Newspaper Experience
Courthouse News Service / Reporter
2023, San Francisco, California
Covered federal courts – Northern District and Ninth Circuit – as well as prominent cases in local courts. Also covered the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and other high profile issues in the city and the Bay Area.
Bay Area Reporter / Assistant Editor
2022, San Francisco
Reporter covering a wide range of topics, from crime to government. Regularly covered nonprofits serving the LGBT community, as well as businesses in the Castro neighborhood. Helped edit stories on a daily basis, proofing copy and layouts before they went to print.
Union Democrat/ Reporter
2002-2003, Sonora, California
Government reporter covering the Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors as well as California Assembly, and regional planning and growth issues.
Anchorage Daily News / Reporter
2001, Anchorage, Alaska
Features writer, with a strong emphasis on profile and event pieces, as well as food and cooking related articles.
Frontiersman / Reporter
1999-2001, Wasilla, Alaska
Political reporter covering the borough assembly, as well as growth and development issues in a rapidly changing community.
Anchorage Daily News / Reporter
1996-1999, Anchorage
Religion and community news reporter. Coverage included everything from local and national religious issues to cultural assignments. Wrote an occasional series about the role of food in preserving ethnic identity and culture in the city ́s incredibly diverse immigrant and Native communities.
Freelance Experience
San Francisco Weekly / Writer
2015, San Francisco
Covered a wide range of food stories, from recently opened restaurants and the impacts of drought on California agriculture, to the challenges of measuring THC potency in commercial edibles.
Grist / Writer
2010, Online
Contributed several opinion pieces about food policy and production throughout 2010.
Food Safety News / Writer
2010-2011, Online
Contributing writer, filing both news reports as well as feature stories related to food production and safety issues.
Delish / Blogger
2009-2011, Online
Blogger for the popular food blog, contributing numerous entries each week ranging on topics from new trends out of restaurants to interviews with celebrity chefs.
Education
City College of San Francisco / Culinary Arts and Hospitality
2006 – 2007, San Francisco
Two-year culinary program focusing on practical applications in commercial kitchens.
University of Alaska Anchorage
1998, Anchorage
Advanced journalism class with Atwood Chair of Journalism Byron Acohido.
Concordia University
1990 – 1992 Montreal, Quebec
French major with a minor in Canadian government studies. Focus included Quebecois
and Canadian media. It made sense at the time.
In addition, over the years I have taken numerous classes at various other
schools to learn languages and additional areas of study:
- University of Arkansas, creative writing studies
- Université de Montréal, French immersion
- Community College of Vermont, sociology