About Me

I am a journalist in Seattle covering city politics, housing policy, homelessness, criminal justice reform and much more. I was, most recently, the Seattle City reporter at Cascade PBS (formerly Crosscut) a nonprofit newsroom within the local PBS station.

Though my work often centers on deeply wonky issues, I have a knack for finding the very human stories within them and reporting in a clear way that helps people grasp what’s at stake. I have written for The Guardian, The Nation, Shelterforce Magazine, Next City, CityLab, Pacific Standard Magazine, Vice, Yes! Magazine and others. You can find links to many of those stories on my articles page.

In 2010, I founded The Bicycle Story, an online journal exploring the people of bicycling through interviews with adventurers, advocates, racers, bike builders, industry insiders and more. In 2015, I launched The Bicycle Story Podcast.

I contributed two chapters to Cycling Sojourner Washington, a guidebook to self-supported bike touring in Washington State. Interested in working together? Email me.