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Washington, DC, US

Greater Chicago Area

Wrote film reviews and essays for Pitchfork Media film criticism site.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reported and wrote feature for WAMU’s weekly radio show concerning Star Trek’s U.S.S. Enterprise production model at the National Air & Space Museum, featuring NASM curator Margaret Weitekamp and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Chief Scientist James Garvin. Also reported on a boxing gym losing its lease, and DC soul musicians featured on notable albums in.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Wrote features & essays including “Culturebox” feature about the dearth of new songs in the holiday canon. Appeared on CNN to discuss the story on "The Lead with Jake Tapper," on American Public Media’s "Marketplace" to to talk about it with Kai Ryssdal, and on HuffPost Live to discuss it with "All I Want for Christmas Is You" co-songwriter Walter.

Greater New York City Area

Penned film essays reviews for venerable alt-weekly. Wrote about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s attempted 2013 movie comeback, the career of screenwriter/director Shane Black, and the state of the summer blockbuster.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Wrote film & pop music essays for National Public Radio’s pop culture/entertainment blog. Appeared on five episodes of NPRs weekly pop-culture podcast, discussing boxing in movies, the evolution of action cinema, the latest attempt to interest filmgoers in Superman, and the paucity of new holiday songs.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reviewed and covered theater for alt-weekly with 72,000-print circulation / 2 million monthly web hits. I was a 2012 AltWeekly Awards finalist in the category of Arts Criticism, circulation 50,000 and above, for my writing on theater for WCP.Edited Fringe & Purge, WCP’s Capital Fringe Festival blog, for five weeks surrounding the summer performing arts.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reviewed approximately165 pop concerts for Style section and Click Track music blog, 2006-12.Interviewed performing artists & pop culture personalities including Ira Glass, Lou Reed, George Clinton, Nick Lowe, Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.Reviewed recordings for Sunday Source and profiled theatre artists for Weekend.

Taught weekly boxing class for 6-18 students, leading participants of all levels of fitness/experience in boxing-based fitness drills to improve their cardiovascular fitness, hand-eye coordination, and self-confidence. Maintained CPR/AED Certification.

Columbia, Maryland

Strategized, researched, wrote, and oversaw physical production of RFP responses for national administrator of behavioral health, substance abuse, and pharmacy benefit programs, coordinating efforts of clinical, operations, and sales departments against unforgiving deadlines. Translated complex technical information regarding best practices in managed.

Beverly Hills, California

Personal aide to noted sleight-of-hand magician, author, and film actor Ricky Jay. Wrote promotional copy for www.rickyjay.com and the program for stage show Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants at Studio Theatre, Washington, DC.Managed scheduling, VIP reception and merchandising. Assisted with research for public radio essays and book projects.

Glendale, California

Researched, wrote, and managed proposals for behavioral health & substance abuse insurer.

Reston, Virgina

Wrote monthly “Newsline” column covering developments in medical education for monthly magazine of the American Medical Student Association.Conceived, assigned, and edited stories, acting as liaison with freelance writers.Worked with photographers, illustrators, and designers to produce imagery and graphics.Laid out pages and rewrote copy as needed.

Certificate, Playwriting And Screenwriting

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Communications - Print Journalism / English

Activities and Societies: The Breeze (campus newspaper), WXJM FM