I’m a freelance reporter and editor based in Portland, Oregon, whose written for The New York Times, produced and edited radio stories for Oregon Public Broadcasting, and worked as lead Oregon stringer for the Reuters news agency.
When I’m not working, I give my time to Oregon arts and literary groups, and I travel the globe in search of meaning and adventure. Recent trips have taken me to Rome, Ecuador, India and Portugal’s Azores.
Oct. 27, 2016, New York Times: Armed antigovernment protesters led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy were acquitted Thursday of federal conspiracy and weapons charges stemming from the takeover of a federally owned wildlife sanctuary in Oregon last winter.
The surprise acquittals of all seven defendants in Federal District Court…
Nov. 11, 2014, Science online: After a two-and-a-half year ocean journey, radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has drifted to within 160 kilometers of the California coast …
Oct. 9, 2014, Reuters: Record drought on the U.S. West Coast has exposed the ruins of an Oregon hamlet once submerged under the waters of a man-made reservoir, allowing a rare opportunity for…
April 13, 2014, The Columbian: Marijuana may be legal now in Colorado, but I felt like a criminal the first time I visited an adult recreational vendor of the drug. To find a store, I …
March 27, 2014, Oregon Business magazine: It’s a damp, chilly afternoon in Portland’s South Waterfront district, and the doctors, nurses and students who swarm Oregon Health & Science University each morning are…
Guess who drafted a holiday letter, yet never managed to send it out? I’m sharing it here, with some names redacted to protect friends’ privacy. Dear Friends and Family, A lot has changed in my life over the past year. Perhaps it’s time for an update and a bit of a review? More than 15 years after we started dating and after 11 years of marriage, Ben and I are pursuing a divorce. We expect it will be final in spring 2018. We are selling the condo we lived in. […]
My past five years as a freelance journalist have been amazing. But my professional life is about to enter a new phase. Starting Monday, I’ll be The Lund Report‘s second-ever editor-in-chief, taking the helm of small Oregon news organization that punches above its weight class. I’ll still be doing plenty of reporting in this role, but I’ll also be guiding a team and setting strategy. Stay tuned in the months ahead to see just how The Lund Report evolves. I look forward to leading this healthcare-focused publication as it continues […]
“If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” – Journalism truism. Mom, I know you love me. Everyone else: I’m reading a document published by Buzzfeed which some people claim is a leaked CIA assessment of Donald Trump’s ties to Russia. I urge you: please don’t let your political biases persuade you that this is true, or that it is a lie. I would not vote, protest, or legislate based on this until more verification emerges, because — at least based on the first few pages — it […]