I am a reporter and new media specialist with experience creating interactive features and producing data-driven stories and multimedia. I mostly write about politics, economics, health and design. In July of 2011 I received my M.A. in online journalism from USC's Annenberg School for Communication. This is what I've been working on.
Monthly archive January, 2010

Dear iPhone, Where Did Our Love Go?

I don't blame myself for falling in love with the iPhone. It was inevitable, really.

Deconstructing Obama's Haiti op-ed

President Obama's Haiti op-ed in Newsweek is a well-written, moving and inspiring treatise on the moral imperative of humanitarian aid in natural disasters. We would expect nothing less from a president who rode into Washington thanks in large part to his oratory acumen, and who continues to follow-up any major policy decision with an op-ed about...

New special projects on Neon Tommy

As part of my role as senior editor at NeonTommy.com, I helped launch two new special projects on the site in the past few weeks. The first is an ongoing project examining the clean-up efforts at the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach, two of the largest and most pollution-clogged ports in...