Professional Experience
I am a creative, thorough and accurate reporter and writer. I love to dig deeply and explain complex subjects simply and concisely.
My work has appeared on NPR, Marketplace radio, and local affiliates KPCC and KQED. My print stories have been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Oakland Tribune, the Las Vegas Sun and the PBS Frontline and the Center for Investigative Reporting websites.
Among my favorite assignments are a story about former gang members who formed their own Hollywood casting agency specializing in bad guys, a piece on Ely, Nevada residents who opened their own department store after failing to attract a big chain and a recent story for the California Health Report about police officers training to work with gang members-turned-peacemakers to fight crime.
Expertise
Reporter
15 Years
Writer
15 Years
Researcher
15 Years
Specialty
Education
15 Years
Business (general)
15 Years
Crime
15 Years
Industries
Broadcasting - Ent - Radio (Local)
10 Years
Broadcasting - Ent - Radio (National)
10 Years
Newspaper - Local/Regional
3 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
15 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
California Health Report (10+), NPR (10+), Marketplace radio (10+), Latino USA radio (10+)
Other Work History
I have worked as a staff writer for the Monterey County Weekly and as an intern for the Las Vegas Sun
Technical Skills
Audio editing, Photography, Video editing - final cut pro
Foreign Language Skills
fluent in Spanish
Computer Skills
Word, Excel, ProTools
Equipment
Canon Rebel EOS camera
References
available upon request
Awards
1998 –Golden Mic award for best reporting by a network from Southern California Radio and Television News Directors Association
2002 –Golden Mic for best investigative reporting from Southern California Radio and Television News Directors Association
2002 – Associated Press Television and Radio Association award – as part of a KPCC team for a documentary on the emergency room crisis in Los Angeles County.
2006 – Casey Foundation Fellowship – Crossing Divides – Reporting on Diverse Communities
2009 – News 21 Fellow, Graduate School of Journalism, University of California Berkeley
2009 - Mark Felt scholarship for investigative reporting, University of California Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Associations
Association of Health Care Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors