professional experience:

Freelance Writer and Editor
Recently completed Sonic Boom, a history of the online music industry, to be published Summer 2001 by Perseus Books in America and Fourth Estate in Britain. Have written for Wired, Wired News, Yahoo Internet Life, Salon, Details, Mondo 2000 and I.D. magazine.

ONE Media, September 2000 - April 2001
Senior Editor for Magazine / Producer for Website
Features editor for start-up design and culture magazine; writer, editor and coordinator for Web site. Responsible for conceiving and naming sections; daily front door copy; editing of most of site and weekly email newsletter; managing site writers, junior editors and junior producers.

Mjuice.com, August 1999 - March 2000
Editor
Top editor for ground-breaking online music company. Wrote and edited all site copy; interviewed musicians; developed site features such as navigation and search tools; coordinated presence at other sites; programmed songs for partners; wrote weekly newsletter.

Taos Talking Pictures Festival, 1999-Present
Multimedia Curator
Responsible for selection, presentation and catalog copy for the Taos Talking Pixels, the New Mexico film festival's program of cutting-edge multimedia.

SFMOMA, March 1999 - September 1999
Editorial Web Coordinator (Consultant)
Assisted one of the nation's top art museums to relaunch their Web site. Wrote captions; prepared images; copyedited; tweaked HTML.

Hewlett-Packard's Designing the Future, January 1999 - May 1999
Senior Editor (Consultant)
Provided stories and editorial direction for community of Web and software developers.

Wired News, April 1997 - April 1998
Culture Editor
Assigned and edited daily news for Web site and wire service, covering the explosion of digital technology and its impact on culture and entertainment.
* Managed four staff writers and many worldwide stringers.
* Developed, guided and edited popular columns and special reports.
* Coordinated and made appearances on television news to promote breaking stories.

Wired News, November 1996 - April 1997
Senior Writer
Wrote daily stories for Web site and wire service, covering the explosion of digital technology its impact on culture and entertainment.

HotWired, 1994-1996
Senior Editor
Helped set tone and style for the first commercial site on the Web.
* Developed and edited five arts sections.
* Wrote bi-weekly books column.

Mondo 2000, 1993-1994
Editorial Assistant
Writer and editor at much-loved, much-copied precursor to Wired magazine.

education:

University of Houston
BA in English Literature and Art History
Took part in renowned creative writing program, taught by author Donald Barthelme.

Universite de Toulouse, Le Mirail
French language and cultural studie