1996 - present         MSNBC on the Internet                           Redmond, WA

• Science Editor (1997 - present): Responsible for content and presentation of Science and Space sections of MSNBC on the Internet, as well as contributing to energy, environment, health, innovation and technology coverage. Author of Cosmic Log, MSNBC's longest-running Web log (2002-present).

• Writer/Editor (1996 - 1997): General assignment reporting for Web site. Among the highlights: extended reporting on TWA Flight 800 aftermath, freedom of speech online (international censorship, Communications Decency Act), technological developments on the Internet, Heaven's Gate mass suicide.

1984 - 1996         Seattle Post-Intelligencer                                 Seattle, WA

• Foreign Desk Editor (1987 - 1996):  Responsible for presentation of world news. Highlights included on-the-scene coverage from Soviet states (Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Moldova) in 1990-1995.

• Features Desk Copy Chief (1985 - 1987): Supervised copy desk operations for features department.

• Copy Editor (1984 - 1985): Desk-level headline and text editing, plus some layout.

1978 - 1984         The Spokesman-Review                              Spokane, WA

• Features Editor (1980 - 1984):  Managed feature staff of 25 writers, editors and correspondents, responsible for award-winning lifestyle and entertainment coverage.

• Assistant City Editor (1979 - 1980): Assignment and story editing on city desk.

• Copy Editor (1978 - 1979): Daily rim plus wire desk duties.
   

1977 - 1978         The Cincinnati Post                                   Cincinnati, OH

• Copy Editor:  Daily rim, Street Final news editor, Weekender wire editor.

Awards include:

• National Academies Communication Award (2008, online/Internet category).

• June Anderson Almquist Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism, Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Pro Chapter (2007).

• Space Frontier Foundation Space Journalism Prize (2006).

• Pirelli Relativity Challenge (2005, co-winner, special prize, most comprehensive effort).

• CMU Cybersecurity Journalism Award (2003, co-winner, online category).

• AAAS Science Journalism Award (2002, online category).

• NASW Science in Society Award (2002, online category).

Author of:

• "The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference." John Wiley & Sons, 2010. Scientific American Book Club selection. Finalist, Science Books & Films Prize, 2011.

• "Popular Audiences on the Web," Chapter 14 in "A Field Guide for Science Writers" (2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 2006).

• Annual reports for World Newspaper Congress ( 1996 - 2003).

• "Finding the Path: Information Technology for Asia-Pacific Journalists," written for UNESCO on behalf of the International Federation of Newspaper Publishers (1995).

Speaker for:

• Acoustical Society of America (May 2011 meeting, Seattle)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science ("Doomsday Versus Discovery" panel, 2010 annual meeting, San Diego)

• Science writer in residence, University of Wisconsin at Madison (2008 and 2010)

• Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture, University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2008).

• "The Future of Science Journalism,"
  Knight 25th Anniversary Symposium, MIT (2008)

• U.S. Large Hadron Collider Users Organization, annual meeting, Fermilab, Ill. (2008)

• Prometheus Awards ceremony, Technology Association of Iowa, Des Moines (2007)

• National Association of Science Writers, national conventions
  (2005 in Pittsburgh; 2007 in Spokane)

• Society of Professional Journalists, national convention, Seattle (2001)

• Northwest Writers Workshop in Seattle (2000)

• Freedom Forum Buscapade in Seattle (1999)

... And also:

• Co-organizer and Webmaster for “New Media for a New World” conferences in Moscow (1994 - 1995). Editor of GlasNews newsletter (1993-1997)

• President, Northwest Science Writers Association (2005-2008).

• Treasurer, Council for the Advancement of Science Writers (2005-present).

• President, Society of Professional Journalists, Western Washington Pro Chapter (2002-2003).

• Judge, AAAS Science Journalism Awards (2003), NASW Science-in-Society Awards (2003 and 2007), National Academies Communication Awards (2011)

• Who's Who in America (2008-present)
  Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2010-present)

1977                   Columbia University                                New York, NY

• M.S., Journalism, Lydia C. Roberts Fellow

1976                   Loras College                                             Dubuque, IA

• B.A.., English, Writing and Philosophy, Maxima Cum Laude