Hello and welcome to my professional website



I am a career journalist with a strong track record in reporting, writing, interviewing and blogging. My focus is on k-12 and higher education with an emphasis on digital media, but I have also covered criminal law and general news in both short and long forms.

I write for Open Culture as a regular blogger, highlighting free, online cultural and educational media. I am also a regular writer for Scholastic Magazines, bringing best practices to teachers and administrators through stories from the field. This story for Scholastic Administrator anticipates upcoming trends in educational technology.

For universities I profile faculty research. Here I highlight the work of UC Berkeley linguist Claire Kramsch who studies the psychologial experience of learning a new language.

I hope you'll read on and learn more about my work. Contact me for more samples or to discuss assignments and fee schedules. 

 


Open Culture

The day when Bugs Bunny saved Mel Blanc's life. 

William Shatner put in a long distance call to the International Space Station

Codeacademy's free computer science courses

A trove of 400 free online job training courses

Paper craft animation tells the stories of words

Thelonious Monk's tips for playing gigs


Scholastic Magazines

I work regularly for Scholastic Administrator and  Scholastic Instructor magazines.

Tablets and other mobile devices in the classroom? Old news. Here are the educational technologies that are just around the corner.

It's the million dollar question: what's the fairest way to evaluate teachers? Read about how some districts are balancing test scores and qualitative review processes to please just about everyone.

Some districts are actually hiring economists to calculate just how much their districts benefit the community economically. Find out how these superintendents used Return on Investment reports to their advantage.

Just how much value does a credentialed teacher-librarian bring to a school? The benefits go far beyond protecting the collection from grubby hands and shushing chatty children.

School districts across the country are opting to build their own custom, curriculum-based textbooks. 

Public school teachers can learn from their colleagues in successful charter schools.



More About Education

Older adults learning how to navigate the Internet turn to New York-based Senior Planet magazine. Here's a recent story about an online photo gallery that mixes the past and the present.

At Mills College in Oakland, faculty engage students in cutting-edge research that give students hands-on experience outside the classroom.

Engineers at UC Berkeley developed a new diagnostic tool that uses MRI technology to check the condition of pipes that carry explosive materials. 

Entrepreneurial engineering students want to help their peers in developing countries produce inexpensive lab equipment.

UC Berkeley biogeochemist Jillian Banfield reconstructs microbial DNA on site under extreme conditions.

Scientists at UC Berkeley are turning up startling research about the function of sleep.