I'm a journalist and web developer based in Washington, DC. Since February 2011 I've worked as the application developer for NPR's Impact of Government project, where I'm building a platform for local reporters covering issues that matter in their states.
Before moving to NPR, I worked as the Interactive Editor for the PBS NewsHour, where I told stories with data and documents.
This blog began as a traveling companion when I moved to China in mid-2006, when I banged out dispatches of my days as an English teacher and my weekend trips outside Dalian. When I returned to California in early 2008, this blog's focus shifted to journalism and my place in it. Expect a mix of posts about media and China and their occasional overlap.
I've lived and worked in three countries, visited 17 and have a bad habit of dreaming up trips that make my mother nervous.
And, if there's any question, what I write here is just me talking. Nothing on this site should be taken to represent the views of any employer or company, past, present or future.
