I began my career as a music journalist, and have for years written about art and design; I also cover politics and sustainability. But I've also written on a diversity of topics: travel, food, guerilla theater, bluegrass music, carnivorous plants. As a reporter, I excel at getting inside my subject, writing about it from a fresh perspective.

recent reporting

  • A piece of mine about the Glendale Narrows ran on a recent edition of KQED's "California Report."  listen
  • Also for the "California Report," I covered the reopening of the Angels Flight funicular.  listen
  • I love writing for Make! My Google Building Maker story is in a recent issue.  about  more
  • I wrote the October cover story for Print magazine: "A Brief History of Design, 1999-2009."  about  more
  • I ran the "Pop Perversity: Parody and Comics in Art" panel at the 2009 Comic-Con.  about
  • For two years, I moderated (and wrote about) the graphics competition for I.D.'s Annual Design Review.  2009  2008
  • The California Report ran my story about helper dogs trained to sniff out vineyard pests; I co-produced it.  more
  • Print magazine now has many of my stories available online.  more
  • From the late I.D., here's a studio portrait of the amazing Canadian graphic designer Marian Bantjes.  more
  • The Austrian-Irish painter Gottfried Helnwein posted my Artweek review of his work on his website.  more
  • The California Report archive has many of my stories online. Take a listen!  more