Multimedia Producer, Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA June 2007-present
Summer intern to Oakland Tribune; photographed and took video to produce original multimedia content. Designed and implemented new ongoing multimedia series.

Associate Producer (Web), FRONTLINE/World, Berkeley, CA, June 2006-Present
Created original Flash, HTML and CSS content for award-winning website. Served as webmaster, did regular site maintenance and made graphics. Designed and built Flash-based slideshow/site "Flash Point," a new PBS feature. Re-hired after internship to work on Flash Point series.

Freelance Contributor
September 2005-present
Contributed photos, print stories, reporting and multimedia content to a variety of publications including the Associated Press, FRONTLINE/World, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair and Oakland Tribune, including stories reported from Egypt and India.

Correspondent, San Mateo Daily Journal, San Mateo, CA, September 2004-August 2005
Broke local and regional stories and published several front-page stories and photos at a mid-sized daily.

Assistant Editor, The Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, September 2003-May 2004
Reported from Iraq for three weeks at the height of the conflict. Wrote a seven-part series that was picked up by wire service.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Graduate study, Philosophy & Religion, 2001

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
BA, French, Philosophy & Religion, 2000

U.S. Foreign Langauge and Area Studies Scholarship: Arabic, 2007
U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholar: Arabic, 2006

Mimi Chakarova , Associate Professor, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (Photography)

Jon Mays, Editor-in-Chief, San Mateo Daily Journal