Editor and writer of news, culture, sports, science and politics. Freelance bylines include Sports Illustrated, TNR.com, PopSci.com, Slate, Oxford American, CJR.org, Deadspin, ESPN The Magazine, Draft, Grantland, Discover, The Tyee, Pacific Standard, Arkansas Times, The Classical, iMediaEthics.org, The Big Lead.

Pitched, developed, and guided the research for episodes of the Peabody Award-winning Netflix show. Coordinated among writers, graphics artists, and executive producers to ensure everyone knew what the hell we were talking about. Booked such guests on the show as Seth Frotman, the student loan industry watchdog, and Sônia Guajajara, a native Brazilian advocate for the survival of the Amazon rainforest, and helped make their interviews funny as well as relevant.

Organized and strategize continually published vertical at Thrillist. Maintained stable of freelancers throughout the country and the world to offer readers a view of faraway places with a clarity and verve often missing from more hucksterish travel sections. Assigned stories, guided writers through reporting and writing, collaborated with illustrators and artists, and line-edited final drafts. Relied on best SEO, newsletter, and social media practices to grow the audience across every… Show more Organized and strategize continually published vertical at Thrillist. Maintained stable of freelancers throughout the country and the world to offer readers a view of faraway places with a clarity and verve often missing from more hucksterish travel sections. Assigned stories, guided writers through reporting and writing, collaborated with illustrators and artists, and line-edited final drafts. Relied on best SEO, newsletter, and social media practices to grow the audience across every available channel. Show less

Worked from pre-launch through Series A to chase growth and actual quality at a startup that covers science, pop culture, and the future at large. Biggest responsibilities were editing, managing, recruiting, and guiding a stable of young freelance and in-house writers.

Acquired, developed, and line-edited commentary and news features for the New Republic's website. Reported and wrote my own enterprise and deadline stories.

Pre-launch editorial director for digital news startup in the Gawker Media orbit. Duties included recruiting writers, developing features and line editing.

Contract reporter in the Associated Press's Honolulu bureau. Responsible for breaking and enterprise news and legislative beat coverage.

Assisted on shoots, initiated video edits and collaborated on TimesCast, the daily news show.

Reported and wrote business articles, including a column on media and marketing, for statewide weekly journal.

The title was "features editor," but it could have easily been "national correspondent" for ESPN.com's outdoors site and its rodeo site. It was my job to report news, analysis and feature stories, both from the Little Rock office and from location (I believe I visited 24 different states on assignment in two years), often shooting and processing my own images with my Canon SLR. Much of my time in the office was dedicated to cultivating stories, helping to direct the editing new writers… Show more The title was "features editor," but it could have easily been "national correspondent" for ESPN.com's outdoors site and its rodeo site. It was my job to report news, analysis and feature stories, both from the Little Rock office and from location (I believe I visited 24 different states on assignment in two years), often shooting and processing my own images with my Canon SLR. Much of my time in the office was dedicated to cultivating stories, helping to direct the editing new writers, inexperienced writers, or writers tackling more ambitious projects; I also started and maintained Twitter accounts for two ESPN sites.• Won Southwestern Outdoor Press Association’s top award, the Excellence in Craft, for Best Electronic Publication Story. Show less

Fact-checked the Index, gathered Readings and reviewed manuscripts.

Authored investigative narrative stories and profiles, chiefly about crime, culture and business, for Village Voice Media newsweekly. • Won Society of Professional Journalists’ national Sigma Delta Chi, for feature writing.• Won SPJ’s award in the southeast, the Green Eyeshade, for sports writing.• Finalist for national Bert Greene Award for food writing.• Finalist in South Florida Black Journalists Association awards in both sports and community impact divisions.

Reporter on the features desk of the major daily in Florida's Brevard County (Cape Canaveral area).