Words that work — features, essays, brand stories.
I'm a freelance writer with eight years of experience across print and digital — longform features for magazines, brand stories for startups, and everything in between.
My work has appeared in The Atlantic, Wired, Bloomberg Businessweek, and a dozen other outlets you'd recognise. I also ghostwrite leadership essays and annual reports for tech founders.
I live in Portland, Oregon with two cats and too many books. When I'm not writing, I'm probably hiking or learning to make pasta from scratch.
Why a new generation of musicians is ditching digital and building tape-only studios — and what the trend says about our relationship with imperfection.
Read on The Atlantic →How a team of MIT material scientists is developing self-healing, carbon-negative concrete — and why the construction industry is finally paying attention.
Read on Wired →Meet the forensic accountants and ex-spies who trace conflict minerals from Congolese mines to your smartphone — and the companies trying to stop them.
Read on Bloomberg →A first-person narrative on the emotional and strategic decision to sell a bootstrapped SaaS company after twelve years, written for the founder's personal site.
Read case study →A reported essay on the economics, community, and stubborn hope behind the independent bookstores still standing in one of America's most literary cities.
Read on Yale Review →