Experience

• Los Angeles Times, reporter and editor, 1990-present, Currently, reporter covering the environment, previously covered education, government and politics. Assistant city editor in Venture, 1992-96.
• New York Times Regional Newspapers, Washington correspondent, 1987-1990.
• States News Service, Washington correspondent, 1984-1987.
• The Montgomery Journal (MD), reporter, 1981-84.
• The Baltimore Sun, reporter intern, 1981.
• The Daily Californian, editor-in-chief, 1980-81.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley. B.A., Folklore, 1981.

Personal

• Born: May 28, 1957, Covina, CA.

National Awards

• John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, the Journalism School, Columbia University, 2006.
• Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize, Education Writers Assn., 2000.
• First Prize, Investigative Reporting, Education Writers Assn. 2000.
• First Prize, Feature Reporting Education Writers Assn., 2000.

Publications

• Co-author: The Learning Connections: New Partnerships Between Schools and Colleges; Teachers College Press, New York, 2001.

Professional Affiliations

• National Assn. of Science Writers
• Society of Environmental Journalists

Experience

• Los Angeles Times, 1994-present.
• Syracuse (NY) Newspapers, summer intern, 1993.
• Seattle Times, summer intern, 1992.
• College Heights Herald, Western Kentucky University, staff photographer, 1991-92.
• Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, summer intern, 1991.
• Fort Wayne News Sentinel, summer intern, 1990.
• Palm Beach Post, lab technician, 1987-89.
• Palm Beach Post, high school intern, 1987.
• Certified advanced scuba diver, since 1984.
• Travels include: Afghanistan, Australia, Cuba, Haiti, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestinian territories, Vietnam.

Education

• Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, BA photojournalism, minor in Latin American studies, 1993.
• Palm Beach Community College, 1987-88.

Personal

• Born: March 22, 1969, Raleigh, NC.

Awards

• The Sidney Hillman Foundation Award for Overall Excellence In Photojournalism, 2005.
• Los Angeles Press Club, Journalist of the Year, 2004.
• Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for spot news, "The War in Iraq," 2003.
• National Press Photographers Assn. newspaper photographer of the year, 2003.
• California Press Photographers Assn newspaper photographer of the year, 2002 and 2004.
• Society of Newspaper Design, first place, photo page design; first place best overall use of photography, 1993.

Professional Affiliations

• National Press Photographers Assn.

• California Press Photographers Assn.

Experience

• Los Angeles Times, science reporter, National section, 2000-2001.
• Knight Ridder, national science correspondent, 1998-2000.
• Freelance writer, 1995-98.
• The Boston Globe, health and science reporter, 1994-95.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Knight Science Journalism Fellow, 1992-93.
• The San Antonio Light, assistant city editor, 1992; medical reporter, 1990-92.
• Brown Daily Herald, science reporter, 1988-89.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Biological Psychology/Animal Behavior, 1998.
• Brown University, B.A., Biology, 1988.
• University of California, Berkeley, Summer Program for Minority Journalists, 1989.

Personal

• Born: June 28, 1967, Landstuhl, West Germany.
• Married: Michael Dickinson.
• Children: Phoebe, b. 2003; Peter, b. 2006.

Awards

• John B. Oakes Award, 2006.
• Wilfred G. Solimene Award, American Lung Assn., 1995.

Professional Affiliations

• National Assn. for Science Writers.