine for and about the community of public radio
(Arizona Highways / Arizona Office of Tourism , 9/1/2006)
North central Arizona adventures, one of four regional editions
(Arizona Highways / Arizona Office of Tourism , 9/1/2006)
Arizona "west coast" adventures, one of four regional editions
(Arizona Highways / Arizona Office of Tourism , 9/1/2006)
Southern Arizona adventures, one of four regional editions
(Arizona Highways / Arizona Office of Tourism , 9/1/2006)
Northern Arizona adventures, one of four regional editions
(Parents , 3/1/2006)
Transitioning toddlers from bottle to cup
(KJZZ / KBAQ , 10/1/2005)
How public radio impacts listeners' lives
(Healing Lifestyles & Spas , 7/1/2004)
Alternative pregnancy and labor methods
(Design & Architecture , 11/1/2003)
The art of Ed Mell
(Design & Architecture , 9/1/2003)
Profile of internationally renowned architect Bing Hu
(Arizona Foothills , 1/1/2003)
Travel story about the Big Island of Hawaii
(Arizona Foothills , 9/1/2002)
Desert dwelling of Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice and architect Vernon Swaback
(Arizona Foothills , 4/1/2001)
Mii amo destination spa at Sedona's Enchantment Resort
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