Consulting & Editing
Worked as Content Director for Oak Meditation, which offers meditation, breathing, and sleep exercises to encourage making mindfulness a daily habit.
Formerly worked as Editor-in-Chief/Editor-at-Large of Anxy Magazine, a new biannual, crowdfunded, and visually-driven magazine focused on removing the stigmas around mental heath
Formerly worked at Lean Startup Co. as Editor-in-Chief/Program Chair for the company's various events, and contributing editor & copywriter for marketing materials related to the Lean Startup Co.; was also emcee for the Lean Startup Conference 2015 and moderator for Lean Startup Night and Lean Startup Week panels on innovation in 2016.
American Press Institute (researched and wrote a best practices strategy study on the ways newsrooms can innovate to reach a Millennial audience, spoke on this topic on API's behalf at the ONA and the ASNE conferences in 2015)
I've also consulted on topics ranging from content strategy, staffing, and audience development to social media & distribution strategy for:
Cover, Travel & Tech Stories
"These Millennial Muslim Women are Clapping Back Against Stereotypes" — Cosmopolitan
"A Long, Strange Trip" (feature on Tommy Hall of the 13th Floor Elevators) — SF Weekly
"5 Unconventional NorCal Music Venues (and Festivals) Worth a Road Trip This Summer" — Afar
Innovation strategies: How One Multinational Conglomerate Radically Changed Its Company Culture and Saved Millions — Lean Startup Co
"This is How the City of Hayward, CA Uses Modern Innovation Strategies" — Lean Startup Co.
"The Secret Memories Stored Inside My Old Subaru" — Via
"Just Tweet It" (feature on producer Eric Frederic) — SF Weekly
"5 Reasons You Should Visit Santa Cruz's Sister Town" —Afar
"Punk Family Values" (feature on two generations of musicians in San Francisco's Rosenthal family) — SF Weekly
"How to Eat Your Way Along the Russian River" — Afar
Road Trip, Soap Lake, Washington — The Stranger
"Goodbye Bold Italic" — Medium post
Pop Culture Criticism & Reviews
Obsessed with "Stranger Things"? Meet the Musicians Behind the Spine-Chilling Synth Score — Salon.com
Interview with transgender advocate & Against Me! frontperson Laura Jane Grace — Rolling Stone
This Bay Area Promoter is Bringing Joyful Sounds — and Love — to Amazing Spaces — Mic.
Sound baths, float tanks, and other experiments in out-there meditation — San Francisco Chronicle
Studio visit with artists Barry McGee & Clare Rojas — C Magazine
Interview of essayist Lindy West & book review of Shrill — KQED
Profile on Thee Oh Sees — San Francisco Chronicle
Sub Pop Makes it Cool to Be a Loser — Urban Outfitters
Interview with Portlandia/Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein — Refinery29
Profile of A Giant Dog — Bandcamp
All the '80s Jerks Who Made Us Hate Steve from Stranger Things — KQED
Profile of artist, maker & former Aquarius Records owner Windy Chien — San Francisco Chronicle Style section cover story
Profile on Swedish band Dungen — San Francisco Chronicle
Outside Lands 2015 coverage — Refinery29
Kim Kardashian at the Commonwealth Club — Rolling Stone
Low and Loud: The Strange Science Behind Sunn O)))'s Bone-Rattling Power — KQED
Personal Essays
"Love's Mixtapes Lost" (on the memories of high school crushes contained in old mixtapes) — KQED
"One Ten-Day Meditation Course Can Change Everything" (on quieting a rowdy mind) — The Bold Italic
Live/TV Interviews
Interview with RJI Futures Lab about reaching Millennial audiences (video)
Interview with OKCupid's Christian Rudder at JCCSF's Arts & Ideas series, Sept. 16, 2014 (video)
Contributor, Pop-Up Magazine, April 2009
Interview about The Bold Italic for TV show "10 Percent," Aug. 13, 2013 (video)
Interview with comedian Dave Hill about the San Francisco music scene for Mark Hoppus' "A Different Spin" TV Show, Dec. 9, 2011