“It’s weird in the Pacific Northwest, but not in the ways we take for granted.”

I’m a Midwestern New Yorker who’s lived in Oregon since 2016. I love the Pacific Northwest. Yeah, it’s weird here, but not in the ways we take for granted.

With a background in journalism, I’m presently working as a documentary producer and writer. Oh, yeah, and I wrote a book once.

My portfolio is about as weird and random as my background.

I spent years writing narrative feature stories, some of which appeared in the New York Times and Thrasher magazine. My syndicated feature stories have appeared in more than 80 publications nationwide, including U.S. News & World Report, The Seattle Times and the Sacramento Bee. And way back when, I interviewed rappers and pro skateboarders for Thrasher magazine when I wasn’t working days as a bicycle messenger in New York City.

I wrapped up the coursework for an M.A. in Journalism from The University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication in spring, 2021.

I most recently worked as a researcher on “It’s Not Funny Anymore — VICE to Proud Boys,” which will stream on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Gem platform on Oct. 22, 2024. As a minor (if enthusiastic!) player in the greater VICE diaspora, I’m also one of the film’s talking heads.

Before all this, I associate-produced a feature-length documentary about climate-change mitigation with Blue Chalk Media. And I associate-produced a documentary about narwhals. (I wonder when that’s gonna come out.)

In addition to English, I speak, report and write in Spanish.

My other projects have included bicycle race-promotion. What can I say, I stay busy.