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.
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Last semester, I spoke to undergraduates at Loyola Marymount University about 21st century design. about -
For Preservation, I wrote about L.A.'s strange, amazing Watts Towers. more -
I profiled two designers — Always With Honor and Mikey Burton — for a recent issue of Print. more even more -
For KQED's "California Report," I covered the reopening of the Angels Flight funicular. listen more -
My Google Building Maker story appeared in a 2010 issue of Make. about -
I wrote about 10 years of graphics for Print magazine: "A Brief History of Design, 1999-2009." more -
I ran a "Pop Perversity: Parody and Comics in Art" panel at Comic-Con. about -
For two years, I moderated 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. more -
Print has made many of my stories available online. more -
From 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