My ideas mean business.

Welcome.  I’m a recovering reporter who now grows digital companies.  My work tends to encourage critical thinking; it also focuses on sustainability, science and global endeavors.

In other incarnations, I’ve been a multimedia producer, science writer, radio chick, kamikaze cook, photographer, conference speaker/emcee/producer and avid traveler.

What I do:

Whether a reporter, entrepreneur or multimedia producer, I specialize in translating complex subjects for general audiences in creative ways.

I like to make science, economics, and other “hard” ideas fun, enlightening, and profitable.

For example, here’s a brief ENRON BACKGROUNDER, made right before the Houston trial started.

Background:

I spent two years at Fox News Radio carving out a niche as a science and space reporter.  I interviewed current and Apollo-era astronauts and flight directors, rocket scientists, doctors and epidemiologists.  Many of those interviews clock in at around an hour.

But this was commercial radio, so most of my stories required the ability to marry context and brevity: that’s how you explain Enron in 45 seconds.

If you’ve gotten this far, here’s a wee radio reel with some of my space stories.  And yes, that is my “radio voice.”  It only comes out when I’m promised chocolate.

I also covered the 2008 Presidential race, Castro, Hispanic affairs (while interviewing in Spanish) and breaking news.  I did this from Miami, Cuba and about 13 Barbecue States.

My First Company:

Speaking of barbecue, did you know that there exists on this planet such a wondrous and manly thing as organic pulled pork? It’s in Austin, natch.  I listed it in my sustainable restaurant guide, Healthy Eats Here!, along with about 300 other restaurants across the United States that serve pastured, organic, seasonal and/or local foods. I originally published the guide as an eBook and later converted it into a successful membership-funded web site before handing it off to one (very hungry) buyer.

Other Background:

I’ve also served as a non-fiction ghostwriter, a producer/director’s assistant on a feature film, a correspondent for Associated Press, a restaurant critic for CitySearch.com and a freelance writer/producer/photographer _ sometimes in the grasp of the muse, others in the grip of a hurricane.  Before starting my company, I was invited (but unable) to serve as the Arizona-based communications director for Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford’s re-election effort. Other interests include: the economy and international investments; food and water politics; the arts; epidemiology/health and sustainable living.

Accoutrements include a couple of degrees from Columbia University.  My mother insisted on polyglot for breakfast, so I’ve done interviews in four languages.

Contact me:

my first name at this website dot com