Professional Experience
I am an award-winning journalist who covers business -- real estate, small business, personal finance, marketing -- and some lifestyle topics (travel, food), and have been a stringer for M&A news service Mergermarket for more than a decade. My book on the rethink of homeownership, Rent Vs. Own (Chronicle Books), published in 2012. My work has appeared in national papers (WSJ, NYT), magazines (Fortune, Success, Business 2.0), Web sites (Realtor.com, CBS/BNET, MSNBC.com, Entrepreneur.com), and locally (Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, 425 Magazine). I excel at explaining complex business scenarios for consumer and also trade audiences. I also write outside the business beat: I published an astrology gift book series with Chronicle Books/Rhino Records (Cosmic Grooves, 2001), wrote a monthly astrology column for Southwest Airlines Spirit (2006-8), and have published fiction (Brooklyn Review) and essays. Corporate work: Expedia, Motif Investing, Zillow.
Expertise
Book Author
5 Years
Reporter
22 Years
Writer
23 Years
Specialty
Entrepreneurship
21 Years
Business (general)
21 Years
Real Estate
15 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
21 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
21 Years
Online/new media
17 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
23 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Mergermarket (10+), Seattle Times (10+), Mens Journal (1-2), Coffey Communications (3-5), Beth Kobliner Company (1-2), Washington State Visitors Guide (1-2), Realtor.com (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Zillow (1-2), Expedia (1-2), Motif Investing (3-5), Northwestern Mutual (6-10), Guidevine (3-5)
Other Work History
Staff jobs: Seattle Times (2 years); Fortune (1 year); Small Business Computing (1 year); Advertising Age (2 years). Freelance: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Seattle Times, Business 2.0 (contributor 1999-2001); Industry Standard; Fortune Small Business; Washington CEO; Spirit Magazine (Southwest Airlines); Seattle Weekly, etc. Book experience: Author of Cosmic Grooves music/astrology series for Chronicle Books/Rhino Records, published fall 2001; contributor, PS: What I Didn\'t Say essay anthology (Seal Press, 2009); contributor, Single State of the Union essay anthology (Seal Press, 2007)
Technical Skills
Light HTML coding,
Foreign Language Skills
French -- reading, writing, speaking
Unions
Authors Guild
Computer Skills
Word, Wordpress, Excel, Powerpoint, Submittable, Google drive/document sharing, have worked with various content management systems (typically customized for different clients)
Equipment
Audio recorder; laptop; cell; car; digital camera (basic shots have appeared in The Seattle Times and MSNBC.com), film camera
Work Permits & Visas
U.S. Citizen
References
On request
Awards
Mediabistro Book Club pick, May 2012; Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards, 1st place, consumer reporting, 2009; National Association of Real Estate Editors, Bivins Fellowship 2007; 2nd place in Best Freelance Report category, 2006
Associations
Authors Guild, Society of Professional Journalists; National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE), Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)