Writer. Editor. Story Strategist.
Portfolio
My journalism
Crosscut/Cascade PBS
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
This piece won a national education reporting award from the Education Writers Association.
Outside magazine
eCompany Now magazine
Teacher magazine
Education Week
Education Week
Education Week
Education Week
My book
I researched and wrote a pioneering 518-page guidebook to help city dwellers get their outdoor fix in the concrete jungle, covering where to go and who to know in 20 outdoor sports from sea kayaking and rock climbing to caving and mountain biking. My short features tell the stories of area outdoor addicts and the places they haunt. The book generated coverage by the local NPR affiliate and major Chicago newspapers.
— Published by W.W. Norton and Outside magazine, 2003
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Writing & editing for clients
Books
I worked with the director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab to take her chapter from outline to final draft for this book of experts’ ideas to help schools and districts better manage their resources.
I worked with author John Simmons of Strategic Learning Initiatives to edit select chapters in this title on experts’ ideas and experiences with big-city school reform.
I helped a research center draft a book proposal (under development), solicited by Harvard Education Press.
Blogs
The Future of Delivery: Goods Movement 2030 Project
Urban Freight Lab, University of Washington, College of Engineering
I worked with Urban Freight Lab researchers to refine blog ideas around big themes then drafted those blogs, drawing on interviews and public-private sector meetings on the future of delivering goods in cities.
University of Washington Department of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health
I interviewed University of Washington researchers and residents to write about a groundbreaking study analyzing air traffic’s impact on air quality in communities near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Op-eds & other ghostwriting
I can provide select samples of the dozens of op-eds and articles I've written for clients that have run in these and other outlets.
Scholarly journals
I edited journal articles for clarity and flow, as well as contributed fact-checking in areas for Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab.
Case studies & reports
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I work closely with clients on every project, from scoping a project to working with a designer to delivering a final draft, to make sure the end product achieves their goal.
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I write and edit everything from executive summaries to entire reports.
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I conduct research, interviews, and fact-checking as needed to complete the project.
Drawing on a 43-page Urban Freight Lab research report and interviews with researchers and Seattle Public Utilities, I drafted an accessible five-page brief on the logistical challenges of keeping edible food out of the waste stream.
I told the story of a Center for Educational Leadership-led initiative to help principals be effective instructional leaders for this 24-page case study and toolkit, interviewing a dozen-plus education leaders and synthesizing center documentation.
I did a developmental edit on an Edunomics Lab brief involving restructuring, rewriting, and suggesting added content to explain the complex story of then-missing data in education.
I built off Urban Freight Lab researchers' PowerPoint to draft a clear, coherent narrative report on planning for sustainable freight and the challenges companies and cities face in this arena.
A major U.S. charitable foundation tapped me for several rewrite and from-scratch writing projects, including:
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Turning a 200-page evaluation with quantitative and qualitative analysis into a 32-page case study for maximum impact on international policymakers and program leaders.
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Structuring, reporting, and writing an e-handbook.
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Restructuring, rewriting, and de-jargoning four case studies for readability and sharpened takeaways.
The federally funded Regional Education Laboratory West at WestEd hired me to draft and edit half a dozen research briefs.