Experience
Freelance Writer
• Author: Looking For Calvin & Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip Continuum Press, October 2009
• Author: Standing Small: A Celebration of 30 Years of the LEGO Minifigure DK, October 2009
• Author: Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books, July 2004
• Author: Beck: The Art of Mutation Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Books, July 2001
• Contributing Editor Filter magazine 2003-present
• Book contributor: VH1: 100 Greatest Albums (2003), Shecky’s Bar, Club & Lounge Guide (2003)
• Features/reviews: Washingtonian, Washington City Paper, Washington Post Express, Maryland Life, Cheese Connoisseur, Restaurant Management, The Moment, Bethesda, Arlington, Plate, Capitol File, DC Modern Luxury, CMJ Monthly, Giant, Flaunt, Paste (1997-present)
• Online content: Guardian.co.uk (2010), RollingStone.com (2000-03), RodaleMusic.com (2001-03), ArtistDirect.com (2004), SheaYeleen.org (2010), WashingtonLife.com (2011), Washington Post’s All You Can Eat blog (2011), Eater DC (2011)
• Copywriting: Rodale (2002-03), Warner Music (2000-03), Sony Music (2004-present), Universal Music (1997-present), Brushfire Records (2008-present), Icon Freelance Associates (2010), 230 Publicity (2010), Matan (2010), Rock Ridge Music (2011)
• Television development: Series 30 Media (2011)
Freelance Photographer
• Photojournalist for Washington Post Express, Washington Post’s All You Can Eat blog, Eater DC
• Food photographer for Casa Oaxaca
Development Producer and Writer
Story House Productions Washington, DC 02/08 – 05/10
• Wrote and researched television and film proposals for a wide variety of cable networks
• Generated full show concepts with 360-degree transmedia plans
• Found characters and talent for shows
• Produced sizzle reels for new show concepts and talent
• Created specialized programming as directed by cable client mandates
Director of Development
Creative Differences Washington, DC 07/06 – 01/08
• Wrote and researched over 50 development proposals for a wide variety of cable networks
• Generated concepts that moved into development at Animal Planet and Discovery Studios
• Found characters and talent for shows
• Pitched networks on show concepts and talent
• Served as AP and/or Field Producer on Time Warp (Discovery), Prehistoric Predators: Megalodon (NG), My Kid’s A… (TLC),Jane Goodall’s Heroes (AP), Sharks: Are They Hunting Us and others
Cameraman and editor
WSYR Syracuse, NY 1/06 – 7/06
• Worked as videographer and editor at Syracuse’s #1 station
Senior Producer/On-air host
GetMusic/RollingStone.com New York, NY 2/00 – 6/02
• Booked talent including artists such as Michael Jackson, Eminem, Destiny’s Child and blink-182
• Produced and hosted live online events and video interviews two to five times a week
• Booked, produced, wrote and hosted The E-coustic Sessions, an interview/acoustic performance online program featuring Alicia Keys, Sugar Ray, Nickelback, and others
• Hired 10-person production teams and coordinated their duties
• Coordinated scheduling of events with all partners, including record labels, management and artists
Producer
SonicNet (A division of MTVinteractive) New York, NY 4/98 – 2/00
• Produced SonicNet/Yahoo! online chats with artists including Mariah Carey and DMX, as well as NetAid, The Tibetan Freedom Concert, The Warped Tour and others
• Hired 10+ person production teams and coordinated their duties
• Coordinated scheduling of events with partners such as Yahoo!, record labels, management and artists
Executive Assistant, New Media
Atlantic Records New York, NY 7/97 – 10/98
Education
Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse, NY
Masters, Broadcast Journalism, August 2006
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
Bachelor of Arts, English, May 1997
