Consultant for nonprofit and for-profit media on management, editorial and business strategies, fundraising and revenue streams, staff development and hiring, ethics, vision, multilingual journalism, co-publishing and syndication, partnerships, modernization and innovative multimedia storytelling.

Teach writing and journalistic journalistic investigations with an emphasis on using varied multimedia approaches to make important material accessible.

Have been a frequent contributor to the LA Times and its Sunday magazine, Foreign Policy and the Daily Beast. Wrote for Atavist magazine, The New York Times, The Guardian, Mother Jones, Fast Company, The Prospect, South China Morning Post magazine, Le Nouvel Observateur, Germany's Cicero, France's Courrier International, The Independent on Sunday, Vibe and Spin magazines, Slate, Reader's Digest, The Huffington Post, Los Angeles magazine and many others. Edited award-winning articles published in Rolling Stone, USA Today, Newsweek, Fast Company, Salon magazine, and many others. Made frequent television and radio appearances, including on the BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, Fox News, MSNBC, France 24, and more.

Correspondent covering politics, elections, geopolitics, natural disasters, climate, the film industry, and more.

At the Hawaii-based investigative site founded by Pierre Omidyar, I wrote and edited award-winning investigations, features, opinions, editorials, columns and political comics. This work included ambitious special projects on the precipitous decline of the middle class and Hawaii's unique role in a renewable energy revolution. As innovations editor, I conceived of and oversaw narrative story hubs consisting of reader-generated accounts as a complement to my traditional deep-dive reports on the cost of living and local identity in the islands. In addition to managerial duties that included honing the publication's focus, look and direction to boost impact, readership and finances, I produced a collection of distinctive audio portraits of prominent politicians. I also edited award-winning special projects dealing with education, immigration, the business of energy energy and the cost of living.

Wrote long-form narratives for the Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine. Topics: A young man's path to terrorism, the moral quandaries involved in defending war criminals, how foreign exiles fit into Los Angeles' diverse human mosaic and the "Mexicanization" of New York. Lighter fare: a voice-rich first-person narrative that aims to answer the eternal transplant question: Los Angeles or New York City? Writing on arts & entertainment for the Calendar section focused on major Hollywood film productions, European and Middle Eastern cinema, and evolving industry trends. Interviewed top musicians, gutsy filmmakers and A-list actors for profiles and broader analytical pieces for the arts & entertainment section.Paste this link into your browser: https://www.latimes.com/search?q=%22eric%20pape%22&p=1

Primary focuses: politics, innovation, immigration, political populism and terrorism, as well as pop culture, the arts and censorship. On-the-ground reports included presidential campaigns, major protests and ghetto riots in Paris, an Israeli-Hezbollah war, undocumented migration to Europe, starvation in the Sahel region of Africa, Al Qaeda-inspired train bombings in Spain, and an internecine Mafia power struggle. Interviewed top government and finance officials, freed hostages, prominent intellectuals and economists, and many others.Daily Beast stories focused on everything from daring bank robbers and louche politicians to exclusive interviews with recluses such as the iconic starlet Brigitte Bardot and former Haitian dictator Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.

Story adviser on Peabody-Award winning documentary about the murder of a prominent labor figure and the framing of two men for the crime. The film helped to free the two men from prison.

Investigated the ways that trauma, post-war and other, can inspire creativity and art. Collaborated on creation of a real-world comic book based on one of my long format magazine articles. Bolstered knowledge of Web 2.0 technologies and how they transform traditional media.