When are you going to be on television?
My grandmother always used to ask me that question. I know she saw the small screen as the pinnacle of success for a journalist. The world has changed. If she were still alive, today she would be asking: “When are you going to be online?” Here I am, grandma. I’m online. Now what?
Click on any of the labels to the left to see samples of my work. I assume that was the reason you came to my Web site — not to hear my life story.
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My life story
Just in case you really came to my Web site because you were looking for some light reading about my life story, here’s the short version.
I was born in Cleveland, Ohio. I went to nearly a dozen schools before graduating from high school. My family moved around a lot. My college years were spent in Champaign, Ill., where I spent a lot of nights slaving away at the campus newspaper, The Daily Illini. I earned a journalism degree from the University of Illinois in 1983. After graduation, I went to New York City, where I had a couple of interesting internships and jobs and then joined The Associated Press, a few weeks before the Challenger exploded. Four years and three bureaus later (Newark, N.J., Raleigh, N.C., and Cheyenne, Wyo.) I moved to the Pacific Northwest. During 12-plus years in Seattle, I’ve taught journalism to college students, edited a community newspaper for six years and wrote stories for local and national newspapers and magazines.

Recent clips
To go straight to some of my most recently published stories, click on any of these headlines:

From Fresh Cup magazine, April 2004
A lesson in coffee law:
A little knowledge could save you a lot of money
In February, Starbucks filed suit in China to protect its Chinese name from being used by a little coffee company in Shanghai. Starbucks is using the rough translation of its name, “xingbake,” in 109 outlets in Taiwan and nearly 100 on the Chinese mainland. Shanghai Xingbake Coffee Shop Ltd has only two stores and does not plan to expand.
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From Washington Law & Politics, March 2004
Pro-Bono work can be as exciting & competitive as making $300 an hour
When a law firm puts as much energy into snagging meaningful pro bono work as it does into competing for paying clients, it shows. And the attorneys involved in volunteer work at such firms say it’s as fun and exciting as anything they do for $300 an hour.
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Various newspapers, June 2004
Booming meteor lights up sky
SEATTLE (AP) _ A meteor that streaked across Western Washington was the most dramatic light and sound show of its kind over the Puget Sound in decades, according to a University of Washington astronomy lecturer who specializes in meteorites.
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Various newspapers, April 2004
Zen and the art of homemade
gefilte fish
I added a new experience to my Passover preparation last year. In addition to counting the Haggadahs, practicing the Four Questions with my daughter, inviting guests, shopping and cleaning the house, I made gefilte fish from scratch for the first time ever.
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