Seasoned journalist with years of practical experience in daily television, radio, and podcast production across a range of formats and subject matter. A quick study, adaptable as project realities change, respectful of budget realities, and requires minimal direction to accomplish the job.
The co-host of "The California Report," public radio's daily statewide news program with wide day-to-day authority over editorial content, also a correspondent producing and reporting feature stories on such topics asCalifornia's response to climate change, labor strikes, and social justice initiatives.
Feature story producer and reporter for a Southern California NPR affiliate, covering elections, the environment, criminal justice, immigration, and the entertainment industry. Drove the station to develop more original enterprise reporting and new reporting beats.
Co-created, produced, and hosted a deeply reported narrative podcast series examining gentrification and housing in Los Angeles from the perspectives of renters, homeowners, landlords, community activists, and the homeless. "The Atlantic" magazine selected the series as one of its "Best Podcasts of the Year."
Produced and reported feature stories for a variety of national and local public television series, including "The PBS NewsHour," "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly," and "SoCal Connected." Assignments included coverage of Hurricane Katrina, the Democratic and Republican national political conventions, and military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.