For more than a decade, I have worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and magazines in the Pacific Northwest. As a freelance writer for Seattle magazine, I received third place honors (2007) from the Society of Professional Journalists for my feature article about the University of Washington's Innocence Project and its work in helping to exonerate a Yakima man through DNA testing after he spent 10 years in prison, and first place honors (2007) for my feature article about Seattle's bike messengers.
As a freelance contributing writer at Washington Law & Politics magazine, I received third place honors (2001) from the Society of Professional Journalists for my prison interview with Prison Legal News founder Paul Wright, and second place honors (2003) for my article about whistle-blowers in Washington state.
I am presently the editor of the Tacoma Daily Index -- a small daily newspaper that covers downtown, City Hall, Port of Tacoma, and historic preservation. In 2007, I received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Media from the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for my work covering historic preservation in Tacoma.
I have also written for All About Jazz, Asian Focus, City Arts Tacoma, Earshot Jazz, Homeland Security Today, Jazz Steps, Journal of the San Juans, Lynnwood-Mountlake Terrace Enterprise, Prison Legal News, Rain Taxi, Real Change, Tablet, Washington CEO, and Washington Free Press.
My work has covered a range of subjects. In 1996, I spent three months working as a commercial fisherman in the Aleutian Islands and wrote a feature article about the experience. In 1998, I wrote an in-depth feature about the King County Medical Examiner's Office and its work investigating a mysterious death. As a freelance writer for Asian Focus newspaper in 1999, I wrote a serialized, year-long feature about the historic Wah Mee club and the infamous murders that occurred there in 1983.
Education
2005 -- Bachelor's Degree | Communications, Social Science (Law, Politics and the Economy) | University of Washington
1996 -- Associate Degree | Liberal Arts | Seattle Central Community College
Awards
2007 -- First Place | Lifestyle and Leisure Reporting | Society of Professional Journalists
2007 -- Third Place | General News Feature Reporting | Society of Professional Journalists
2007 -- Outstanding Achievement in Media | Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
2003 -- Second Place | Government and Political Reporting | Society of Professional Journalists
2001 -- Third Place | Government and Political Reporting | Society of Professional Journalists