EXPERIENCE

Freelancing: Rock & Ice, Climbing, Dandelion, Mammoth Monthly, High Mountain Sports, Capital Public Radio, The Chicago Tribune, Sacramento Magazine, Sacramento News & Review, Forest Magazine, and Mercatorπs World. Also published in The Oregonian, San Francisco Chronicle and The Sacramento Bee.

The Modesto Bee, Modesto, California

Reporter, Nov. 15, 1999 ≠ Feb. 26, 2002. Covered immigration, homelessness and three cities.

The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon

General Assignment Reporter, May 31, 1995 - Oct. 28, 1998.

The Journal and The Daily Journal, Copley Newspapers, Naperville and Wheaton, Illinois

Assistant Features Editor, June 1992 - Dec. 27, 1994. Wheaton City Reporter, March 1992 - June 1992.

City News Bureau of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Reporter, March 1988 - March 1992. Earned awards covering some of Chicagoπs biggest breaking news stories for legendary wire service. Cook County government/political reporter for historic, tumultuous 1990 campaign year.

EDUCATION

University of Oregon

Master of Science, Literary Nonfiction, September 1998.

Studied with program director Lauren Kessler and Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Franklin. Workshops with Robin Cody, Sallie Tisdale and John Daniel. Lecturers included Barry Lopez and Ms. co-founder Suzanne Braun Levine.

Northern Illinois University

Bachelor of Arts, News/Editorial Journalism, May 1986.

NIU Deanπs List and National Deanπs List, spring 1984. NIU Honors Program, 1981.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

Graduate assistant, Sept. 30, 1996 - July 15, 1998. Editor of journalism schoolπs alumni newsletter.

Oregon State House of Representatives, Salem, Oregon

Legislative assistant/office manager to Rep. John Schoon, House Finance Committee Chair, Jan. 5, 1995 - May 30, 1995.

AWARDS

California Newspaper Publishers Association, First Place, environmental reporting (75,001-200,000 circulation), 2000. "Aftermath of a Disaster" was a special team report on the one-year anniversary of a tire-pile fire.

Inland Press Foundation, First Place, business and industry special section, ≥Jobs in the Valley,≤ 2000.

Illinois Associated Press Editors Association, Second Place, spot news, 1992. Team coverage of cop killing.

Peter Lisagor Award, Business Journalism, 1991. Team coverage of Midway Airlines closing.

City News Bureau of Chicago, three excellence awards plus honorable mentions.

WRITING WORKSHOPS

Harvard University Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism 2001, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

National Writer's Workshops, in Oregon (1998), Washington (2000) and California (2001).

Regional writing workshop, by Jack Hart of The Oregonian.

INTERESTS

Rock climbing, scuba diving, backpacking and other adventure. Travel: Southeast Asia (Thailand, Laos and Borneo, Nov. 1998 ≠ April 1999), U.S. (West Coast, American Southwest, Midwest, etc.), Maui, Mexico, and Canada.