Professional/Personal Overview
I specialize in science, health, environment and public policy. I excel at long-form narrative features for award-winning national magazines like NY Times Magazine, Businessweek, Fast Company, Men's Journal and many more. http://paultullis.net.
Work Info
Expertise
Editor
6 Years
Reporter
12 Years
Writer
12 Years
Specialty
Education
1 Year
Environment & Nature
6 Years
policy, health, science, media, profile writing
12 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
17 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Businessweek (6-10), Pacific Standard (3-5), Go (3-5), "Marketplace" (1-2), Scientific American Mind (1-2), Slate (1-2), Wired UK (1-2), Delta Sky (1-2), Edmunds.com "Inside Line" (1-2), Fast Company (1-2), Los Angeles (1-2), Men's Journal (1-2), New York Times Magazine (1-2), On Earth (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
LGI Communications (11+)
Other Work History
I worked in various senior-editorial positions at glossy magazines in NYC; I was senior editor of Might magazine, the most imitated magazine of the '90s; I was a producer of "To The Point," a current affairs program co-produced by KCRW-Santa Monica & Public Radio International; my writing has been anthologzied in five books from major publishers; I've edited and managed a website.
Computer Skills
OSX, Windows 95-XP, MS Word
Technical Skills
Web video photography & production
Equipment
laptop, digital camera (Canon non-SLR), digital video camera, audio recorder.
Foreign Language Skills
elemental French
Unions
NWU
References
ask
Awards
An article I edited was in the 2007 "Best American Science and Nature Writing" collection (Houghton-Mifflin); the year after I joined the staff of a science magazine it won its first Independent Press Award for best sci/tech coverage and first nomination for general excellence in both the Nat'l Magazine Awards and the Independent Press Awards. Might was named the 19th "greatest magazine of all time" by a panel of industry experts. I was the only dual nominee at 1994 Music Journalism Awards.
Associations
NWU
Other
B.A., African-American History, UC-Berkeley, 1992
Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near Los Angeles, CA. I am willing to travel anywhere. I have a driver's license. I have access to a car.
Work Samples
(New York Times Magazine , 10/28/2012)
An investigation of the scientific merits of a new theory of the cause of multiple sclerosis that's been promulgated and promoted through social media. Told through the narrative vehicle of two brothers on opposite sides of the issue.
(Bloomberg Businessweek , 11/10/2011)
Feature on the debate over the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and the economic risk to oil-sands development.
(Scientific American , 11/1/2011)
Feature on the ways in which earlier introduction of academics to young children is misaligned with what scientists know about brain development, and implications for their mental and physical health. Read the full article here for free: http://www.waldorftoday.com/2011/10/death-of-preschool/
(Edmunds.com , 5/5/2011)
Trends in telematics, or why your phone should be talking to your car.
(Delta Sky , 4/1/2011)
How LA is positioning itself to be a leader in clean tech. Enter my name in the search field to get to the article.
(Fast Company , 4/1/2011)
A new environmental metric to financial analysis that could be a market-based impetus to significant reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions.
(Miller-McCune , 2/1/2011)
This is an extended Q&A with one of the nation's top experts in juvenile justice, David Onek. He was the founding executive director of the Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice at Boalt Hall School of Law, and is currently running for San Francisco District Attorney.
(Miller-McCune , 1/1/2011)
This is a deeply reported feature about the environmental and policy challenges surrounding the largest estuary on the west coast of the Americas, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in central California.
(Miller-McCune , 6/30/2010)
profile of UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Executions, Philip Alston
(Fraser Yachts , 3/1/2010)
Frank Sinatra's first house in Palm Springs, one of the earliest examples of "mid-century modern" architecture. Also includes a guide of things to do in the area.
(Sierra , 1/30/2010)
A feature on efforts in LA and Portland to wean themselves off electricity produced from coal.
(Men's Journal , 12/7/2009)
I wrote 2/3 of this and did nearly all the secondary reporting (despite the byline)
(Sierra , 10/31/2009)
The link between gorillas and your cell phone
(Bon Appetit , 8/31/2009)
Debunker on the supposed health effects of soy.
(Bon Appetit , 7/31/2009)
all about the most popular "nutraceutical"
(Salon , 6/29/2009)
Q&A with novelist-cheesemaker Brad Kessler
(Men's Journal , 2/28/2008)
Q&A with Keith Olbermann that got picked up by Rush & Malloy, Fox News and others
(Seed , 4/1/2006)
i conceived and edited this spread of graphics on enviro issues and the accompanying essay
(Los Angeles Times Magazine , 9/21/2003)
Cover story on the commercialization of yoga in Los Angeles, and the attendant perils and benefits.
(New York , 10/2/1995)
Feature on the life & death of Michael Vermeulen, editor of British GQ. This is the full text as submitted to the magazine; I was told by my editor it would run at this length but circumstances changed before publication (long story I'd be happy to share). The version that ran is at my website.
paultullis.net miller-mccune.com/legal-affairs/the-u-n-s-death-squad-watchdog-11440/ sierraclub.org/sierra/201001/coal.aspx paultullis.net/Paul_Tullis/Trouble_with_Keith.html bonappetit.com/magazine/2009/08/is_soy_healthy bonappetit.com/magazine/2009/07/omega-3s psychologytoday.com/articles/200705/y
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
