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EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE


2007-2008. Freelance correspondent in the Middle East and Asia

* "Marketplace," from American Public Media


2007. Staff editor and reporter

* "Weekend America," from American Public Media


2005-2007. Freelance writer and independent radio producer in the U.S., Russia, and the Caucasus

* Esquire
* The New Republic
* Slate
* The New York Times Magazine
* The San Francisco Chronicle
* The Village Voice
* National Public Radio
* Public Radio International's "The World"
* American Public Media's "Marketplace"
* BBC World Service


2003-2007. Co-founder, lead editor, sound and interactive producer

* Six Billion, an online magazine of narrative journalism


2003-2004. Correspondent in Jakarta, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur

* National Public Radio
* BBC World Service
* American Public Media's "Marketplace"
* The Christian Science Monitor


2002-2003. Independent radio producer in Providence, Boston, Las Vegas, Canada, and Southeast Asia

* WRNI public radio in Providence
* WBUR public radio in Boston
* National Public Radio
* American Public Media's "Marketplace" and "The Savvy Traveler"
* BBC World Service


2000-2001. Independent radio producer in New York and Arizona

* Public Radio International's "This American Life" and "The World"
* KNAU public radio in Flagstaff, Ariz.


2000. Correspondent in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

* BBC World Service
* The Far Eastern Economic Review magazine
* The Christian Science Monitor
* National Public Radio
* The New York Times on the Web


1999-2000. Staff reporter and editor in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

* The Cambodia Daily newspaper


1997-1999. Associate editor and staff writer in Chicago, Ill.

* The Chicago Tribune, Internet and newspaper editions


1999. Contributor in Chicago, Ill.

* New City alternative weekly newspaper


1996. Correspondent in Washington, D.C.

* The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier newspaper of Waterloo, Iowa


1995. General-assignment reporter in Fairfax, Va.

* Sun newspapers



TEACHING EXPERIENCE


2007-2008. Instructor of radio and investigative journalism in Jakarta, Indonesia

* Indonesian Association for Media Development


2006-2007. Radio instructor in Yerevan, Armenia

* Armenia School of Journalism at Yerevan State University


2004-2006. Radio instructor in Tbilisi, Georgia

* Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management


2004. Adjunct professor in Deep Springs, Calif.

* Deep Springs College


1998. Adjunct professor in Chicago, Ill.

* Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism



GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS and INVITATIONS


Grant from the Stanley Foundation to report in the Middle East, 2006.

Fellowship with the International Reporting Project at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 2006

Grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism for reporting in Beslan, Russia, 2005

Funding from HearingVoices for radio production, 2004 and 2006

Invited to present SixBillion.org at Harvard University's Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, 2003-2004



EDUCATION


MSJ, Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, 1997

BA, English and political science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995



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