Professional Experience
Crack!... Heads smoke for days from this freelancer's silver-bullet reporting on technology, power, politics and art. Words akin to adrenaline shots to the temples, fact-finding that confounds convention, eviscerates assumption, piddles on groupthink and opens minds. I cover music, film, theatre, art, technology, public policy, Wall Street, human interest and community affairs, profiling the people, cultural trends, market forces and shifting political winds that impact us all.
Expertise
- Editor 17 Years
- Reporter 17 Years
- Writer 17 Years
Specialty
- Finance 17 Years
- Technology 17 Years
- Music 27 Years
Industries
- Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 6 Years
- Newspaper - National 17 Years
- Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B) 17 Years
Media Client List (# Assignments Last 2 Yrs)
- American Banker(10+)
- Bank Technology News(10+)
- Forbes(10+)
- (The) Street Controls (You)(10+)
- Mugshot magazine(10+)
- Nikki Style magazine(10+)
- Securities Industry News(10+)
- The Brooklyn Paper(3-5)
- US Banker(3-5)
- On Wall Street(3-5)
- Institutional Investor magazine(3-5)
- Mediabistro.com(3-5)
- MSNBC.com (my work has appeared there)(3-5)
- Alpha magazine(1-2)
- Inc. Magazine(1-2)
- School Transportation News(1-2)
- Huffington Post(1-2)
Foreign Language Skills
little french, needs work, tres mal, mon francais.
Computer skills
word, quark, photoshop
Equipment
digital camera, digital video, laptop, sony digital recorder, tape recorder, electric nose hair trimmer
References
Robert Barba, Valerie Berrios, Bonnie McGeer, Bobbie Gossage, Gersh Kuntzman, Karl Cates, Michael Eggebrecht, Brooke Van Cleve, Lauren Lynn, Gida Snyder, Jessica Koslow, Mike Dumiak, Matthew de Paula, Holly Sraeel, Jeff Kutler, Colin Brayton, Christina Medina, Mike Gregory, Mike Sisk, Randy Devere, Tanya Chen, Nicole Sender
Awards
Jesse H. Neal American Business Media Award
Associations
Society of Professional Journalists
Car Reviews
Upscale Bikers Flock to the NY International Motorcycle Show
(ForbesAutos.com 1/25/2006)
Coverage of New York International Motorcycle Show for Forbes' autos news page on ForbesAutos.com.
Green Monsters
(ForbesAutos.com 11/20/2006)
The L.A. Auto Show design challenge offers eco-friendly car concepts, from the kooky to the conceivable.
The Hot-Rod Kid In You Smiles
(ForbesAutos.com 11/23/2006)
Pontiac GTO piece for Forbes' auto review site, ForbesAutos.com. Based on a test drive.
Chevy Partners with MTV to Promote E85 Cars and Trucks
(ForbesAutos.com 8/25/2006)
Coverage of MTV-GM partnership on "E85" Ethanol flex-fuel ad campaign for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards for ForbesAutos.com
A Sharp, Populist Campaign
(ForbesAutos.com 9/27/2006)
Nissan Murano piece for Forbes' auto review site, ForbesAutos.com. Based on a test drive.
The Future of Transportation
(ForbesAutos.com 10/12/2006)
Coverage of Wired Magazine's "NextFest" focused on GM's fuel cell concept vehicles for Forbes' autos news page on ForbesAutos.com.
Electrified: Trans Tech Set to Offer First All-Electric Type-A School Bus
(School Transportation News 10/1/2011)
Trans Tech Bus will unveil later this month what is expected to be the nation's first-ever full-production, factory-made, all-electric Type-A school bus.
Music
Keren Ann: Child of the Globe
(Nikki Style magazine 10/19/2007)
Artist profile of Keren Ann
Music Reviews
(Nikki Style magazine 1/2/2007)
Reviews of latest from Beck, Paolo Nutini, The Who, Tom Petty
One Man and a Mic: John Leguizamo on Thriving in the Thin Air Between Art and Life
(Mugshot magazine 5/30/2005)
Cover story on John Leguizamo
Music Reviews
(Nikki Style magazine 10/19/2007)
Reviews of latest from Elliott Smith, the White Stripes, Bjork, Hyphy Hitz and Wilco
RA the Rugged Man, Still Crazy After All These Years
(Mugshot magazine 10/12/2004)
Artist profile on lunatic MC
Amy Winehouse: A Mod Classic Steeped in the Blues
(Nikki Style magazine 4/6/2007)
Artist profile of Amy Winehouse
Music Reviews
(Nikki Style magazine 4/2/2007)
Reviews of latest from Tom Waits, The Shins, Jef Stott, Damien Rice and Wiley (Eskiboy)
Music Reviews
(Nikki Style magazine 7/24/2007)
Reviews of latest from Rufus Wainwright, P.W. Long, Bebel Gilberto, Grinderman (Nick Cave) and The Stooges
Technology, Power, Politics
JPMorgan Chase Case Shows Court Support for Telecommuting
(American Banker Magazine 6/24/2013)
The courts now recognize telecommuting as a viable way for employees to fulfill their job requirements, thanks to recent cases involving companies like J.P. Morgan Chase and Ford Motor Company.
Wire Fraud Blocked with a Phone Call
(Bank Technology News 11/30/2011)
The CEO was at a dinner party late last summer when he received an odd message. First Midwest Bank had sent an alert to his cellphone describing pending fund transfers that would have siphoned thousands from the company's bank account. He simply pressed "9#" on his cell and blocked the fraud attempt
Seize the Conversation
(American Banker Magazine 11/1/2010)
Bankers adopt social media to win PR war.
No Dress Code Required
(American Banker Magazine 1/1/2011)
Telecommuting takes off at banks.
Most Banks Buck the Yahoo Trend on Telecommuting
(American Banker Magazine 6/25/2013)
Busting telecommuting myths.
Most Absurd Yet Insightful Statements Made at Web Summit, World's Largest Startup Conference
(Huffington Post 12/18/2015)
The hype at Web Summit was as thick as the fog that delayed flights into Dublin Airport last month at the Earth's largest gathering of startups. Here are the most absurd and insightful statements made at Web Summit 2015:
Banks Tap Little-Known, Sputnik-Era Program That Birthed the VC Market to Tame Disrupters
(American Banker Magazine 4/28/2014)
A decade of waning interest in small business investment companies is quickly reversing course among banks big and small. The pooled investment funds, which get matching money from the Small Business Administration, are exempt from the restrictions on equity investments imposed by the Volcker Rule.
The Social Securities Industry
(Securities Industry News 2/28/2005)
There are billions to be made from private accounts. So why won't anyone say so? Brokerage firms are courting the 100 million or so "uninvested" Americans, despite official denials that privatization of social security would boost Wall Street's wallet.
Banks Aim to Own Payment Disruptors
(American Banker Magazine 8/26/2013)
Strange Bedfellows: You know those smart-sounding, fast-moving disruptors that supposedly will disintermediate the banks? Their relationship with the industry isn't entirely adversarial. Banks seek stakes in disruptive Silicon Valley startups.
Judge: "Closed" Bond Market Not a Conspiracy
(Securities Industry News 10/6/2003)
Turning a Cellphone Into a Mobile Wallet.doc
(Bank Technology News 10/4/2004)
Common Ground Trumps Disruption in Bank-Fintech Linkups
(American Banker 12/14/2015)
The animus and distrust that's characterized so much of the bank-tech dynamic has faded, said speakers at Web Summit, much like the fog that lifted over Dublin's quays and canals at the start of the show.
Momentum Builds for CDS Oversight--But in What Form?
(Securities Industry News 10/6/2008)
Regulation is coming to the credit default swaps (CDS) market. That outcome was virtually assured long before Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox asked Congress to grant the agency authority to oversee credit derivatives. But just how, when and who will do it remains unclear.