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WRITING
Journalism:
Frequent Contributor: NYT Lens Blog
The New York Times
Out of Commission Above Water, but Not Below It
The New York Times
In a Father's Clutter, Historic Oddities
The New York Times
On Video Journalism
Digital Journalist
Invasive Algae
The New York Times
Pine Beetles Create Biz Opportunities
The New York Times
Smart Meters Open Market for Smart Apps
The New York Times
The Perils of Altitude
ABC News.com
Don't Buy It: Taking on the United States of Consumption
ABC News.com
Paying for Online Content
ABC News.com
Inside Afghanistan with Sebastian Junger
ABC News.com
Lennon in New York
ABC News.com
Finalist 2001 Online Journalism Awards
Hip Hop
ABC News.com
Rare Earth: Nightline companion piece
ABC News.com
Internet Stands Strong During WTC Disaster
ABC News.com
Hacker Group Claims to Have Hacked Arab Banks
ABC News.com
Nuke Agency Pulls Web Site in Crisis
ABC News.com
Sacred Monkey River - Book Review
ABC News.com
Identity Theft
ABC News.com
Roommate Wanted (old - this was published in the Seattle Weekly)
Back to Basics
New Architect
Workers for Rent - Downsizing
Seattle Weekly
Take Two - ABC News.com's first weekly online magazine: this was a one-page, one-topic weekly magazine that I developed for ABC News. The idea was simple and, I thought, cool: take a relevant, broad single topic of the day and create a one-page zine around it with quirky facts figures and a simple summation of the topic.
Other articles published in:

Seattle Weekly, Los Angeles Times, News Review, World Business Update, Newsweek, Eastsideweek, Seattle Magazine, Computer Wave Magazine, Los Angeles Daily News, and various multimedia Web publications.
Travel Articles:
Founding editor of
Gadling travel blog
Varanasi -- Life and Death on the Ganges
Bacchanalia -- One Man's Struggle to Find a Vibe at the World's Most Amazing Party
BootsNAll
Profile of Kayaker Eric Stiller (pdf)
Paddler Magazine
Kayaking Points North
Los Angeles Times (this was the front page of the Sunday travel section).
Riding the Coastal Classic - a Train Trip Through Alaska
MSNBC.com
Mt. Marathon Race -- Have an extreme Fourth of July in Alaska
MSNBC.com
Kayaking in Alaska (with gallery)
ABC News.com
Vacation Deprivation with audio
MSNBC.com
Mesmerizing Mumbai and the Big Bazaar
Part I of travel series on India with video, photos and panoramics
MSNBC.com
Agra After (or Before) the Taj -- Part II of Travel series on India with video, photos and panoramics
MSNBC.com
Complex Allure of Mumbai and gallery
Stellar Magazine
Lords of the Weirs
Stellar Magazine
Hooking the King and gallery
Stellar Magazine
Huaso for a Day and gallery
Stellar Magazine
Into the Inferno -- Climbing a Chilean Volcano
ABC News.com
Hiking California's Lost Coast-- A Trip Through Natural History With No Amenities
ABC News.com
Sunset with Moncho -- Exploring Torres del Paine National Park
ABC News.com
The Perfect Fire -- Finding Warmth in the Scottish Highlands
ABC News.com
Running the Weir - Cesky Krumlov
ABC News.com
Plomo
Duct Tape Press
A Cold, Faraway Place -- hitting the beach in Antarctica.
ABC News.com
The Long Way Home -- travels in South America
Fiction:  

Family Values
The Matador
American Dreamer