I have won awards for my writing (see below). My experience ranges from magazine features to blog and social media posts, on a range of topics and for various publications. My writing portfolio contains many of my published articles. Below are examples in some specific areas:
My writing on sports has appeared in The Guardian, Outside, Runner’s World, espnW, Women’s Running, Global Sport Matters (part of Arizona State University’s Global Sport Institute), Insider, the Sierra Club’s Sierra magazine, and other outlets.
sustainability, the environment & the outdoors
Publications include Sierra, Audubon, Well+Good, BELT Magazine, Planet Detroit, Model D, the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan, and Outdoor Insider.
leadership, business & associations
I have written for Crain’s Detroit Business, ASAE’s Associations Now, and the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan.
I’ve covered local Detroit-area issues for Crain’s Detroit Business, Planet Detroit, Model D, Metromode, The Keel, the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan, and Sierra magazine.
Most of my writing about the law has been for the American Association for Justice (content that is available only to members). Other pieces have been published by the American Museum of Tort Law.
My writing on health, wellness, and fitness has appeared in Well+Good, EatingWell, Insider, SEEN Magazine, Audubon Magazine, and other outlets.
For other writing samples on these and other topics, you can view my writing portfolio here.
AWARDS
Excellence in Sports Reporting Award, Asian American Journalists Association, 2023. For “This Team of Adaptive Athletes Finished the Hood to Coast Relay—and Is Fighting for Kids With Disabilities” in Outside.
Excellence in Journalism Award, First Place, Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit Chapter, 2022. For engagement-driven coverage: Planet Detroit Climate Guides.
Apex Award (from Communications Concepts, Inc.), 2012. For writing, interviews and personal profiles: “Problems With Prisons,” a Q&A in Trial magazine.
Bronze Excel Award (from Association Media & Publishing), 2012. For magazine feature article: “Foreclosure Fallout” in Trial magazine.
Apex Award, 2008. For news writing: “Police and Human Rights Groups Are Wary of Pocket-Size Taser” in Trial magazine.
Bronze Excel Award, 2004. For news writing in a newsletter: Watershed & Wet Weather.