Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2006
Bachelor of Arts in Literary Journalism and Photography, Hampshire College, 2004
I'm an author journalist, first-gen farmer, and environmentalist living on my family’s farm in the Thousand Islands Region of New York called Better Farm. I’ve been a professional writer and editor for more than two decades, during which time my work has been published in Newsweek, MSN, Thrillist, Martha Stewart Living, Reader's Digest, Mother Earth News, Playgirl, and elsewhere in print and online. I’ve written two books, Better:The Everyday Art of Sustainable Living (New Society, 2015) and Farm and Land Presents: Back to the Land (co-authored with Freddie Pikovsky, Chronicle, 2019).
As a journalist I have traveled the globe, embarked on eight sojourns around the United States by Greyhound bus, and spent time with voodoo healers, the SCUBA subculture of New York City, environmentalists trying to use an endangered turtle to block a condo development, San Diego's homeless population, and the Yurok Tribe in Klamath, California. My adventures and conversations have awarded me a deep sense of wonder, belief in magic, and the ultimate gift of whimsy in my everyday life.
I currently work full-time as executive editor for Stacker, a data-driven media startup that built and runs a world-class, earned media syndication platform. Our stories reach thousands of outlets each month.