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Recently published:

"Think you don't know Yiddish? Oy vey!" November, Religion News Service

Q&A with David Gelernter, author of Judaism: A Way of Being, Religion BookLine, Nov. 18

Four-part series on water for Comstock's, written with Rich Ehisen, September-December 2009

"The 25 Trendsetters of 2009: Andy Kushner: music man," Modern Bride, June/July 2009


Recent recognition:


The three-part series on immigration I wrote with Rich Ehisen for Comstock's, "California dreaming," (September-November 2008) won two awards:


*Silver, Azbee,
American Society of Business Publication Editors, national best feature series, magazines with a circulation under
80,000;

*Maggie, Western Publishing Association, best series of articles/consumer

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VII recently awarded the UC Davis Graduate School of Management a silver distinction for the winter 2009 and spring/summer 2009 issues of the Innovator, its biannual alumni magazine. The category was print external audience newsletters/ tabloids category.

I contributed a total of three articles to those issues.




Selected clips from daily newspapers:

"Hanging tough with Jesus," Inland Valley section of Los Angeles Times, Oct. 11, 2000.


"Standing watch in solidarity," Inland Valley section of Los Angeles Times, Sept. 26, 2001.


"Hindus gather in Pomona for reading of early epic," Los Angeles Times, June 2001.


 


I am a former daily newspaper reporter who started freelancing in October 2005. I write about religion, travel and business for local and national audiences with an emphasis on feature writing. My stories have appeared in a variety of publications, including Religion News Service, Beliefnet, Publishers Weekly, Modern Bride, Sunset, VIA, Science & Spirit, Comstock’s, Faith & Form, Our Sunday Visitor, Sacramento Business Journal, Sactown and Sacramento magazine. I also write publicity materials for universities. I worked at daily newspapers in Northern and Southern California for five years covering religion, education and city hall. I have won several journalism awards and have been chosen for two religion-writing fellowships. I have a bachelor’s degree in history from Bryn Mawr College, a master’s degree in journalism from Stanford University and a certificate of theological studies from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. I live in Sacramento with my husband.

Please email me if you'd like copies of clips not posted.

Last updated December 23, 2009