Professional Experience
I'm a seasoned long-form journalist, book author and media consultant seeking any reasonable assignment. I've freelanced for more than 30 magazines, including Wired, Discover, Men's Journal, The Utne Reader, Forbes, Re/code, Audubon and Outside. I've covered technology, war, the environment, food and wine and crime. I've written three books, ghost-written two others, and written and edited everything from annual reports and white papers to op-eds, blogs and press releases. In short, if it needs to be written or edited, I can do it.
Expertise
Book Author
20 Years
Editor
25 Years
Writer
25 Years
Specialty
Government
20 Years
Environment & Nature
25 Years
Technology
10 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
25 Years
Newspaper - National
17 Years
Book Publishing Consumer
20 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
25 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Save the Redwoods League (10+), University of California (10+), Stanford University (10+)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Keybridge Communications (6-10), California Water Impact Network (10+), The Hoover Instiution (1-2)
Other Work History
I was a staff writer for the San Francisco Chronicle for 17 years, and I consult on media for both non-profit and corporate clients.
Foreign Language Skills
Working knowledge of Spanish
Unions
Northern California Newspaper Guild
Computer Skills
Standard skills
Equipment
Digital camera and laptop
References
- Tom Abate, Associate Director of Communications and Alumni Relations, Stanford School of Engineering: (650) 736-2245
- Jen Charney, Communications Manager, Save the Redwoods League, (415) 820-5812
- Audrey Cooper, Editor-in-Chief, San Francisco Chronicle: (415)-777-7102
- Wendy Miller, Executive Editor, California Magazine: (415) 298-1720
- Nina DiPrimo, Editor, BioCoder Magazine, O’Reilly Media: ndiprimio@gmail.com
Awards
Council for the Advancement and Support of Education gold medal; California Newspaper Publishers Award for Environmental and Agricultural Reporting; Peninsula Press Club Award, Best Series; Associated Press Award for Enterprise Reporting; six “Maggie” Awards from the Western Publications Association; Bay Institute Education Award; Press Club of the East Bay Award, Best Light Feature; Society of Professional Journalists Special Citation for Enterprise; Golden Gate Audubon Society’s Elsie Roemer Conservation Award; three ASBPE gold medals; one ASBPE silver medal; numerous in-house awards from the San Francisco Chronicle and the Hearst Corporation.