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Recent Publications and Engagements
Websites
§ Preservation 4Culture
(“Projects”)
§ Heritage 4Culture
(“Heritage Advisor”)
§ Female Sailor Bold
podcast for Pirate Queen book website
Books
§ Get
Streaming! Quick Steps to Delivering Audio and Video Online (Focal Press, May, 2004)
§ The Hands-On Guide to Windows Media 9 Series (Focal Press, November, 2005)
§ The Hands-On Guide to Streaming Media (Focal Press, May, 2006)
§ Shipbuilders, Sea Captains, and Fishermen: The Story of the Schooner Wawona (iUniverse, November, 2006)
Public Relations and Marketing Writing Clients
§ Preservation 4Culture
(“Projects”)
§ Heritage 4Culture
(“Heritage Advisor”)
§ Communiqué PR (News releases for
clients)
§ Spectralux Corporation (Website copy)
§ Online Video Service (Website copy)
§ UXM – User Experienced Media (Website copy)
§ “UjimaSuites
Food Service Tracking
Application Helps Fight Hunger“ (Ujima Consultants)
§ “Eye on Networks” (Fluke Networks, June – August, 2004; September – December, 2006)
§ “Providence Health System – We Value Excellence” (Eyeplay)
§
“Frequently Asked Questions” (Eyeplay)
§ “The Arc of Hronos,” (podcast) Drabblecast, December 29, 2007
§ “A War Beyond War,
and I Am the Only Soldier,” Dreams and
Visions, 2007
§ “The Warden’s Last Day,” (podcast) Drabblecast, October 3, 2007
§ “Seattle’s WWII
Squadron,” America in World War II, February, 2009
§ “Meeting Motifs,” Alaska Airlines Magazine, January, 2008
§ “The High Seas,” Washington Law & Politics, Fall, 2007
§ “Preservation Story,” Seattle, July, 2007
§ “Sobering Impact,” Seattle, July, 2007
§ “The Do-Something Politician,” Washington Law & Politics, Summer, 2007
§ “Healing Health Care: Low-Cost Options for Small Business,” Seattle Business Monthly, July, 2007
§ “Buyout Bonanza,” Seattle Business Monthly, June, 2007
§ “Unearthing the Internet’s Secrets,” Seattle Business Monthly, April, 2007
§ “Lesson Plan,” Seattle, March, 2007
§ “Moving Past,” Seattle, February, 2007
§ “Waves of the Future,” Horizon Air, January, 2007
§ “Collision Course,” Seattle, January, 2007
§ “Turf War,” Seattle Business Monthly, January, 2007
§ “Who Wants to Know?” Washington Law & Politics, Winter 2007
§ “South End Rising,” Seattle, December 2006
§ “The Biotech Gamble,” Seattle Business Monthly, November 2006
§ “Bad Sport,” Seattle, October 2006
§ “Bellevue Blows Up,” Seattle, October 2006
§ “9/11: Five Years After,” Seattle Business Monthly, September 2006
§ “The Greening of Seattle,” Seattle, September 2006
§ “There’s No Place Like Home,” Sea, September 2006
§ “The Disappearing Middle Class,” Seattle, August 2006
§ “Picking Up the Pieces,” Seattle Business Monthly, July 2006
§ “The New (Taller) Downtown,” Seattle, July 2006
§ “25 Extreme Group Adventures,” Northwest Meetings & Events, Summer 2006
§ “High-Tech Wunderkind: Scott Lipsky,” Seattle Business Monthly, June 2006
§ “Drugstore Wars,” Seattle Business Monthly, June 2006
§ “Small Town Adventures: Hoodsport,” Seattle, May 2006
§ “Health Codes,” Seattle, May 2006
§ “How Green Are We? A Guide to Sustainability,” Seattle, April 2006
§ “Sibling Rivalry,” Seattle, March 2006
§ “Checking Out,” Seattle, March 2006
§ “Unlocking Deadlock,” the Update (Washington State Bar Association), Winter/Spring 2006
§ “Are We Ready? (Disaster Preparedness),” Seattle, February 2006
§ “Citizen Lawmakers,” Seattle Business Monthly, February 2006
§ “Glaser’s Global Reach,” Seattle Business Monthly, January 2006
§ “Uprooted (Failures of Seattle Grass Roots Politics),” Seattle, January 2006
§ “Flexcar’s Transit Revolution,” Seattle Business Monthly, November 2005
§ “Good News and Bad News on Hiring,” Seattle Business Monthly, November 2005
§ “Allied Force,” Evergreen Monthly, November 2005
§ “Free-way Access (WiFi in Seattle),” Seattle, November 2005
§ “Chance of Gloom,” Seattle Business Monthly, October 2005 (Premier Issue)
§ “Kidless in Seattle” Seattle, September 2005
§ “Fevered History: An Expanded Museum Re-opens” Seattle, September 2005
§ “Left on Your Dial: Can Liberal Talk Radio Save the Democrats?” Evergreen Monthly, June 2005
§ “Webcasting for Beginners,” Northwest Meetings & Events, Spring 2005
§ “South Park: A Hidden Jewel Rediscovered,” Seattle, February 2005
§ “Natural High (Alternative Treatments for Depression),” Evergreen Monthly, January 2005
§ “What’s Going on at KING-FM?” Seattle, December, 2004
§ “As the Page Turns,” Seattle, September, 2004
§ “Luna Rising,” Seattle, September, 2004
§ “Unemployment School,” NW Drizzle,
August 1, 2004
§ “Taking Charge of HIV/AIDS with Complementary Medicine,” Evergreen Monthly, July, 2004
§ “New Life for a Last Stop,” Seattle, July/August, 2004
§ “Connecting the Dots,” Seattle, June, 2004
§ “Ballard to Brazil and Back,” Pacific Northwest Magazine, May 2, 2004
§ “Getting Off the Tiger,” NW Drizzle, May 1, 2004
§ “Cautiously Optimistic,” Northwest Meetings and Events, Spring, 2004
§ “Top Ten Criteria for Picking a Video Production Company,” Marketing, March, 2004 (ghosted)
§ “24p Puts a New Spin on an Old Cliché,” HighDef, January, 2004 (ghosted)
§ “Recycling the Phantasmagoria,” Washington Free Press, Summer 2003
§ “A ‘Hood of My Own,” Seattle, July 2003
Maritime History and Industry Articles
§ “Lotus,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Winter 2006
§ “Replica Shipyard Helps Pirates Again,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Summer 2006
§ “Seattle’s Preservation Effort,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Summer 2006
§ “Celebrity Sea Captain: Pursing the Real ‘Matt’ Peasley,” Columbia, Summer 2006
§ “Ocean Odyssey: Four Seattle Rowers Attempt the Journey of a Lifetime,” Sea, June 2006
§ “Brigantine Irving Johnson on the Mend,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Spring 2006
§ “Restored Tug Sand Man,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Spring 2006
§ “The Fisherman Who Nearly Started a War with Japan,” Mariner’s Mirror, February 2006
§ “Wright of Passage: Wooden Boatbuilding Schools In and Around Puget Sound,” Sea, January 2006
§ “Rock the Boat: Chantey Singers Keep a Maritime Tradition Alive in Puget Sound,” Sea, January 2006
§ “Human Cargo (Foreign Seamen),” Evergreen Monthly, September 2005
§ “Bringing back a bygone era (Tall ship replicas)” Sailing, September 2005
§ “Swiftsure Lightship Dark, But Hopes Brighten” Maritime Life & Traditions, Autumn 2005
§ “Twilight Restoration Celebrates Fishing Heritage” Maritime Life & Traditions, Autumn 2005
§ “Seattle: The Maritime Heritage Also-Ran,” Seattle, May, 2005
§ “Loose on the High Seas: ‘Wine’-making on
the Schooner Wawona,” Gastronomica, Spring 2005
§ “The Conservation of Memory,” Evergreen Monthly, April 2005
§ “Historic Arthur Foss Tug Gets Major Facelift,” Maritime Life & Traditions, Winter 2005
§ “Beams & Dreams,” Sea, February 2005
§ “Out of Sight, Out of Mind?" (Historic Ferry Kalakala),” Sea, January 2005
§ “Bendixsen
Schooner May Be Centerpiece for Park,” Maritime Life & Traditions,
Fall, 2004
§ “Hook, Line and Sunk?” Evergreen Monthly, November, 2004
§ “Seattle Dedicates Wharf for Historic Ships,” Preservation Online, August 2, 2004
§ “Don’t
Let City’s History Wash Away,” The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 30, 2004
§ “Fishermen’s Meals a la 1936,” 48° North, July, 2004
§ “The First Whale-Watching Cruise?” Nostalgia, May, 2004
§ “Don’t Scuttle City’s Maritime History,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 3, 2004
§ “Schooner Wawona,” Sea History, Winter, 2004
§ “San Francisco Man Will Turn Historic Ferry Into Museum,” Preservation Online, Sept. 15, 2003
§ “Kalakala Auctioned in Seattle,” Kodiak Daily Mirror, Sept. 13, 2003
Public Speaking on Seattle History and Other Issues
§ Support for Maritime Heritage Initiative, King County Council (November 2, 2006)
§ Seattle Central Waterfront Concept Plan, Seattle City Council (June 5, 2006)
§ What’s It Take to Be Ready? (Emergency preparedness), Food Lifeline Conference (March 27, 2006)
§ What’s It Take to Be Ready? (Emergency preparedness), Bellevue Arts Museum (March 4, 2006)
§
Buster
Keaton’s The Navigator and Its Ties to Seattle (The
Paramount Theatre, Aug. 22, 2005)
§
Seattle:
Business is Usual (Young Presidents Organization, May 4, 2005)
§ Wawona: Lumber Schooner, Fishing Vessel, Northwest Legacy (April 5, 2005; May 31, 2005)
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, Aberdeen, Washington 2007 – 2009
Free-lance writer based in Seattle, Washington 2003 – 2007
§ Author of three books on streaming media published by Focal Press
§ Writer and content producer for 4Culture’s Preservation program
§ Editor of 4Culture’s Heritage Advisor newsletter
§ Wrote and edited client security document for Nuclear Regulatory Commission contract
MarketFitz, Seattle, Washington 2002 – 2007
Eyeplay, Seattle, Washington 2003 – 2004
Compel Interactive, Seattle, Washington 2001 – 2003
Bastyr University, Kenmore, Washington 2003
RealNetworks, Seattle, Washington 1996 – 2001
TravelSound, Rochester, Minnesota 1995 – 1996
§ Owner – Designed and built early travel website using audio travelogues
Jefferson Public Radio, Ashland, Oregon 1987 – 1990
§ Assistant News Director – Reported and produced award-winning daily news magazine
§ Wrote articles for publication in Oregon-based magazines and travel books
The Record-Searchlight, Redding, California 1987
Bachelor of Arts, Communications, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Bachelor of Arts - Magna Cum Laude, Criminal Justice Studies, Seattle University
Two years undergraduate work, Criminal Justice Studies
Bellevue Community College, Phi Theta Kappa
Graduate studies, International Studies/Communications
Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, Oregon
Narrative Non-Fiction, Winter 2003
University of Washington Extension
University of Washington Extension
Creative Non-Fiction, Summer 2003
Creative Non-Fiction Seminar, Fall 2003
Finding the Narrative, Winter 2004
Pacific Northwest Writers Association
Board
Vice President, Association of King County Historical Organizations
Coordinator,
Seattle Heritage Coalition
Volunteer and former board member, Northwest Seaport
Honorable
Mention, Non-Fiction, Oregon Writers Colony Writing Competition, 2003
First Place, Editorial, Society of Professional Journalists (Seattle chapter), 2005
Third Place, Social Issues, Society of Professional Journalists, 2006
Virginia
Marie Folkins Award for Outstanding Historical Publication, AKCHO, 2007