Stephen G. Bloom - College of Literature, Science, and the Arts ...

School of Journalism and Mass Communication 

University of Iowa 

Iowa City, Iowa 52242 

(319) 335-3368 (office) 

(319) 358-7414 (home) 

e-mail: stephen-g-bloom@uiowa.edu 

Stephen G. Bloom 

Education 

• University of California, Berkeley; BA English, 1971-73. 

• Washington University, St. Louis, 1969-71. 

Faculty Appointments 

• Howard R. Marsh Visiting Professor 

Department of Communication Studies 

University of Michigan 

August 2011 – May 2012 

• Professor, Honor’s Professor, Bessie Dutton Murray Professional Scholar 



(promoted Professor, May 2004; Honor’s Faculty, December 2008; endowed-chair holder, August 

2009) 

• Associate Professor 



August 1993 — April 2004. 

(Granted tenure, April 1997) 

• Lecturer 

Department of Mass Communications 

California State University, Hayward 

1992-93. 

• Visiting Professor 

Institute for Journalism Education 

University of California, Berkeley 

summer 1989. 

Professional Employment 

• Special Contributor, contract writer, The Good Men Project Magazine, (http://goodmenproject.com/) 

November 2010 — present. 

• Press Secretary and Chief Speech Writer for San Francisco Mayor Frank Jordan 

1992. 

• Senior Writer, San Francisco Bureau, The Sacramento Bee 

1987 - 91. 

• Feature Writer, San Jose Mercury News 

1986 - 87. 

• Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times 

1984 - 85.

• Staff Writer, The Dallas Morning News 

1981 - 84. 

• Brazil Correspondent, Field News Service 

1979 - 81. 

• National News Editor, Latin America Daily Post (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 

1979 - 81. 

• Senior Writer/Program Coordinator, Bay Area Urban Studies Group 

1975 - 77. 

Professional Writing, 1993 to present 

Nonfiction Books 

• Circulating among university presses the proposal for The Politician and the Foot Doctor: 

Pat Brown and Millionaire Abortion Queen Inez Burns 

— For more than 40 years, Inez Burns was California’s worst kept secret — and a statewide 

institution. Burns was California’s wealthiest self-made woman. She owned three San 

Francisco mansions and a 1,000-acre ocean-side ranch, where she bred racehorses. Burns 

owned and operated a clean and effective abortion clinic in San Francisco, and over the 

course of her career, she and her staff performed abortions on an estimated 50,000 women. 

It took a cagey, opportunistic politician by the name of Edmund G. Brown to capitalize on 

Burn’s flagrant operations to catapult him to two terms as California governor, as well as to 

make an unsuccessful bid for the White House. 

• Circulating among trade publishers the proposal for Three Seconds: A Story of Crime, 

Punishment and Absolution 

— The remarkable saga of two ordinary — yet quintessentially — American men who meet 

over the course of a fateful weekend forty-seven years ago. On an airless August afternoon, 

Bobby Washington, a black man, shot and killed John Cavanaugh, a blustery Irish Catholic 

ex-Marine in a college-town bar. Cavanaugh, a local hothead, had called Washington, 

“boy.” Washington was sentenced to 60 years at a notorious prison that predates the Civil 

War. When paroled less than ten years later, Washington chose not to leave the penitentiary; 

instead, he became the prison’s athletic director. Three Seconds takes readers on an 

extraordinary journey of two very different childhoods, adolescences, and achingly painful 

trajectories to manhood. Both men represent halves of America — one receding in power, 

the other ascending. The three gunshots that ended Cavanaugh’s life may not have been 

heard around the world. But they reveal an America on the brink of a fundamental, almost 

primordial, shift. Three Seconds utilizes an almost biblical allegory as a prism through 

which to view the turbulent course America was to take from 1960 — 1975. The narrative 

underscores the tumultuous historic events America underwent during the period of the 

murder, Washington’s incarceration, and his subsequent rise in prison command. The 

reverberating gunshots from Washington’s pistol signaled the dawning of an American era 

of rancorous racial divide, bloody riots, and an uneasy truce between blacks and whites. The 

chance encounter of Bobby Washington and John Cavanaugh in an anonymous bar that no 

longer exists marked the beginning of that era of rage. 

• Tears of Mermaids: The Secret Story of Pearls 

— The 382-page book, published by St. Martin’s Press November 24, 2009, uses pearls 

as a metaphor to explore the interconnections of global politics, world finance and 

haute couture. The book begins with Columbus’ third voyage to the New World, just as 

the navigator spots Indians off the coast of Venezuela wearing pearls the size of 

hazelnuts. The narrative transports readers to Hong Kong, Kobe (Japan), and New 

York, today’s capitals of pearl trading. It moves to China, Australia, French Polynesia, 

and the Philippines, today’s centers of pearl cultivation, and finally back to modern-day 

Venezuela, where Columbus first saw New World pearls. The reader follows pearl 

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divers, technicians, sorters, graders, polishers, dealers, wholesalers, traders, stringers, 

designers, merchants, all the while tracing the lives of pearls till they reach the end 

consumer. I witness the sale of the most expensive pearl strand in the history of the 

world at Christie’s, as well as hire myself out as a deckhand on a pearling vessel off the 

northern coast of Australia. Tears of Mermaids places into context the extraordinary 

impact pearls have had on world history. The Wall Street Journal said, “In Tears of 

Mermaids, Stephen G. Bloom tells the history of the pearl trade down to the present day, 

focusing in particular on the harvesting and marketing of pearls in today's global 

markets. As Mr. Bloom makes clear, pearls are still big business, with dealers routinely 

exchanging hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time for just the right ones. And 

certain pearls command astonishing prices.” The Minneapolis Star-Tribune called 

Tears of Mermaids, “a tell-all book about pearls and the network that delivers them to 

the world's well-dressed women. The more we learn, the more contagious his [Bloom’s] 

passion becomes….a fascinating book.” Paperback edition (published by St. Martin’s 

Griffin), May 10, 2011. 

• The Oxford Project 

— Large-format, 288-page book of more than 235 photographs (Feldstein) and 100 

personal narratives (Bloom) of Oxford, Iowa, residents. Published by Welcome Books, 

distributed by Random House, September 16, 2008 Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns 

said, “What a marvelous way to get at ‘who we are’ as a people. This powerful, 

confessional book draws its strength from the truth that so-called ordinary people, not 

those who boldfaced names, are actually the heroes of our American drama.” Winner of 

the 2009 American Library Association’s Alex Award, and the 2009 Independent 

Publishers Association’s IPPY Award. Paperback edition: September 28, 2010. 

• Inside the Writer's Mind: Writing Narrative Journalism 

— The 279-page book, published August 2002 by John Wiley, is an anthology of 30 of my 

articles, stories and essays, spanning 30 years. The Writer magazine called Inside the 

Writer’s Mind “memorable nonfiction storytelling, taught by example….wonderfully 

readable.” 

• Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America 

— The 338-page book, published by Harcourt October 2000, focuses on changes in a 

rural Iowa town after 200 Lubavitcher Jews settle, buy the local slaughterhouse, and 

become the town’s power brokers. Received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly and 

Kirkus Reviews, chosen as a Selection of the Book of the Month Club and Quality Paperback 

Books Club, and ranked Number-One nonfiction book of the fall season by MS-NBC. 

Named a Best Book of 2000 by The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, St. Louis Post- 

Dispatch, Denver Rocky Mountain News. The New York Times called Postville “a riveting 

tale of cultural clashing...a gripping portrayal of a confounding collision.” Cited in Writing 

to Change the World (Riverhead, 2007) by Mary Pipher. Paperback edition (published by 

Mariner Books): September 10, 2001. 

Book Chapters 

• Race and Ethnicity, edited by Uma Kukathas, Greenhaven Press, November 2007. 

— Chapter entitled, “Immigration and Intolerance in America’s Heartland,” pages 65 – 76. 

Art Exhibits 


—Narrative triptych exhibitions 

• Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 

Part of 16,000 sq. ft. exhibition on memory, June — December 2011. 

• Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum and Library, West Branch, Iowa 

January 21 — March 20, 2011. 

• Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, Missouri 

October 2, 2009 — January 1, 2010. 

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• Padova Aprile Fotografia 

Galleria Sottopasso della Stua, Padova, Italy 

April 4 — June 20, 2009. 

• Carroll College, Waukasha, Wisconsin 

October 7 — November 9, 2008. 

• Des Moines Art Center 

February 9— April 29, 2007. 

• Voiceovers of narratives, accompanied by images scanned onto a 6-foot 

plasma screen, funded by Iowa Humanities. 

— Dubuque Museum of Art, spring 2010. 

— Eastern Iowa Airport, winter 2007 – spring, 2009. 

— State Capitol Rotunda, Des Moines, Iowa, summer 2007. 

— State Correctional Facility, Fort Madison, Iowa, winter 2007. 

— Johnson County Administration Building, November 2006. 

• The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 

— Twenty triptych prints, mounted as 29 x 70 inch prints in medical-center art 

gallery, permanent collection, purchased December 12, 2006. 

• I-Phone App 


— Development and trials of I-Phone application, in cooperation with Mobile-Pond 

Technologies, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem. 

Theatre 

• The Oxford Project, theatrical adaptation, American Place Theatre, 423 West 46 th Street, 

New York, New York. May 31, 2009. 

• Shoedog, full-length play about working in a shoe store in 1962, premiered as part of the 

Quad City Arts Festival, written by Stephen G. Bloom and Brian Cronk, November 14, 15 

16, 2003. Reprised at Dubuque's Five Flags Theatre, November 6 and Perry Iowa's 

McCreary Theater, November 20, 2004. Selected to be performed at St. Ambrose 

University’s Studio Theatre, 2011-12. 

Creative Nonfiction 

• Good Men Project Magazine 

— 10,000-word story about two American ex-patriots in Brazil in the late 1970’s 

“Cassandra’s Trump,” forthcoming. 

• Porchtlight 

— 8,000-word story about a female rabbi primed for reconciliation with her estranged 

parents, “The Rabbi Who Could Smell the Presence of the Lord,” summer 2010. 

http://porchlightzine.com/2010/08/02/porchlight-issue-5/. 

• Third Coast 

— 5,000-word story about cross-cultural differences, “Anna Elena’s Tongue,” fall 2006. 

• Mars Hill Review 

— • 7,000-word story about freewill vs. family/religious obligation, “The Last Time I Saw 

Martha, spring 2005. 

• Wapsipinicon Almanac 

— 6,000-word story about an itinerant gecko salesman, “The Reptile King of Atlanta,” 

2004 - 05. 

• Points of Entry 

— 7,000-word story about an orchestra-conductor groupie, “Ode to Maestro Järvi,” 2004-05. 

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• Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Letters and Life 

— 5,000-word story about thorny faculty relationships, “The Swedish Wife,” 2004. 

http://corpse.org/issue_12/clash/bloom.html. 

• Oyster Boy Review 

— 7,500-word story about shoedogs (shoe salesmen) circa 1965, “The Little Man,” 

September 1997. 

http://www.oysterboyreview.com/archived/07/bloom.html. 

Mass-Circulation Publishing Venues 

• The Good Men Project Magazine 

— Take-out on The Oxford Project, “The Enduring Face of a Small Town, “April 8, 2011. 

http://goodmenproject.com/arts/oxford-project/ 


3,000-word story about a fish-tie salesman, “The Reptile King of Atlanta,” March 10, 2011. 

http://goodmenproject.com/families/the-reptile-king-of-atlanta/ 


— 3,500-word story about a cross-cultural relationship, “An American in Brazil,” January 

19, 2011. 

http://goodmenproject.com/sex-relationships/american-brazil/. 


— 2,000-word story about junior high school shop class, “The Shop Class Chainsaw 

Incident,” January 6, 2011. 

http://goodmenproject.com/boys/shop-class-chainsaw-incident/. 


— 2,000-word essay about male pharmaceuticals, “Test-Driving the Little Blue Pills,” 

December 30, 2010. 

http://goodmenproject.com/2010/12/30/test-driving-the-little-blue-pills/. 


— 3,000-word story about coming of age in Miami Beach, “Girl Crazy,” December 13, 

2010. 

http://goodmenproject.com/2010/12/13/girl-crazy/. 


— 3,000-word essay about male pharmaceuticals, “Boner in a Bottle,” December 1, 2010. 

http://goodmenproject.com/2010/12/01/boner-in-a-bottle/. 


— 2,500-word essay on the cultural implications of flatulence, “Blowing in the Wind,” 

November 24, 2010. 

http://goodmenproject.com/2010/11/24/blowing-in-the-wind/. 

• The Iowa Independent 

— Lead news article, “Sex Scandal Nothing New for Fort Madison Police,” August 30, 

2010. 

http://iowaindependent.com/42168/sex-scandal-nothing-new-for-fort-madison-police. 

• The Jewish Daily Forward 

— Op-Ed piece, “Postville: Slaughterhouse Slum,” July 9, 2010. 

http://www.forward.com/articles/129098/. 

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• The Chronicle of Higher Education 

— Full-page excerpt from The Oxford Project, in The Chronicle Review, January 23, 2009, 

page B-23. 

• Esquire Russia edition 

— Six-page photo and text spread of The Oxford Project, November 2008. 

• Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine 

— Four-page spread of The Oxford Project, September 21, 2008. 


— 7,500-word essay, “Blue-Eyes, Brown-Eyes: The Experiment That Shocked a Nation and 

Turned A Town Against Its Most Famous Daughter,” Issue 136-07. 

• Des Moines Register 

— Lead essay in Sunday Perspective section, “25 Things All Young Iowans Need To Know: 

An Iowa professor imparts wit and wisdom to guide the next generation,” November 19, 

2006. Reprinted in Letters to a Young Iowan, edited by Zachary Michael Jack, published by 

Ice Cube Press, 2007. 

• London Guardian Weekend Magazine, London, England 

— 38 triptych images and interview texts of Oxford, Iowa, residents; 11-page spread, pages 

40-52, September 16, 2006. 

• Wilson Quarterly 

— 4,000-word essay on migration to the U.S. Midwest, entitled “The New Pioneers,” 

summer 2006, pages 60 – 68; reprinted in Current Magazine, March/April 2007. 

• Smithsonian Magazine 

— “Time and Again,” 1,500-word essay, about Oxford, Iowa, residents, whose photographs 

were taken in 1984 and 2005 by Peter Feldstein, to illustrate residents in an aging rural Iowa 

town, June 2006. 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/10022066.html. 

• Chicago Tribune Sunday Q section 

— 2,000-word lede story on pharmaceuticals designed for and pitched to men, “Sex on 

demand: Thanks to the little blue pill, guys now count on great performances,” plus 1,200word 

sidebar, “Love drugs road-tested: The Big 3 rate thumbs up, but there’s an asterisk for 

one delayed reaction,” November 6, 2005. 

• Smithsonian Magazine 

— “Lesson of a Lifetime,” 6,000-word story about Riceville, Iowa, teacher Jane Elliott, who 

from 1968 - 1984 divided her third-grade classes into groups of blue-eyed and brown-eyed 

children to demonstrate the effects of racism, September 2005. 

• Inside Higher Education Magazine 

— 1,500-word essay, entitled, “Hello Sy Hershman, Goodbye Bob Woodward,” April 23, 

2005. 


— 1,600-word essay, entitled, “Frank Conroy: The Writer’s Writer,” April 12, 2005. 

• Chicago Tribune Sunday Perspective Section 

— “He Was Tough but Generous,” 1,400-word essay about writer/teacher Frank Conroy, 

April 10, 2005. 

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— 1,200-word essay, entitled, “Ode to Sheila,” March 16, 2005. 

• Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine 

— “The Autocrat: Forget the clout of presidents and CEOs. Real power rests with those 

who control the gate to the parking lot,” 1,000-word essay about parking and university life, 

March 13, 2005. 

• DoubleThink Magazine 

— 1,200 word humor story in national magazine, entitled, “Is Everyone Batty Out There, or 

What?” summer 2004. 

• DoubleTake Magazine 

— "Home, Sweet Home," 7,500-word essay about still-flourishing U.S. Confederate colony 

in Americana, Brazil, spring 2002. 

• The Chronicle of Higher Education 

— 1,500-word essay the Observer column, entitled, "Hello, I Must Be Going: a Midlist 

Author's Fling With Fame," Page 5-B, September 14, 2001. 

• National Public Radio, All Things Considered, Morning Edition 

— Eleven-minute commentary on the confounding culture clash that persists in Postville, 

and how the bitter split between ethnic groups in this rural Iowa town mirrors coming strife 

in metropolitan American cities, March 29, 2001. 

http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2001/mar/010328.cfoa.html. 

• Los Angeles Times 

— 900-word essay on Op.-Ed. Page entitled “American Gothic Meets Lieberman,” page B- 

13, August 24, 2000. 

• The Cake Magazine 

— 1,000-word essay, “Mikey’s Close Call,” June 1, 2000. 

• Salon Magazine 

— 3,500-word essay [in Health and Body’s “Urge” section] entitled, “Sex-free bliss? 

Depressed people often have to choose between drug-induced happiness and sexual 

fulfillment.” Groundbreaking story on the high incidence of impotency and anti-depressant 

drug therapy, May 17, 2000. 

http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/05/17/sex_drugs/index.html. 

Syndicated and published in Web MD, and Readers Digest Health.com 

• GenerationJ Magazine 

— 7,500-word short story, entitled, “The Little Man,” May 1, 2000. 

http://www.generationj.com/little_man.htm.l 


— 3,100-word essay in [Health and Body’s “Urge” section] entitled, “The Facts of Life: One 

wonderful, confusing, sweaty summer in Miami, I got my first lessons about sex from my 

pal, my dad and a Jersey girl,” April 11, 2000. 

http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/2000/04/11/facts_of_life/index.html. 


— 1,550-word essay [in “Mothers Who Think” section] entitled, “Pack of wolves: When my 

son joined the Cub Scouts, I didn't expect him to learn about peckers, pedophiles and Jesus 

Christ,” March 20, 2000. 

http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/03/20/cub_scouts/index.html. 

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— 2,100-word medical essay entitled, “Dr. Fart Speaks: Everything you want to know about 

flatulence, and some things you don't,” February 24, 2000. 

http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/24/farts/index.html. 


— 3,500-word medical essay entitled, “Busy signal: Back pain is no guarantee your doctor 

will see you, even at the best clinic,” October 7, 1999. 

http://www.salon.com/health/feature/1999/10/07/hospital_saga/index.html/. 

• The Philadelphia Inquirer 

—1,000-word Op-Ed essay entitled, “A Des Moines Miracle or an Infomercial? The national 

romance with the septuplets shows a dark side to the miraculous,” page A-19, December 8, 

1997. 

• The San Francisco Chronicle 

— 800-word Op-Ed essay entitled, “The Not-So-Blessed Event in Iowa,” page A-23, 



— 2,700-word essay entitled, “Oprah, Demi and Arnold Escape to Florida’s Fisher Island. 

You Can, Too — For a Price,” October 28, 1997. 

http://www.salon.com/wlust/feature/1997/10/28fisher.html. 

• Tweak Magazine 

— 1,000-word essay entitled, “We all Sat Around Like Schlemiels,” January 1997. 

http://www.tweak.com/firstperson/schlemiels/. 

— 2,000-word essay entitled, “The French Eat Their Children,” September 1996. 

http://www.tweak.com/muck/eurodisney/. 

• International Herald Tribune 

— Co-authored (with James L. Wunsch) New York Times syndicated essay, entitled “Time 

for Plain Talk About Prof Talk,” Op. Ed. Page; page 9, August 26, 1996. 

• The New York Times Magazine 

— Co-authored essay (with James L. Wunsch) entitled, “Prof Talk,” in the “On Language” 

column; pages 20 -21, August 25, 1996. 


— 8,000-word essay entitled, “Remaking the American Dream,” pages 36 - 46, Issue 6, 

1996. 

• AlterNet: A Project of the Institute for Alternative Journalism (news service to 230 

alternative newspapers nationwide) 

— Essay entitled, “Newspaper Lingo: Get Me Rewrite, Sweetheart!” moved June 6, 1996. 

— Essay entitled, “Baguettes and Big Macs: Tips for Traveling with Kids in Paris,” moved 

May 16, 1996. 

• The Washington Post Sunday Travel Section 

— Essay entitled, “Travel with Children: Pint-Sized Paris,” page E2, April 28, 1996. 

• AlterNet: A Project of the Institute for Alternative Journalism 

— Essay entitled, “We All Sat Around Like Schlemiels,” moved April 21, 1996. 

• MoJo Wire/Mother Jones Magazine 

— Reporter covering Iowa Caucuses, for interactive, on-line news wire, available over the 

Internet; the process of my news gathering and writing from rural Iowa was photographed 

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for a CD-ROM and book entitled “24 Hours in Cyberspace,” which chronicled on-line 

digital applications of cyberspace around the world on February 8, 1996. 

• Des Moines Register 

—Op. Ed. essay entitled, “On Feb. 13, Iowa Becomes Invisible Again,” page 7, January 29, 

1996. 

• The Chicago Tribune Magazine 

— Essay entitled, “Strangers in a Strange Land: A Jewish Sect Comes to Iowa To Start a 

Factory and Ends up with a Home,” cover piece, pages 10 - 15, January 28, 1996. 

• AlterNet: A Project of the Institute for Alternative Journalism 

— Essay entitled, “Euro Disney: Adventures in Mousechwitz,” moved January 5, 1996. 

• San Jose Mercury News Sunday Travel Section 

— Essay entitled, “EuroDisney: Children don’t want Mona Lisa if they can vacation chez 

Mickey,” page 1G, November 26, 1995. 

• Midwest Living Magazine 

—Essay entitled, “The Story Behind This Famous Painting,” page 26, 

October 1995. 


— Essay entitled, “The New Food Chain: A Guide to the Modern Art of Sucking Up,” page 

28, August 20, 1995. 

• The Dallas Morning News 

— Op. Ed. essay entitled, “Presidential Hopefuls Should Reveal Health,” page 5J, August 

13, 1995. 


— Essay entitled, “Gothic Revival: Grant Wood’s Painting May Not Be Great Art, But it 

Certainly Is Popular,” pages 30-33, August 13, 1995. 

• International Herald Tribune 

— Book review of “The Pill: A Biography of the Drug that Changed the World,” by Bernard 

Asbell, published by Random House; Opinion Page, page 9, August 9, 1995. 

• The Washington Post Book World 

— Book review, “‘The Pill’: Hard to Swallow,” page D3, July 26, 1995. 

• Iowa City Magazine 

— Essay entitled, “I Shall Return, Scout’s Honor,” pages 17-18, July 1995. 

• The Washington Post Sunday Travel Section 

— Essay entitled, “Tack It Easy: Renting a Crewed Yacht for a No-Brainer Approach to 

Sailing the Caribbean,” page E1-7,8,9, January 22, 1995. (Winner of Bronze Award in the 

1995 Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition, sponsored by the Society of American 

Travel Writers). 

• Money Magazine 

— Masthead-listed correspondent 

• “Best Places To Live in America,” July 1996. 

• “Priority Mail or First Class: Is There Any Difference?” May 1996. 

• “Why Private Schools Are Rarely Worth the Money,” October 1995. 

• “Vitamins: Are They a Rip-off?” September 1995. 

• “Top Students Negotiate To Get Scholarships To Nation’s Best Universities and 

Colleges,” September 1995. 

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• “How To Save 10 Percent, and Live 20 Percent Better,” June 1995. 

• “Who Watches the Watchdogs: Navigating Through the Better Business Bureau,” 

March 1995. 

• “The Four-Income Family,” February 1995. 

• “Immigrants Are Making It,” January 1995. 

• “Financial Lessons from the Class of ‘83,” September 1994. 

•“Generation X Strikes Back,” June 1994. 

• “Exclusive: Merchants Don’t Check Credit Cards Even When People Sign ‘Daffy 

Duck,’” April 1994. 

• “Sex and Finances,” November 1993. 

• “From Urban Stress to Rural Struggles,” November 1993. 

• “The Best Places To Live in America,” September 1993. 

Journalism/Mass Communication, Specialized Publications 

• Pearl World: The International Pearling Journal 

— 5,000-word excerpt from Tears of Mermaids: The Secret Story of Pearls, Vo. 19, No. 3, 

July/August/September 2010, pages 3 – 12. 

• Nieman Watchdog, published by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard 

University 

— Q & A exploring the largest government immigration raid in U.S. history, “Behind the 

Postville slaughterhouse raid,” May 18, 2008. 

• Pearl World: The International Pearling Journal 

— 1,000-word essay on pearl research, entitled, “A Journalist’s Obsession,” Vol. 16, No. 3 

July/August/September 2007, page 15. 

• Nieman Watchdog 

— Reprint of summer 2006 “The New Pioneers,” published in Wilson Quarterly, October 

13, 2006. 

• Nieman Reports, published by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard 

University 

— 1,400-word essay entitled, “Telling a Story That No Other Newspaper Else Will Tell,” on 

a University of Iowa student-reported series about Iowa casino-gambling, summer 2006, 

pages 72 – 74. 

• Annals of Clinical Psychiatry 

— “Show Me the Book Contract,” 3,500-word peer-reviewed essay on the importance of 

storytelling skills for psychiatrists, 17[4]: 233-236, October – December 2005. 

• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 

— Book review of The Big Chill: Investigative Reporting in the Current Media 

Environment, by Marilyn Greenwald and Joseph Bernt, published by Iowa State University 

Press; winter 2001. 

• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 

— Book review of Feeding the Beast: The White House Versus the Press, by Kenneth T. 

Walsh, published by Random House; pages 647 - 650, Vol. 74, No. 3, fall 1997. 

• AJR (American Journalism Review) 

— Essay about trends in magazine journalism, entitled “Circle of Friends,” page 16, 

July/August 1996. 

• The Pharos 

— Scholarly, peer-reviewed quarterly published by Alpha Omega Alpha, the national 

medical honor society; 5,000-word essay entitled, “The Legend of the Potholes: Changes 

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within the Newsroom Help Set Agenda for Increased Coverage of Medical and Health-Care 

News.” Cover essay presents systemic reasons within the journalism profession that 

contribute to the dramatic increase of media stories about health care and medicine; Volume 

59, Number 3, pages 2 - 7, summer 1996. 

• The Californians: The Magazine of California History 

— Scholarly, peer-reviewed journal; 6,000-word essay entitled, “San Francisco’s Worst 

Kept Secret: The Untold Story of Millionaire Abortion Queen Inez Brown Burns.” Essay 

presents first published account of the political environment that allowed for the rise and fall 

of one of California’s most powerful and controversial women from 1930 - 1950; Volume 

13, Number 2, pages 40 - 48, March/April 1996. 

• Sciphers 

— AEJMC-sponsored publication; book review of Screening the Body: Tracing Medicine’s 

Visual Culture, February/March 1996. 

• Journal of Health Communication 

— Scholarly, peer-reviewed quarterly; 6,000-word essay entitled, “Health Legacies from 

Franklin Roosevelt to Robert Dole, or How Medical and Health-Care Issues Took Over the 

Nation’s News.” Essay presents historical continuum of health-care press coverage, and 

offers arguments for federal legislation that would compel medical disclosures of elected 

U.S. officials; published by Taylor & Francis; Volume 1, Number 1, pages 83-97, January 

1996. 

• The American Editor 

— Essay entitled, “The Wood’s Gone to the Rats — All for a Bulldog: Newspaper terms we 

still use have quirky origins and lots of history behind them,” page 10, January-March 1996. 

• ASNE Bulletin 

— Essay entitled, “Contests, Contests, Contests: There Is No Joy in Most Newsrooms on 

Pulitzer Day — Repeated Strike-outs Encourage Brooding,” pages 30, 32, 33, March 1995. 

• Quill Magazine 

— Essay entitled, “A New Look at the Objective I: What would Bogey think of this first- 

person stuff?” page 47, March 1995. 

• Kenesis Magazine, A Journal of Fiction, Essays & Reviews 

— “I Shall Return, Scout’s Honor,” April 1993. 

Citations and Research 

• The Oxford Project, text and photography triptychs of residents of a rural Iowa town; featured in The New 

York Times, April 9, 2006; ABC World News Tonight, July 22, 2006; Michael Feldman’s Whad’Ya Know 

Public Radio show, June 3, 2006; Weekend America, American Public Radio, June 10, 2006; Des Moines 

Register, July 23, 2006; the Associated Press, July 30, 2006; Shanghai Morning Post, August 20, 2006; 

Artworks Magazine, fall 2006; CNN.com, October 2, 2008; The Washington Post October 5, 2008; Boston 

Globe, October 5, 2008; CBS Sunday Morning, November 16, 2008; The Atlantic Monthly, November 

2008; The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2008; The New Yorker Book Bench December 4, 2008, 

Nieman Reports, winter 2008; Midwest Living, February 2009; Boston Herald, February 20, 2009, Houston 

Chronicle, February 22, 2009; Photo Review, spring 2010. 

• Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America is a required or recommended text for many 

university courses, including Contemporary Issues in American Studies (Purdue University), Rural 

Minorities and Poverty in the U.S. (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Anthropology and Popular Culture 

(University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), Conflict Resolution and Peace Research, and Ethnicity and Place 

(USC), Topics in Rural Sociology; Theories of Community (University of Missouri), Community Resource 

Development (Oberlin College), The Triumph of Democracy (Georgetown University), Core curriculum 

(American Jewish University), Intercultural Communication (Marian College), Religion in America: 

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Contemporary Versions and Visions (Case Western Reserve University), Literature of Immigrants in 

America (University of Nebraska); Rural Institutions and Organizations (Iowa State University), Social 

Work in the Rural Setting; Macro Social Work Practice (Arizona State University), Introduction to Rural 

America (South Dakota State University), Times of Conflict and Change (Brookhaven College), Religion 

in America (Lakeland College), Multicultural Counseling (Shippensburg University), Varieties of 

Literature: Gender and Diversity (Wilmington College), Sects and Cults in American Religion (Texas 

Christian University), Issues of Diversity in Education (Winona State University), The Jewish Tradition 

(Grinnell College), Freshman core book (Saint Joseph's College), Freshman core book (Coe College), 

Introduction to the Study of Culture and Society; Social Problems (University of Iowa), Food Science: 

Kosher & Halal Food Regulation (Cornell University), College of Education (University of Nebraska, 

Kearny), Writing the Nonfiction Book Proposal (Columbia University). 

• Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) July/August 2006, detailed how 12 University of Iowa School of 

Journalism master’s students wrote a 17,000-word series of 21 stories on casino-gambling in Riverside, 

Iowa. The inaugural class that generated the project was Master’s Media Project (19:229), spring 2006, 

under my direction. The 1,200-word CJR essay, written by Dan Miner, appeared in the State of the Art 

section, http://www.cjr.org/issues/2006/4/miner.asp. 

• Co-Founder (with Professor Emeritus Hanno Hardt) of The Iowa Journalists Oral History Project, 

the first systematic project to chronicle the lives and contributions of Iowa’s senior journalists. The 

project records the professional histories of Iowa reporters, editors, publishers and photographers. 

The project is accessible on the Internet at http://collections.uiowa.edu/oralhistory/. Articles on the 

project have appeared in The American Editor (September 1999), The Des Moines Register (12/7/97), 

Editor & Publisher (12/27/97) Presstime (July/August 1998); as well as a 15-minute segment on Iowa 

Public Television’s feature-magazine show, “Living in Iowa” (5/22/98). 

• Exploration, examination, analysis of medical and health-care reporting in the national press. 

Articles about my work have appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine (7/9/98), JAMA: 

Journal of the American Medical Association (5/6/98), Editor & Publisher (8/2/97), The Boston 

Globe (2/27/96), Atlanta Journal-Constitution (7/22/96), USA Today Magazine (8/96), Reuter’s 

(9/17/96). Radio and television references and/or appearances: MS-NBC (9/16/96); Monitor Radio 

(9/28/96); Voice of America (10/15/96); Medi-Politics, a nationally syndicated TALK-AM radio 

show (8/23/98). 

Grants, Awards, Honors 

• The City of Iowa City Literary Walk 

— Selection for inclusion in the city’s Literary Walk, with a commemorative plaque embedded in 

a downtown street; 60 past and present writers with Iowa connections are part of the Literary Walk, 

including Flannery O’Conner, Kurt Vonnegut, W.P. Kinsella, Jane Smiley, John Irving. Iowa City is 

one of four UNESCO Cities of Literature, along with Glasgow, Scotland, Belfast, Ireland, and 

Melbourne, Australia, spring, 2011. 

• Outstanding Faculty Member, University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication 

— Named outstanding faculty member in annual competition by the School’s chapter of the Society 

of Professional Journalists. Awarded April 2011. 

• Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer Award 

— University of Nevada – Reno, one nationally known writer/journalist chosen each year, October 

11, 2010. Past winners have included Isabel Wilkerson and James D. Houston. 

• State Historical Society of Iowa 2010-2011 Research Grant 

— Recipient of $1,000 grant to underwrite research on manuscript about three interlocking 

Mississippi Riverfront communities in southeastern Iowa — Keokuk, Fort Madison, and Burlington, 

May 20, 2010. 

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• Independent Publishers’ Outstanding Book of the Year 

— The Oxford Project, winner (with Peter Feldstein) of the Gold Medal for Most Original Concept, 

May 7, 2009. 

http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=1297. 

• School of Journalism, The University of Iowa 

— Awarded $2,000 travel grant to attend and give remarks at The Oxford Project Italian exhibition, 

as part of Padova Aprile Fotografia, June 11 – 19, 2009. 

• University of Iowa International Travel Grant 

— Awarded $600 to attend and give remarks at The Oxford Project Italian exhibition, as part of 

Padova Aprile Fotografia, June 11 – 19, 2009. 

• American Library Association’s Alex Award 

— The Oxford Project, winner (with Peter Feldstein) of the Alex Award, January 27, 2009. 

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/booklistsawards/alexawards/alex09.cfm. 

• Iowa Author-of-the-Year Award 

— Selected by the Des Moines Public Library Foundation; award banquet, October 16, 2008; 

previous winners include Jane Smiley, Frank Conroy, James McPherson, Marilynne Robinson. 

• The MacDowell Colony 

— Writing Fellow at artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, June 29 – July 28, 2008. 

• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) 

— Writing Fellow at artists’ colony in Amherst, Virginia, February 1 – March 15, 2008. 

• University of Iowa Global Scholar 

— Named Global Scholar at the University of Iowa, to research forthcoming book, Tears of 

Mermaids, which examines pearls as a metaphor for globalization, exploitation and high fashion; 

granted two semester-long sabbaticals in consecutive years, spring 2007 and 2008. 

• Iowa Humanities 

— Awarded with Peter Feldstein $6,000 to digitize The Oxford Project, to display images and text 

throughout the State of Iowa, July 1, 2006. 

• Fulbright Senior Specialists Program 

— Accepted as a candidate for federally funded exchange program with non-U.S. colleges and 

universities, spring 2005. 

• Iowa Arts Council 

— Awarded $1,500 from the Iowa Arts Council to bring the original dramatic play, Shoedog, to two 

Iowa venues, September 15, 2004. 

• Year of the Arts and Humanities (YAH Grant) 

— Awarded $5,000 grant from the Office of the President, University of Iowa, to mount productions of 

the play Shoedog in two Iowa venues, July 8, 2004. 

• Arts and Humanities Initiative Program (AHI Grant) 

— Awarded $7,500 grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research, the University of Iowa, to 

engage in research on former Riceville, Iowa, schoolteacher Jane Elliott, the pioneer of the famous “blueeyes, 

brown-eyes experiment” to teach students about racism, May 2004. 

• Sabbatical Leave 

— Awarded Career Development Leave for spring semester 2003. 

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• Arts and Humanities Initiative Program (AHI Grant) 

— Awarded $7,500 grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research, the University of Iowa 

for field research in Brazil, May 2001. 

• Ntitle Grant Recipient 

— Awarded $3,500 in-kind equipment grant for computer enhancement, May 2001. 

• Committee on International Travel 

— Awarded $1,000 travel grant from the Office of the Provost, The University of Iowa, to begin field 

research in Brazil on Confederates who emigrated to Brazil following the Civil War, April 2001. 

• State Historical Society of Iowa 

— Awarded two grants for $5,805 (April 1, 2000) and $11,449 (September 1, 1998) as part of the 

Resource Enhancement and Protection/Historical Resource Development Program (REAP/HRDP) to 

support research and data collection for the Iowa Journalists Oral History Project. 

• Freedom Forum Professors Publishing Program 

— Awarded $2,500 grant to support work on a nonfiction book, entitled Postville, one of 14 

journalism professors selected in national competition, January 1998. 

• Central Investment Fund for Research Enhancement [CIFRE], University of Iowa 

— Awarded $4,955 grant to support work on a non-fiction book, entitled “Postville,” one of 17 

professors selected out of 88 entrants, December 1997. 

• Iowa Newspaper Foundation 

— Awarded $2,000 grant from the Iowa Newspaper Foundation (INF) to underwrite the Iowa 

Journalists Oral History Project, May 12, 1998. 

— Awarded $2,000 seed grant from the INF for the Iowa Journalists Oral History Project, October 3, 

1997. 

• Bronze Award, Society of American Travel Writers 

— Named 1996 Bronze Award winner, article on marine travel, “Tack it Easy: Renting a Crewed 

Yacht for a No-Brainer Approach to Sailing the Caribbean,” The Washington Post, January 22, 

1995. 

• John F. Murray Grant, University of Iowa 

— Awarded $1,000 research grant from the John F. Murray Fund by the School of Journalism and 

Mass Communication to underwrite research expenses of forthcoming book, Postville.” May 2, 1996. 

• Development Leave Assignment, University of Iowa 

— Granted sabbatical leave to research and write series of essays on community-building in five 

American Heartland towns. fall 1996. 

• Winner of national competition of college and university journalism course syllabi 

— One of six winners for best course syllabi (News-Editorial Problems), sponsored by the 

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). August 1995. 

• Visiting Scholar, National Endowment for the Humanities, Columbia University 

— Named Visiting Scholar at NEH Summer Institute, held at the Center for the Study of Society & 

Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University. The month-long endowed 

institute, “Contributions of the History of Medicine to Social History,” brings together 25 scholars, 

selected through a national competition. June 1995. 

• Outstanding Faculty Member, University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication 

— Named outstanding faculty member in annual competition by the School’s chapter of the Society 

of Professional Journalists. Awarded April 1995. 

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• Freedom Forum Professors Publishing Program 

— Awarded $1,300 grant to support work on a magazine article concerning Iowa artist Grant Wood; 

one of 14 journalism professors selected in national competition. January 1995. 

• University of Iowa Old Gold Summer Fellowship 

— Awarded $5,000 grant to pursue professional development. June-August 1995. 

• Poynter Institute for Advanced Media Studies 

— Annual Workshop for Journalism Educators, St. Petersburg, Florida. One of 53 educators selected 

out of 300 applicants. June 1994. 

• University of Iowa Instructional Improvement Award 

— Awarded $4,000 Council-on-Teaching grant to develop interactive CD-ROM journalism program, 

entitled “QUAKE!” December 1993. 

• Winner, Katie Award for best Dallas feature story 

— Article on life and death of prematurely born infant, which appeared in the Dallas Morning News. 

June 1984. 

• Winner, national Clarion Award for best newspaper feature 

— Article on husband-and-wife suicide pact. April 1983. 

Academic/Professional Presentations, Lectures and Activities 

• Invited speaker and lecturer 

— The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia, speech on Tears of Mermaids, May 19, 2011. 

— CommUniversity, Davenport, Iowa, speech on the inquiring mind, February 6, 2011. 

— Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, speech on The Oxford Project, January 21, 2011. 

— The Norse Club of Iowa, discussion of Tears of Mermaids, November 15, 2010. 

— University of Nevada – Reno, Robert Laxalt Distinguished Writer Award Winner; one nationally 

known writer/journalist chosen each year to speak at two-day conference, October 11-12, 2010. 

— Iowa City Book Festival, discussion of Tears of Mermaids, sponsored by the University of Iowa 

Libraries, July 18, 2010. 

— Professional development seminar in storytelling techniques presented to the editorial staff at the 

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, April 1, 2010. 

— St. Ambrose University, Baecke Keynote Lecture, Davenport, Iowa, March 11, 2010. 

— Hendrix College, presentation (with Feldstein) on The Oxford Project, Conroy, Arkansas, March 2, 

2010. 

— Quad City Times, master class in narrative writing and reporting for reporters and editors, 

Davenport, Iowa, January 28, 2010 

— Pearl Society of America, Chicago, November 28, 2009. 

— College Endowment Association Lecture Series, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 18, 2009. 

— University of Kentucky, address and workshop, Institute of Rural Journalism and Community 

Issues, Lexington, October 2, 2009. 

— Rural Sociological Society, address to annual convention, Madison, Wisconsin, July 31, 2009. 

— Iowa City Book Festival, keynote address (with Feldstein), sponsored by the University of Iowa 

Libraries, July 18, 2009. 

— American Library Association, address to annual convention, Chicago, upon receiving 2009 Alex 

Award (with Feldstein), July 12, 2009. 

— Circolo Italo-Britannico Venezia, address on The Oxford Project, Venice, Italy, June 15, 2009. 

— Mount Mercy College, presentation (with Feldstein) on The Oxford Project, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 

April 23, 2009. 

— The Rothko Chapel, presentation on the impact of 2008 federal immigration raids on Postville, 

Iowa, Houston, Texas, January 8, 2009. 

— Knox College, Joe Morgan Annual Lecture, Galesburg, Illinois, November 3, 2008. 

— University of North Dakota, 125 th Anniversary celebration, Great Conversations keynote speaker, 

October 20, 2008. 

— Iowa Author Award, recipient, speaker at award banquet, Des Moines, October 16, 2008. 

— Milwaukee Book Festival, reading and theatrical presentation (with Feldstein), October 7, 2008. 

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— Englert Theatre, reading and theatrical presentation (with Feldstein) on The Oxford Project, Iowa 

City, Iowa, September 28, 2008. 

— Des Moines Area Community College, speaker at conference on energizing diverse communities, 

April 11, 2008. 

— Indian Hills Community College Conference on Diversity, Ottumwa, Iowa, keynote speaker, April 

4, 2008. 

— Pearl Society of America, Chicago, September 29, 2007. 

— University of Iowa, College of Nursing, address to MSN students, studying to become nurse 

practitioners in rural communities, September 19, 2007. 

— Des Moines Register, presentation to writers and editors, September 14, 2007. 

— Des Moines Art Center, presentation to open exhibition of The Oxford Project, February 15, 2007. 

— Pearl Society of America presentation, Chicago, November 5, 2006. 

— University of Iowa Museum of Art, presentation on The Oxford Project, October 22, 2006. 

— Wilmington College, Wilmington, Ohio, keynote address given as part of the Quaker Westheimer 

Peace Symposium, October 18, 2006. 

— University of Iowa, Playwright’s Workshop, Department of Theater Arts; two three-hour seminars 

on interviewing and story-telling techniques, September 22 and 29, 2006. 

— University of Iowa, College of Nursing, address to MSN students, studying to become nurse 

practitioners in rural communities, September 21, 2006. 

— University of Iowa, School of Journalism, Ph.D. Seminar, address on “The Joys of Collaboration,” 

September 6, 2006. 

— Professional development seminar in storytelling techniques presented to the editorial staff at the 

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, August 15, 2006. 

— Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know? radio show, aired on more than 300 Public Radio affiliates, 

with an audience of 1.4 million listeners, June 3, 2006. 

— Elderhostel, address as part of weeklong seminar, “Exploring Unusual Cities: A Touch of History, 

A Taste of Utopia,” May 12, 2006. 

— University of Iowa, address given to Department of Anthropology class, Introduction to the Study 

of Culture and Society, March 1, 2006. 

— Grinnell College, addresses given to the public, Department of Religion, and college newspaper, the 

Black and Scarlet, December 8, 2005. 

— University of Missouri, Columbia, Department of Rural Sociology address, December 2, 2005. 

— Saint Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, Indiana, keynote convocation address, October 20, 2005. 

— South Dakota Festival of Books, Deadwood, South Dakota, September 23-25, 2005. 

— University of Iowa, College of Nursing, address to students, studying to become nurse practitioners 

in rural Iowa communities, September 21, 2005. 

— Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, college-wide address, September 8, 2005. 

— Iowa Judicial Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, “How Journalists Cover the Courts,” June 24, 2005. 

— The University of Iowa’s Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry (POROI), “Blue-Eyes, Brown Eyes: The 

Experiment that Shocked the Nation,” April 22, 2005. 

— Clinton (Iowa) Community College, April 15, 2005. 

— Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, “Writing the Nonfiction Book,” February 

28, 2005. 

— Publishing a Scholarly Book, day-long symposium sponsored by The University of Iowa Libraries 

and The University of Iowa Press, February 17, 2005. 

— Dedication of the Carnegie Library Museum, Perry, Iowa, the national museum devoted to 

immigrants who settled midwestern American towns, September 23, 2004. 

— Anshe Emeth Memorial Synagogue, invited speaker, New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 26, 2004. 

— Festival of Faith and Writing, invited speaker, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 22- 

24, 2004. Speakers have included Joyce Carol Oates, Annie Dillard, John Updike, Elie Wiesel, Ernest 

J. Gaines and Chaim.Potok. 

— Iowa Lakes Community College, convocation speaker, Esterville Iowa, February 5, 2004. 

— The Quad Cities Reads Postville: Bettendorf, Davenport, Rock Island, and Moline residents read 

Postville and discuss the book at community-wide forums, invited speaker, October 9 – 11, 2003. 

— University of Miami, invited speaker, Lifelong Learning, Institute of Retired Professionals, College 

of Education, July 7, 2003. 

— Kansas City Jewish Book Fair, keynote address, November 14, 2002. 

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— Iowa Communications Network, interactive address on diversity, telecast to Iowa high schools, 

October 31, 2002. 

— Annual Big Ten Magazine Editors Conference, Iowa City, address on the "craft of narrative 

writing," September 30, 2002. 

— New Melleray Tappist Monastery, one of eight U.S Cistercian monasteries, invited speaker, 

Dubuque, Iowa, July 25, 2002. 

— Mercy Health Center, statewide convention of mental-health practitioners, invited speaker, Mason 

City, Iowa, June 6, 2002. 

— Buena Vista University, university-wide address, Storm Lake, Iowa, April 25, 26, 2002. 

— Des Moines Public Library, annual AViD series, in which three Iowa authors are selected to give 

public lectures, Des Moines, Iowa, April 18, 2002. 

— North Dakota State University, university-wide address, Fargo, April 11, 2002. 

— Charles City (Iowa) Public Library, April 5, 2002. 

— Luther College, college-wide Convocation address, Decorah, Iowa, April 4, 2002. 

— Waldorf College, college-wide convocation, Forest City, Iowa, April 1, 2002. 

— Hilliard Scholar, University of Nevada, Reno, March 25-27, 2002. 

— Iowa Municipal Management Institute, keynote address, Iowa City, Iowa, March 21, 2002. 

— Bureau of Jewish Education, keynote address, Phoenix, Arizona, February 24, 2002. 

— Temple Bat Yahm, keynote address, Newport Beach, California, February 17, 2002. 

— Hevesi Library of Jewish Culture, keynote address, Forest Hills, New York, November 19, 2001. 

— Mount Mercy College, college-wide address, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, November 15, 2001. 

— St. Olaf College, college-wide address, Northfield, Minnesota, November 7, 8, 2001. 

— Hillel Foundation, keynote address, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 25, 2001. 

— Jewish Community Center of Milwaukee, keynote address, October 24, 2001. 

— Kirkwood Community College, college-wide address, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 17, 2001. 

— Cedar Rapids Public Library, keynote address, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 1, 2001. 

— Iowa Hospital Association Annual Meeting, keynote address, Des Moines, April 26, 2001. 

— Vinton (Iowa) Public Library, invited speaker, April 16, 2001. 

— Dubuque Carnegie-Stout Public Library, invited speaker, April 9, 2001. 

— Iowa State University, university-wide address, February 19, 2001. 

— University of California, Santa Barbara, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, October 24, 2000. 

• New York University 

— Outside evaluator and reviewer of dossier for promotion and tenure, March 2006. 

• University of Southern California 

— Outside evaluator and reviewer of dossier for promotion and tenure, January 2007. 

• Bill Wundram/Iowa AP Annual Column-Writing Contest, 2010, 2009, 2007. One of four judges to 

determine best newspaper columnist in the state of Iowa. 

• Guest on Iowa affiliate of National Public Radio’s Big Brain Show, WSUI, December 17, 2004, 

January 15, 2005, August 18, 2005, November 2, 2005, March 23, 2006, October 5, 2006. 

• Guest on Iowa affiliate of National Public Radio’s Iowa Talks Show, WSUI, June 8, 2006. 

• Guest on Iowa affiliate of National Public Radio’s Know the Score Show, WSUI, October 29, 2004, 

June 9, 2006. 

• Participant in Celebrating Iowa Authors, sponsored by the Friends Foundation of the Iowa City 

Public Library; “auctioned-off” author at the Grant Wood House, Court Street, Iowa City, May 1, 

2005. 

• Speaker, Mason City Woman’s Club, March 8, 2005. 

• Judge, Annual Iowa Women's Press Contest, winter 2005. 

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• Speaker, Iowa High School Press Association annual conference, The University of Iowa, October 

6, 2004. 

• Judge for the Iowa Women's Press Annual Awards Competition, February 20, 2004. 

• Allyn & Bacon Publishing. 

— External reviewer for forthcoming journalism textbook on storytelling, Writing and Reporting the 

News as a Story, October 2005. 

• University of Texas, Austin 

— Outside evaluator and reviewer of dossier for promotion and tenure, July 2003. 

• Tenth Annual New Media Consortium’s Summer Convention 

— Invited presenter, “The Iowa Journalists Oral History Project: Showcasing Digital Asset 

Management in University Teaching and Research,” Blacksburg, Virginia, June 14, 2003. 

• Instructor, Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival 

— Invited faculty member of weeklong courses, “Writing The Nonfiction Book: From Idea to Outline 

To Proposal To Success,” and “Narrative Journalism: The Art of Telling a True Story,” June 2002, 

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006. 

• Buffalo Carp, the literary magazine 

— Invited Nonfiction Judge/Senior Editor, June 2002, 2003. 

• Midwest Travel Writers Association's 2001 Mark Twain Awards 

— Invited Judge, January 2002. 

• Master Session at KCRG TV News Station, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 

— “How To Cover the News Better,” December 10, 2001. 

• Quill and Scroll National Newspaper Association 

— Judge for Health Writing category, March 2000. 


— Invited presenter and moderator of panel at annual Iowa Heritage Expo, at State Historical 

Building in Des Moines, June 12, 1999. 

• “A Breach in Tradition: Iowa Newspapers during the Last Two Decades.” Guest panelists: 

George Mills, Jim Flansburg, Phyllis Fleming. 

• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Mass Communication 

— Outside evaluator and reviewer of dossier for promotion and tenure, October 1998. 

• Newspaper Contest Award Coordinator, Harris Newspaper Group, 1998 

— Coordinated annual newswriting, photography, layout competition of 15-newspaper group, based 

in Hutchinson, Kansas. 

• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 

— Invited presenter and moderator at panel at annual convention, in Baltimore, Maryland, August 

1998. 

• “Don't Let Their Stories Die: How To Begin a Journalists Oral History Project.” Guest 

panelist: Time Magazine Columnist Hugh Sidey. 


— Invited presenter of paper at annual Iowa Heritage Expo, at State Historical Building in Des 

Moines, June 12-13, 1998. 

• “Postville: The Story of Postville’s Renaissance.” 

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• American University School of Communication 

— Outside evaluator and reviewer of dossier for promotion, January 1998. 

• St. Martin’s Press 

— External reviewer for journalism textbook, News Reporting & Writing, (sixth edition) by Brian 

Brooks, George Kennedy, Daryl R. Moen, Don Ranly, October 1997. 

• University of Illinois Press 

— External reviewer for manuscript, Head, Heel, and Heart: Music in Lubavitcher Life,” by Ellen 

Koskoff, September 1997. 


— Invited presenter or moderator at three panels at annual convention, in Anaheim, Ca., August 

1996. 

• “How To Structure a Team-Taught Class from Two Opposite Disciplines: Medicine and 

Journalism: The Story of Medical Reporting, 19:230.” 

• “When Does Professional Experience Equal a Ph.D.?” 

• “The Orange Country Register: The Newspaper of the Future?” 

• International Communication Association (ICA) 

— Invited presenter of paper at annual ICA conference; program entitled “Communicating Health of 

Presidential Candidates: Personal, Public and/or Pertinent?” in Chicago, May 1996. 

• “The Press and the President: Necessary Questions.” 

• Journalism Monographs 

— Invited paper judge to referee manuscript, January 1996. 

• University of San Francisco Department of Communication 

— Outside evaluator and reviewer of dossier for tenure, December 1995. 

• Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 

— Featured speaker and presenter at National SPJ Convention; to discuss media coverage of healthcare 

and medical reporting, St. Paul, Minnesota, October 12-14, 1995. 

• “Footprints Everywhere: Health Legacies from Franklin Roosevelt to Robert Dole, or How 

Medical and Health-Care Issues Took Over the Nation’s News,” underwritten by the Robert 

Wood Johnson Foundation, St. Louis, August 19-20, 1995. 

— Featured speaker and presenter at 1995 Midwest Regional Convention. 

• “Reporting of Medical and Health-Care News,” underwritten by the Robert Wood 

Johnson Foundation, Iowa City, March 11, 1995. 

• Midwest Journalism Historians Conference 

— Invited presenter at refereed Midwest Journalism Historians Conference, St. Louis, April 1, 1995. 

• “Strange Bedfellows: The Legacy of Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon Johnson, Scotty Reston 

and Rock Hudson, or How Medical and Health-Care Issues Slipped onto the Nation's Front 

Pages.” 


— Invited presenter for five panels at annual convention, in Washington, D.C., August 1995. 

• “Reporting of Medical and Health-Care Issues.” 

• “The Ambush Interview: Would You Say You Just Lost Your Dream House? But Would 

You SAY It?” 

• “News Professionals in the Academy.” 

• “The Real World Meets the Journalism Classroom.” 

• “Using CD-ROM Technology in Educating Reporters.” 

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• AEJMC Newspaper Division Paper Competition 

— Invited paper judge to referee 1995, 1994 Newspaper Division competitions for annual 

conventions in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Ga. 

• Pine Forge Press 

— External reviewer for journalism textbook, Mass Media and Critical Thinking: An Approach to 

Reasoning in a Second-Hand World, October 1995. 

• St. Martin’s Press 

— External reviewer for journalism textbook, Magazine Feature Writing, by Rick Wilber, October 

1994. 

• University of Iowa conference 

— Organizer and moderator of national conference, “The Media’s Role in Communicating Health 

Risks,” sponsored by the Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination, the University 

Hygienic Laboratory, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, October 5, 1994. 

Teaching/Curricular Innovation 

• Conceived and introduced University of Iowa Journalism courses 

— Truth and Accuracy in the British Press, to be taught in London, four-week summer session, as part of 

the University of Iowa International Studies Division, summer 2011. 

— Advanced Reporting & Writing: Writing about Unsung Heroes: Narrative Journalism as a Tool for 

Social Change (19:171), spring 2011. 

— Advanced Reporting & Writing: Rural Journalism (19:171), spring 2009. 

— Created and taught required course for all master’s students, Master’s Media Project (19:229), spring 

2006. The course was the subject of a 1,200-word article in Columbia Journalism Review (CJR) 

July/August, 2006, pg. 13, in the State of the Art section, written by Dan Miner, detailing how 12 

University master’s students investigated and wrote a 17,000-word series of 21 stories on casinogambling 

in Riverside, Iowa. 

— Revamped and retooled introductory lecture and laboratory courses required of all University of Iowa 

journalism majors, Journalistic Reporting and Writing (19:098), fall 2005, and again in fall 2010. 

— Crafting the Nonfiction Book (19:230), spring 2002, 2004. 

— Writing Narrative Journalism (19:120/230), fall 2002. 

— Writing for the Internet (19:120/230), fall 1998. 

— Iowa Journalists Oral History Project (19:169/219), team-taught with Professor Hanno Hardt, spring 

1998, fall 2004. 

— Medical and Health-Care Reporting and Writing (19:120/230), team-taught with College of Medicine 

Professor Helmut Schrott, spring 1995,’97, ’98, 2000. 

Teaching and Administrative Experience 

• Head, University of Iowa School of Journalism Master’s Professional Program (MAP); 1998 - 2002. 

— Revamped and coordinated the School’s Master’s Professional Program; oversaw a traditional 

program transformed into a program of four main areas of specialization: medicine and health-care; 

business and marketing; law and legal affairs; design and photography. 

• Selected to lead First-Year Seminar at the University of Iowa, “All the News that Fits?” spring 

1999. 

• Senior Honor’s project supervisor 

— Betty Lin (B.A. 1994), Shayla Thiel (B.A. 1996), Mary Mcuddehe (B.A. 2002). 

• Master’s Professional project committee chair 

— Daniel Bliss (M.A. 1994), Andreas Maurer (M.A. 1995), Tyrrell Albaugh (M.A. 1997), David 

Charles (M.A. 1998), Andrew Heyman (M.A. 1998), John Lohman (M.A. 1998), Amy Coutee (M.A. 

1999), Thi Nguye (M.A. 1999), Dana Lipkin (M.A. 2000), Valica Boudry (M.A. 2001), Emily 

Tjelmeland (M.A. 2002), Sara Konrad (M.A. 2004), Adam Kempenaar (2005), Po Li Loo (2005), 

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Jason Bradley (M.A. 2010), Brett Johnson (M.A. 2011), Harrison Berry (M.A. 2011), Stephanie 

Anderson, , Jason Pulliam, Kyle Gassiott. (current). 

• Master’s Professional project committee member 

— Steve Clem (M.A. 1994), Mark Olsen (M.A. 1994), Mary Bergstrom (M.A. 1995), Brian Griffin 

(M.A. 1995), Debra A. Durham (M.A. 1996), Linzee McCray (M.A. 1997), Riva Sharples (M.A. 

1997), Melvin Shaw (M.A. 1997), Veronica Khokhlova (M.A. 1998), Joshua Porter (M.A. 1998), Ben 

Bamsey (M.A. 1999), Jennifer Hicks (M.A. 2000), Julie Eisele (M..A. 2000), Charles Ofner (M.A. 

2001), Kirk S. Murray (M.A. 2001), Akira Hashimoto (M.A. 2001), Amanda Gorsche (M.A. 2002), 

Jeffrey Liebermann (M.A. 2002), Rene'e Beasley Jones (M.A. 2002), Brent Hardin (M.A. 2004), 

Marybeth Slonneger (M.A. 2005), Chitra Sunramanyam (2006). 

• Doctoral dissertation committee member 

— James Lewes (Ph.D. 2000) 

University, College and School Service 

• Member, Departmental Consulting Group, promotion of Associate Professor Gigi Durham, 2011-12. 

• Member of Faculty MAP Admissions Committee, 2010 - 11. 

• Faculty liaison School’s Professional Advisory Board to explore changing the name of the School 

— from School of Journalism and Mass Communication to a title more accurate and descriptive of 

our current and future mission and initiatives, 2010. 

• Steering committee member, Reaccredidation of the University of Iowa School of Journalism by the 

Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2010 – 2011. 

• Member, Search Committee for job position of Educational Advisor, for the School of Journalism 

and Mass Communication, and the Interdepartmental Studies Program, The University o Iowa, spring, 

2011. 

• Iowa State Fair, Presentation of The Oxford Project, August 19, 2010. 

• Johnson County (Iowa) Fair, Presentation of The Oxford Project, July 29, 2010. 

• Designated Honor’s Faculty Member, The University of Iowa, 2009 – 2014. 

• Chair, Faculty Committee to oversee Hall of Fame, at the School of Journalism and Mass 

Communication, 2006 - present. 

• Member, Departmental Consulting Group for the promotion of Associate Professor Julie Andsager 

to Professor, fall 2007. 

• Speaker, Student Ed Group, university students interested in careers in magazine journalism, April 

18, 2006. 

• Member, Student Internship Advisory Committee, School of Journalism, 2006. 

• Member, Faculty Merit Salary Review Committee, School of Journalism, 2005-2008. 

• Member, Departmental Consulting Group for the promotion of Associate Professor Donald 

McLeese to tenure, fall 2006. 

• Chair, Faculty Committee to oversee fourth-year review of Assistant Professor Stacey Cone, spring 

2006. 

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• Member, Departmental Consulting Group for the promotion of Associate Professor Dan Berkowitz 

to the rank of Professor, fall 2005. 

• Member, , Departmental Consulting Group for the promotion of Assistant Professor Leo Eko to the 

rank of Associate Professor, fall 2005. 

• Member, Departmental Consulting Group for the promotion of Associate Professor John Kimmich 

to the rank of Professor, fall 2004. 

• Chair, University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Scholarship Committee, 2005 – 2007. 

• Chair, School’s Professionals-in-Residence Committee, 2003-2006. 

• Member, MAP Task Force Committee, 2004-2005. 

• Chair, Search Committee for John Murray Visiting Professor in Professional Journalism. 2003. 

• Chair, Search Committee for Professional Journalist, tenure-track position, School of Journalism 

and Mass Communication, 2002. 

• Member, Search Committee for Director of the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass 

Communication, 2001. 

• Member, Journalism School Resource Committee, 2002-03. 

• Coordinator, University of Iowa School of Journalism beginning reporting-and-writing sections 

(19:115); 1998-99 

— Coordinated the School’s approach to teaching basic reporting and writing to undergraduate 

majors. Met on a weekly basis with instructors to develop common syllabus and diagnostic tools to 

standardize and upgrade performance of students and instructors. 

• Member, School of Journalism and Mass Communication Faculty Search Committee, 1998-99. 

• Evaluator, University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts, Faculty Semester Assignments, 1998-99 

— One of three social-sciences professors charged with evaluating faculty proposals for semester 

leaves, or sabbaticals. 

• Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s Professional Partnership Exchange Program, April/May 1997, 1998 

— Two-day exchange program in which an Iowa newspaper publisher or editor spends a day at the 

University, followed by a similar experience at the publisher or editor’s newspaper: Dennis Ryerson, 

editor of the Des Moines Register (1998), and Tom Johnson, publisher of the Waukon Standard 

(1997). 

• Mauck/Stoufer Professional Improvement Workshop, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 

2005, 2011. 

— Annual two-day conference, held in Des Moines, Ames or Iowa City to develop writing and 

reporting skills of professional journalists, sponsored by the Iowa Newspaper Association. 

• University-wide Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Graduate Fellowship Committee, 

1996-97; 1997-98. 

• University-wide Publication Advisory Board to oversee development of new University of Iowa 

magazine, Illumine, 1997 – 2000. 

• University-wide Student Publications Inc Board to oversee business and editorial development of 

The Daily Iowan, 1999 – 2002. 

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• Head of School's Search Committee for Professional Faculty Slot, 2002-03. 

Newspaper Experience 

• The Sacramento Bee, senior writer in San Francisco Bureau 

1987-91 

— Specialized in political, investigative, breaking-news reporting. Principal reporter to cover 1987 

PSA plane crash; 1989 San Francisco (Loma Prieta) Earthquake; 1990 Oakland fire, worst residential 

fire in U.S. history; one of three pool reporters to cover 1990 visit of Soviet President Mikhail 

Gorbachev. Broke several national stories: California physician who supported Neo-Nazi causes, 

revealed to be German concentration camp survivor; crane operator involved in Financial District 

accident that killed six was being treated for alcoholism and mental instability. Wrote columns and 

features, including first-person account of being a spear-carrier in San Francisco Opera. 

Notable articles 

• “Oakland Writes Third Record Year in Blood,” January 2, 1992. 

• “Cities Test Their Business Skills: Strapped for Cash, Governments Investing in Private Sector,” 


• “Agnos Links Loss to Homeless Aid; No Apologies from S.F. Mayor,” December 30, 1991. 

• “575 Piranhas Seized as Smuggling Ring Is Broken up in San Francisco,” December 18, 1991. 

• “Ideology Absent in Jordan’s San Francisco Win,” December 12, 1991. 

• “Jordan Defeats Agnos in San Francisco,” December 10, 1991. 

• “Today’s Balloting To Choose S.F. Mayor Considered Tossup,” December 10, 1991. 

• “San Francisco Mayor Race Fogged in Rancor, Innuendo,” December 8, 1991. 

• “101 Homeless Lost Lives in San Francisco in 1991,” December 4, 1991. 

• “A Special Thanksgiving: Ex-Hostage Gets Hero’s Welcome in San Francisco,” November 26, 1991. 

• “Grieving UC President Says It’s Time To Resign,” November 11, 1991. 

• “San Francisco Mayor To Pit Liberal, Moderate,” November 7, 1991. 

• “San Francisco Asked To Back Pot As Medicine,” November 1, 1991. 

• “Winds Hinder Seeding To Prevent Oakland Mud Slides,” October 29, 1991. 

• “Fire’s Terrifying Toll: 14 Dead; Damage Exceeds 1 Billion,” October 22, 1991. 

• “Allegations of Shady Finances at Center of San Francisco Mayor’s Race,” October 20, 1991. 

• “Two Years after Deadly Quake, Bay Area Still Bears Scars,” October 15, 1991. 

• “Bennett: Schools Need an Overhaul: Former Education Boss Warns of ‘Meltdown,’” October 10, 

1991. 

• “Flicker of Fame: Time Marches Slowly When You’re an Extra in San Francisco Opera’s ‘War and 

Peace,’” October 2, 1991. 

• “Disney World’s 20th Is No Mickey Mouse Fete,” September 29, 1991. 

• “Regents Are Last Target of University of California Professor,” September 9, 1991. 

• “Explosives, Hit List Found in Berkeley,” August 10, 1991. 

• “Police, Marchers Clash in Berkeley People’s Park Battle Goes on for 4th Day,” August 4, 1991. 

• “San Francisco Muni Drivers Learn Not To Spit, Growl, and Insult Back,” July 22, 1991. 

• “How Trap Was Set in $3 Billion Bay Area Heroin Bust,” June 22, 1991. 

• “Bizarre Slaying Stumps San Francisco Police; There Are Suspects, But No Solid Leads,” May 25, 

1991. 

• “How a Gung-Ho Marine Came To Say No to War,” May 19, 1991. 

• “As San Francisco Freeway Falls, Offices Suddenly Gaining Super Views,” March 30, 1991. 

• “Students Learn by Going Penniless in Streets of San Francisco,” March 15, 1991. 

• “The Joy of Dr. Ruth: America’s in Love with Her — and She Knows Exactly Why,” March 3, 1991. 

• “War Bring Memories of 1961 Death; Santa Rosa Couple’s Son Was Northern California’s 1st 

Vietnam Casualty,” January 28, 1991. 

• “Racism or Academic Freedom? Anthropology Lectures by Professor at UC Berkeley Stir Passions,” 


• “Blower Ban: A Battle to the Last Leaf,” December 8, 1990. 

• “Salcido Must Die,’ Jury Says; His Lack of Remorse a Key, Jurors Agree,” November 17, 1990. 

• “The Day the Earth Failed: Life Tilted Forever by 15 Seconds,” October 8, 1990. 

• “For $45,000, the Ultimate Gamble -- Life After Death; Oakland Cryonics Firm Seeks Investors,” 

August 20, 1990. 

• “San Francisco Slowly Losing Its Union Label,” August 5, 1990. 

• “San Jose Cop Takes on His Chief over Gun Control,” July 5, 1990. 

• “Party’s Over in Silicon Valley for Free Spirits,” June 25, 1990. 

• “Gorbachev Gets Big Welcome in San Francisco; Duke, Agnos Greet Soviet Leader, wife,” June 4, 

1990. 

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• “Khrushchev Visit a Flop, One Miscue After Another in ‘59,” May 28, 1990. 

• “Patrolling the Bloody Corridor of Oakland,” May 14, 1990. 

• “Quakes Still Shaking San Francisco’s Image; Tremors of Apprehension Keep Tourism Off 35 

Percent,” April 29, 1990. 

• “In Pricey Marin County, Even Government Housing Projects Are Upscale,” April 10, 1990. 

• “Old Blood, New College Rules: Ending of Mandatory Retirement for Professors Raises Worries,” 

March 26, 1990. 

• “Drought Is Biting Hard at Central Coast Lifestyle,” March 25, 1990. 

• “The Italian Battalion: In Summer, the Italians Leave Italy. Who Takes Their Places? You Guessed it 

— the Americans,” March 18, 1990. 

• “San Juan Bautistia: Mission Town Has Wild West Growth Fight,” March 6, 1990. 

• “3 Boys Go All-American After 17 Years in Hiding With Mom,” February 14, 1990. 

• “Graying Golden Gate Bridge Gets New Coat During Hunt for Safer Orange,” December 28, 1989. 

• “Rosicrucians Lose Prize Meteorite; Inside Job at Museum Suspected,” December 8, 1989. 

• “Huge Crane Falls, Kills Five in San Francisco,” November 29, 1989. 

• “Glomar Spy Ship Sits Empty — Its Glory Days Long Gone,” November 20, 1989. 

• “Ecologists Odd Cry: ‘Ax Those Trees!’ Eucalyptus Called Threat to Other Species on Bay Island,” 

October 15, 1989. 

• “Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver Reborn as Curbside Crusader,” October 1, 1989. 

• “All-American Street Wants Its Cut: Petaluma’s Own Back Lot Wants Hollywood To Pay for Right,” 


• “San Francisco Gunman Kills Brink’s Guard, 2nd Guard, Bystander Wounded in Bungled Robbery at 

Bank,” September 8, 1989. 

• “School Trustee Reveals He’s Gay; Recall Sought,” July 22, 1989 

• “A Diverse San Francisco Can’t Talk Same Language,” July 19, 1989. 

• “Posh Community Fights about Cops and Crime: A Place Where Grocery Clerks Wear Ties,” June 

27, 1989. 

• “Can San Francisco Parking Get Worse? Just Wait,” June 18, 1989. 

• “2 Chinese Envoys Discuss Asylum with US Officials,” June 13, 1989. 

• “California Historical Society Finds Strife, Not Just History,” May 9, 1989. 

• “The Big Chill: Why the Heir to the Baskin-Robbins Ice-Cream Empire Gave It All up?,” May 7, 

1989 (6,000-word magazine article). 

• “At Heart of Revolution: Doctors Race To Unclog Arteries,” May 7, 1989. 

• “He Fled Nazis — Now This; Aryan Woodstock Becomes Nightmare for Doctor,” March 4, 1989. 

• “Hero in Attack on Ford Dies Alone; Gay Ex-Marine’s Life Fell Apart after ‘75,” February 4, 1989. 

• “‘Confining’ Architecture in Vogue; Prison, Jail Design Now Lucrative Field,” January 8, 1989. 

• “If Bolinas Had an Official Sign, It Would Say ‘Keep Out,’” December 19, 1988. 

• “The Shots that Left San Francisco’s Heart in Despair 10 Years Ago Today; Dan White Killed Mayor 

Moscone, Supervisor Milk,” November 27, 1988. 

• “‘I Wanted To Believe; I Felt Ecstasy at People’s Temple,’ Survivor Recalls: 10 Years after 913 

Died, Jonestown Still Mystery,” November 13, 1988. 

• “Dissenting Oakland Priest Accepts Vatican Gag Order,” October 21, 1988. 

• “Hoover Institute Chief Faces Ouster; Conservative Director Reigned for 28 Years,” July 21, 1988. 

• “Battling Bellis Turn up Heat for Panting Press Corps,” July 12, 1988. 

• “Streets of San Francisco Teem with Teen Runaways: Prostitution, Drugs Tools of Survival,” June 

13, 1988. 

• “20 Years after, Sirhan Longs for Parole,” June 5, 1988. 

• “Unveiled Documents Shed New Light on RKF’s Killer,” April 23, 1988. 

• “Emeryville Splices Together a New Image,” April 12, 1988. 

• “Stalking the Night Stalker, Or Fear and Loathing in East L.A.,” March 20, 1988. 

• “Under the Heel of Fashion,” March 13, 1988 (4,000-word magazine essay). 

• “Even Mother Teresa Can’t Afford San Francisco’s Prices,” January 15, 1989. 

• “In San Francisco, They Run for Office the Old-Time Way — in Person,” December 6, 1987. 

• San Jose Mercury News, feature writer 

1986-87 

— Wrote stories for daily lifestyle section; covered politics, consumer news, health-care issues. 

Authored award-winning series on mentally insane; revelation of statewide cheating scandal; in-depth 

series on high-school student murder; court-awarded joint custody cases. 


• “A Girl Like Sofia: She’s Learned How To Deal with Curious Strangers; Now the Challenge Will Be 

Coping with Other Kids,” September 20, 1987. 

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• “Born on the Fourth of July; Commitment and Guilt Drove Peace Activist to Concord 

Train Tracks,” September 3, 1987. 

• “Private Practice: The Ticklish Visit to a Urologist Is More Complicated When ‘He’ Is a Woman,” 


• “Three Little Words: You’re Being Audited: IRS Hiring of More Auditors Shouldn’t Panic You, But 

…” August 14, 1987. 

• “Always Right at Home: When the Fans Are Hot, the Umpire Must Stay Cool,” July 24, 1987. 

• “Gung-Ho Recruiters Spit-and-Polish Pitches, Lure Would-Be Soldiers,” July 4, 1987. 

• “Cushy Coin-Op Spin Is In: With-it Wash ‘n’ Drys Rinse Clothes Clean While Patrons Snack, See 

Films or Get a Tan,” June 27, 1987. 

• “When that Dog Looks Dangerous: A Confrontation Needn’t Be Disastrous If You Follow Some 

Expert Advice,” June 16, 1987. 

• “Easy-To-Get Guns Are Target of Controversy,” June 11, 1987. 

• “Eviction Brings Mountain Man Down: 7-Year Squatter Loses His Beloved Refuge in Peninsula 

Wilderness,” May 26, 1987. 

• “Movie Revives Bad Memories: Some Milpitans Wish Murder Story Wasn’t on the Big Screen,” 

May 19, 1987. 

• “Prison Warden’s Suicide Raises Question: Why?” May 18, 1987. 

• “Facing the Leper: Ancient Fears Make Life Even More Difficult for Victims,” May 3, 1987. 

• “Who Keeps the Kids? In This Time of Divorce, Both Mom and Dad Do,” April 9, 1987. 

• “A Determination To Fight for her Identity: Transsexual Braves Barriers of Suspicion While Seeking 

Her Place in the World,” March 22, 1987. 

• “Mnemonics: If Educators Have Their Way, Tricks To Help Remember Facts Someday Will Be 

Forgotten,” March 6, 1987. 

• “Could Good Ol’ Bruce Zinky Really Have a Cheating Heart? Alleged Mastermind of SAT Fraud Gets 

His Day in Court,” February 8, 1987. 

• “Bouncers: The Idea Isn’t To Intimidate Customers, But To Make Sure They Have Good Time,” February 

1, 1987. 

• “Now It’s a Seller’s Market for Baby Sitters: Professional Agencies Say a Good, Full-Time Sitter Can 

Earn As Much As $30,000 a Year,” December 14, 1986. 

• “Sneaking Scripture into the Spotlight: Rock ‘N’ Comes to Pray Where Others Come To Play,” December 

13, 1986. 

• “Aboard the Concorde: For $895 Each, They Went Nowhere, Quickly,” January 9, 1987. 

• “On Bay Bridge’s 50th Birthday, Builders Recalls Days on the High Steel,” November 12, 1986. 

• “Pregnancy and Problem Drugs: Expectant Mothers Who Take Medication for Their Own Ailments 

Face a Difficult Choice,” October 29, 1986. 

• “Wheels of Fortune: For New Arrivals to the Land of a Thousand Freeways, a Simple Behind-the- 

Wheel Test Can Drive Nervous Wrecks Straight into a Nightmare,” October 23, 1986. 

• “‘Yo,’ Who Invented this Expression, Anyhow?,” October 9, 1986. 

• “School’s Out Forever: Home Education Is Parents’ Answer To Instill Values,” October 5, 1986. 

• “The Ladies’ Man Goes to the Sea: The Romantic — and Above-Board — Life of a Cruise Line Host,” 


• “Cutting the Strings: Crooning Fears to Your Therapist Can Be So Addictive That It’s Hard To Bow Out,” 


• “Hertz Took its Renters for a Ride, Must Repay,” September 6, 1986. 

• “Island in the Valley: Amid High-Tech Hubbub Flourishes an Enclave of Azoreans Keeping Old Ways 

Alive,” August 24, 1986. 

• “Too Good To Be True: Urban Legends Twist Fact into Grisly and Gross Fiction To Make Listeners 

Squirm,” August 11, 1986. 

• “Children: To Have or Have Not,” August 1, 1986. 

• “A Boat’s Eye View of Liberty Revelry,” July 5, 1986. 

• “Aboard the Sagres II: Portuguese Tall Ship Sails into New York Harbor,” July 4, 1986. 

• “Gesundheit! Loud or Soft, in Single or Pairs, Sneezes Give You Satisfaction like (Almost) Nothing 

Else,” June 25, 1986. 

• “The Bald Truth: Toupees Restore Men’s Heady Youth,” May 29, 1986. 

• “The Last Detail: Preparing Dead for Burial May Be a Dying Art as Cremation Practices Rise,” April 

22, 1986. 

• “Lips Launch a Thousand Riffs: When Joel Brandon Whistles, the World Listens,” March 5, 1986. 

• “Pinch Your Nose and Come with Us on an Adventure To Find the Allure of the Sewer,” March 2, 1986. 

• “Place of No Sorrow: ‘I Was Tending Bar at the Restaurant One Night....I Looked up and There Was 

Henry Miller, Man Ray and Anais Nin,’” January 30, 1986. 

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• Los Angeles Times, staff writer 

1984-85 

— Covered criminal and civil courts in Los Angeles County. Broke story of longest sentence ever 

imposed in U.S. on drunk driver, convicted of 37 drunk-driving misdemeanors; exclusive interview 

with prominent Hollywood studio employee charged, and acquitted, in murder of wife in front of 

couple’s three-year-old daughter; front-page banner headline story on California plane crash. 


• “Boy Pleads Not Guilty in Mother’s Strangulation,” October 31, 1985. 

• “Uses Monocular To Identify Alleged Rapist; Legally Blind Student Points to Suspect,” October 29, 

1985. 

• “Slain Mother of Accused Youth Called a ‘Tyrant,’” October 24, 1985. 

• “Son Allegedly Schemed at Pizza Parlor To Kill Mother,” October 18, 1985. 

• “Businessman Prefers Jail to Testifying; Woodland Hills Resident Refuses To Talk in Organized 

Crime Case,” October 2, 1985. 

• “On Leland Way Roar of Freeway Is Music to Their Ears,” August 11, 1985. 

• “Name-Droppers Alter Ill-Suited Identities,” August 4, 1985. 

• “Analysts Help Solve Crimes, Select Personnel; the Handwriting on the Wall May Spell Guilt,” July 

30, 1985. 

• “Man Who Led Girl of 12 into Prostitution Draws 12 Years,” July 30, 1985. 

• “Judge Refuses To Give Mandatory 3 Years to Maker of Porn Films: Calls Punishment under 

Pandering Law ‘Cruel and Unusual’ in Case of Encino Man,” July 16, 1985. 

• “Warrant Issued for Mariachi Husband; Whirlwind Affairs Ends in Death for Free Spirit,” July 14, 

1985. 

• “Lab Technician Gets 16 Years for Murdering her Husband,” July 13, 1985. 

• “2 Convicted of Killing Officer, Could Get the Death Penalty,” June 1, 1985. 

• “Judge Imposes 138-Year Term for 4-Month Crime Rampage,” June 1, 1985. 

• “Woman Sentenced for ‘Electronic Terror,’” May 26, 1985. 

• “Controversial Test Case: Sex-Film Maker Convicted Under ‘82 Pandering Law,” (front page), May 

23, 1985. 

• “Brothel Thrived 3 Blocks from Police Station,” May 16, 1985. 

• “Baby Had Tay-Sachs; ‘Wrongful life’ Battle Turns to Role of Doctor,” April 8, 1985. 

• “Sportsman Gets Jail for Collection of Stuffed Birds,” April 6, 1985. 

• “July Awards $8.2 Million to Quadriplegic,” March 28, 1985. 

• “Investigator for Coroner Learns to Live with Death,” March 11, 1985. 

• “Plane Slams into Valley Home; Pilot Dies; Residence Destroyed,” (banner headline, front page; 

byline with T.W. McGary), March 7, 1985. 

• “Doctor’s Sedation-Rape Trial Begins,” March 6, 1985. 

• “Coffin Opened in Fruitless Search for Murder Guns,” February 27, 1985. 

• “Confused Portrait Emerges of Suspect Freed in Wife’s Death,” February 22, 1985. 

• “Baby Given Near-Fatal Dose of Lidocaine; 2 Charges Added in Drug-Injection Case,” February 7, 

1985. 

• “Man’s Fate Hinges on Testimony on Daughter, 3,” February 1, 1985. 

• “Suspect in Drugging of Baby To Be Tried,” January 24, 1985. 

• “Councilman’s Sister-in-law on Trial; Abuse by Husband Led to Killings, Woman Testifies,” January 

12, 1985. 

• “Teen Killer’s Future Hinges on How Judge Reads Past,” December 23, 1984. 

• “Moments of Drama Punctuate Bailiffs’ Humdrum Job,” December 19, 1984. 

• “Handwriting Offers a Tale of Its Own: Experts Split on How Much Penmanship Shows,” November 

26, 1984. 

• “Much of Interpreters’ Job Isn’t in Any Dictionary,” October 27, 1984. 

• “18 Years on a Long, Boozy Road,” October 4, 1984. 

• The Dallas Morning News, staff writer 

1981-84 

— Wrote news, investigative, feature, foreign pieces. Broke national story of Dallas-based securities 

fraud that involved high-ranking Pentagon general; award-winning profile of husband and wife who 

carried out suicide pact; award-winning account of infant prematurely born at 24 weeks; extensive 

series on politics and economics of Brazil. 


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• “The Life of a Tux: From Booze to Floozies, from Posies to Pastries, This Suit’s Been Around” [with 

David Seeley], August 18, 1984. 

• “Agents Who Sell the Stars: Their Game is Hardball and They Play it Every Day, Pounding out Deals 

for Clients Who’d Rather Let Them Do the Bargaining,” August 14, 1984. 

• “The Brazilian Bombshell: Carmen Miranda Wiggled Her Way into Fans’ Hearts,” July 22, 1984. 

• “Help for Problem Pets: Depressed Dog? Cross Cat? Call a Therapist,” June 26, 1984. 

• “The Bliss Machine: Gadget Reduces Stress, Cures What Ails You, Says Designer-Inventor,” June 

18, 1984. 

• “Brazil’s Political Turmoil: A Return to Democracy Hits Snag on Direct Elections Issue,” June 3, 

1984. 

• “Doc of Ages: Plastic Surgeon Ivo Pitanguy Is on the Cutting Edge of Brazil’s 

Cult of Beauty,” June 3, 1984. 

• “War Feeds Brazilian Economy: Country Filling Need for Third World Arms,” May 29, 1984. 

• “Brazil’s Economic Crisis: Bankers Fear Default Possibility,” May 27, 1984. 

• “More than 1 Million Rally in Rio for Direct Elections,” April 11, 1984. 

• “Does the Penny Make Any Cents? Critics Say the Lowly Penny Is No Longer Needed, Others See It 

as a Political Symbol,” February 8, 1984. 

• “The Rise and Fall of a Career: Are You a ‘Comer’ or a Real ‘Star’? Your Job Plateau Defines You,” 

January 31, 1984. 

• “Partners in Love, Rivals in Work: Competing Professional Couples Can’t Let Pillow Talk Interfere 

with Their Jobs,” January 26, 1984. 

• “They’ll Ring in ‘84 with Nary a Hangover: Teetotalers Celebrate New Year’s Eve with Prayers, 

Dances, Games, Silence,“ December 31, 1983. 

• “A Change of Habits: Traditions Survive at Texas Benedictine Abbey,” December 

4, 1983. 

• “For Melissa’s Sake: 18-Ounce Infant Fought for Painfully Brief Life,” November 13, 1983 (winner 

of Katie Award--best Dallas feature story). 

• “Fantasies Make the Wires Sizzle: Dallas Phone Service Can Fulfill Requests To Talk Dirty, for a 

Price,” October 18, 1983. 

• “Tiny Device Lends an Earful: Reagan’s Use of Aid Helps Erase Stigma,” September 19, 1983. 

• “What Say You? Brooklyn Natives Say ‘dis’ for ‘dat’; in Texas, it’s ‘Ward’ for ‘Word’; Folks in the 

Midwest ‘Worsh’ Their Clothes, and Bostonians ‘Pahk’ Their ‘Cahs,’” August 26, 1983. 

• “Where Parties Are Featured Attractions: It’s Back-to-School for Dallas Teenagers, and What Better 

Way To End the Summer Fun Than with Friends Gathered at the Drive-in,” August 25, 1983. 

• “By Gum, It’s Coming in a Tube: Firms Hope Market Will Bubble over with Enthusiasm for New 

Product,” August 18, 1983. 

• “Greatest Aerial Show on Earth: Ringling Bros. Star Only Man To Execute Quadruple Somersault,” 

August 8, 1983. 

• “Accent on Accents: Dialects Tell All: From ‘y’all’ to ‘cah,’ It’s a Mouthful,” August 6, 1983. 

• “Hocus-Pocus: Dallas Magic Shops Have Plenty of Tricks To Put up Your Sleeve,” July 5, 1983. 

• “Look Who’s Writing Books! And Look at What They’ve Been Saying To Get Their Books 

Noticed,” June 7, 1983. 

• “Taking Sex Out of the Insurance Tables: Congress Considers a Bill that Puts a New Twist on 

Statistics and May Change How Much You Pay,” May 29, 1983. 

• “IRS Snitches: The Tattler Could Be Your Ex-Spouse, Your Neighbor, a Jealous Colleague,” April 3, 

1983. 

• “Living in Black and White: The World of the Colorblind Is Muted in Shades of Gray,” June 14, 

1983. 

• “King of the Mat: Dallas’ Toughest Sports Dynasty Started with a Poor Boy and His Iron Claw. 

Today, Fritz Von Erich is a Millionaire Whose Sons, the Good Guys, Can’t Give Dallas Enough 

Wrestling,” May 29, 1983 (5,000-word essay in magazine). 

• “Oy Vey! Yiddish, American Style: Once Considered a Dying Language, This Mish-Mash of 

Tongues Survives in the Vernacular and School Courses,” February 24, 1983. 

• “Close Shaves: Seeking a Perfect Cut in an Age When Men Aren’t Sticking Their Necks out for 

Barbers,” February 17, 1983. 

• “Plane and Simple: Ultralight Enthusiasts Use Only the Essentials To Fly Fancy-Free,” January 13, 

1983. 

• “World’s Most Hated Profession: Dentistry Suffers from Bad Image and Poor Economy,” December 

21, 1982. 

• “Mike Royko Tells It like It Is” (book review of Sez Who? Sez Me, by Mike Royko), November 21, 

1982. 

• “A Few Words on Andy Rooney,” (book review of And More By Andy Rooney), November 7, 1982. 

• “Death of an American Dream: Collapse of Couple’s Hopes Led to Murder-Suicide in San Antonio,” 

October 24, 1982 (winner of national Clarion Award for best feature story). 

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• “The Mystique of a Cigar: Though Their Numbers Are Ever-Diminishing, Stogie Smokers Cling 

Fiercely to Their Greatest Pleasure,” September 13, 1982. 

• “UT Students Say Playboy Tale Amusing,” August 31, 1982. 

• “Anatomy of a Coroner: Dallas’ Medical Examiner Rarely Sees as Much Excitement as TV 

Portrayal,” August 30, 1982. 

• “‘We Are Brothers for Life’: Once-Powerful Masons Cope with Shrinking Numbers,” August 22, 

1982. 

• “Sole Mates: An Insider Reveals the Secret Language of Shoe Dogs,” August 11, 1982. 

• “Money Made his World Go ‘Round: Who Is Lyle Gallagher and Why Is Everyone Looking for 

Him?” July 18, 1982. 

• “74 Girls Vie To Become Miss Texas,” July 10, 1982. 

• “The Canadians: Who Are These People from the Great White North and Why Are They Coming 

Here?” June 20, 1982. 

• “Scam Turns Exotic Metals into Fool’s Gold,” “Buyers Paid Big Price in Quest for Fast Buck,” 

“Promise of High Pay Attracted Go-Getters,”(Six-month-long investigation; front page), June 20, 

1982. 

• “A Taxing Situation: Despite Reagan’s Tough Talk, Cheating on the IRS Continues,” May 25, 1982. 

• “On Machetes and Witch Doctors: A Jungle Vacation,” (book review of Shabono, by Florinda 

Donner), May 9, 1982. 

• “Headaches Beyond Plain Relief: Researchers Make Headway into Treatments,” May 1982. 

• “The New Commute: Squeezed out of Dallas? Small-town life Lies within an Hour’s Drive of the 

Office” (with Leslie Pound), April 25, 1982. 

• “Warts and Peace: Mind Can Erase Warts, Doctors Say,” April 10, 1982. 

• “Mad Turns Thirty: What Them Worry? Publisher Fears Magazine’s on Its Last Leg,” April 4, 1982. 

• “Fine Arts of Crime Does Indeed Pay,” March 28, 1982. 

• “The Disappearance of James Rankin: A Man Vanishes. A Year Passes. When Does his Family’s 

Hope Turn To Sorrow?” March 21, 1982. 

• “Police Stories: Fraternal Bond Helps Officers Ease Stress,” March 21, 1982. 

• “Pac-Man Eats Its Way into House and Home,” March 18, 1982. 

• “Piranhas Bite into Pet Market: Flesh-eating Fish Finding Niche as Illegal Status Symbol,” February 

18, 1982. 

• “Con Man’s Flight of Fancy Crashes,” December 6, 1981. 

• “Crowds Deck the Malls: Shoppers Flock to Browse, Buy at Stores,” September 28, 1981. 

• The Field News Service, Brazil correspondent 

1979-81 

— Covered Southern Cone of South America. Wrote news, politics, features, economic and cultural 

news for supplemental news wire affiliated with the Chicago Sun-Times. Authored on-the-road 

pieces that included take-outs on Americana, still-thriving Brazilian settlement founded by American 

Confederate soldiers in 1865; esquadrão de morte, a band of police enforcers; Filadelphia, littleknown 

Amish settlement in Paraguay; fugitives in Paraguay; Pope John Paul II’s Brazilian visit. 


• “Large Amish Settlement Finds Isolation and Peace in Paraguayan Chaco,” August 18, 1981. 

• “Paraguay: The Last Refuge of Nazis, Scoundrels, Fugitives,” August 14, 1981. 

• “The Wealthiest Foreigner in Paraguay,” August 10, 1981. 

• “The Legacy of the Tupamaros Still Flourishes in Uruguay,” July 15, 1981. 

• “Bob Falkenberg Traded His Tennis Racket for an Ice-Cream Scoop To Become a 

Millionaire in Brazil,” June 9, 1981. 

• “Brazil Lays Claim to World’s Largest Deposit of Iron Ore,” April 4,1981. 

• “Over One Million Brazilians Pay Homage to Pope during Historic Visit,” 

March 16, 1981. 

• “As Brazilian President Makes State Visit to France, Dissidents Back Home Stir Controversy,” 

February 26, 1981. 

• “Brasilia: Planned Futuristic City Celebrates 20th Birthday,” January 2, 1981. 

• “Feijoada: The Apple Pie of Brazil,” December 23, 1981. 

• “Brazilian Voodoo: Even the President Is a Follower,” December 12, 1980. 

• “Layoffs — The Threat of Brazil’s Giant Salary Hikes,” August 16, 1980. 

• “Inflation Continues To Knock out Brazilian Economy,” September 15, 1980. 

• “Brazilian Cacão Sets Record,” June 28, 1980. 

• “Group Fled When South Lost; Echoes of Dixie Found in Brazilian Cemetery,” April 12, 1980 (front 

page, Los Angeles Times). 

• “Even in the Classiest Rio Restaurants, the Toothpick Reigns,” March 5, 1980. 

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• “Off-Duty Policemen Take Law in Own Hands; Brazil’s ‘Death Squads’” Mete Out Vigilante 

Justice,” February 10, 1980. 

• “Uruguayans Relive Radical Past in Tupamaro Legacy,” January 26, 1980. 

• “Brazilian Soap Operas Offer up Saucy, Liberated Plots,” October 7, 1979. 

• Latin America Daily Post, national news editor 

1979-81 

— Staff editor for English-language newspaper, patterned after The International Herald Tribune; 

distributed throughout Brazil and in capital cities in Latin America. Supervised staff of local 

reporters, as well as string of correspondents throughout South America. 

Selected Professional Writing, prior to 1993 

— More than 150 news, travel, feature, political articles published in the Los Angeles Times, Washington 

Post, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, Parenting, Family Circle. 


• Family Circle Magazine 

Author of special section entitled, “Family Heart Health Handbook”: 

Articles included: 

“If Grandma Had a Heart Attack, Will I?” 

“I Beat the Odds: A Doctor’s Story,” 

“Does Cholesterol Really Count?” 

“Can Vitamins Protect You?” 

“Signs of a Heart Attack,” 

“When Children Are at Risk,” 



“When the Smoke Cleared...Neighbors Helped Neighbors after the Oakland Fire,” 


• The San Francisco Sunday Examiner 

“71-Day Comedy of Errors: Inside Look at Mayor’s Blundering Administration,” 

May 17, 1992. 


“Code Blue -- A Day in the Life of a Cardiologist,” 


• The Dallas Morning News 

“The Other Virgin Islands: No High-rises or Nightclubs — Just Hushed Elegance,” 

October 20, 1991. 

• The Washington Post Sunday Travel Section: 

“No, Not that Madonna,” 

May 26, 1991. 

• Los Angeles Times Good Health Magazine 

“An Affair of the Heart,” 

April 28, 1991. 

• Parenting Magazine 

“Children’s Museums,” 

February 1991. 

• The Orange County Register 

“A Tourist’s Guide to Two Great Campus Towns,” 

October 14, 1990. 

• The Orange County Register 

“Another World: Monterey Area Offers Unconventional Retreats for Bohemians, Buddhists,” 

July 29, 1990. 

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• Los Angeles Times Travel Section: 

“New San Jose Museum Is Escape Heaven for Kids” ; “Advice to Adults: Bring Earplugs,” 

July 15, 1990. 

• Dallas Life Magazine 

“Italy is Sweet--If You Avoid the Tourist Hordes,” 

April 1, 1990. 

• The Dallas Morning News: 

“The Rhinestone Shrine: Liberace Museum Contains Items Dear to the Late Performer,” 

January 17, 1988. 

• The Miami Herald 

“Eligible Bachelors Dance Their Way To Free Passage,” 

May 17, 1987. 

• Chicago Tribune Tempo Section 

“Job Layoff Adds to the Transsexual’s Burden,” 

May 3, 1987. 


“‘World’s Most Hated Profession’: Dentistry Suffers from Bad Image and Poor Economy,” 



“‘Flamboyant’ F. Lee: Bailey’s Booking Prompts His Book,” 


• Field News Service 

“The Man Who (Actually) Ate a Waterbed, and Other Tales of Ordinary Madness,” 

October 1, 1981. 

• Jornal do Brasil 

“Americana, Uma Cidade Que Nasceau Dos Confederados,” (In Portuguese), 

July 12, 1981. 

• Time 

“Biggs Bagged: ‘It’s a Crying Shame,” 

April 6, 1981 

• The Baltimore Sun 

“Today It’s Eat, Drink and Be Merry; Tomorrow Christians Fast: The Annual Carnival in Rio: 4 Days of 

Blowing Off Steam,” 

March 3, 1981. 

• The San Francisco Bay Guardian 

“How To Buy a Bicycle: All You Need To Know about New and Used Bikes,” 

June 14, 1979. 

• Pacific News Service 

“Muzak — Marching Music for the World’s Workers,” 


• Pacific News Service 

“Truth-Home-Buying Hushed by Owners, Agents,” 

January 15, 1979. 

• Los Angeles Times, Opposite-the-Editorial Page 

“Holiday Buying’s Not Necessary, But If You Took Part Maybe Music’s To Blame,” 


• California Living (Sunday magazine: San Francisco Examiner) 

“Behind the Gates at Livermore,” 

October 13, 1974. 

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• The New York Daily News 

“I Am a Rock, I Am an Island, I Am a Park — Alcatraz: Tourists Now Picnic on the Dread Prison’s Site,” 


• The New York Times, Opposite-the-Editorial Page 

“A Cannery Connection,” 


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