I’ve spent my lifetime thinking in images, as both a reporter and photographer. I believe that the best writing, after all, is about setting scenes, creating images and telling stories. So is the most captivating photography.
Through my work and personal travels, I’ve reported and taken photographs on five continents. My subject interests are broad, ranging from human interest studies to photography in conflict zones.
I am also an award-winning news anchor, editor, reporter and trainer with decades of experience working around the world. During more than 15 years in Washington, DC I worked for NPR, CBS and CNN. During the first Gulf War I reported from London for NPR, and I am proud to have anchored the only NPR Newscasts ever broadcast from overseas.
As a trainer, I spent a year in South Sudan working with the staff of a local radio station. I was also awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2010, and spent a year in Indonesia with my kids.
And as a photographer, I’ve sold photos to clients around the world.
My work life has been eclectic, and has included a stint working in the Ivy League as the founder and Associate Director of the Resilience Media Project at the Earth Institute of Columbia University. I joke that I worked at a university that never would have admitted as a student. I now am back at NPR, where I anchor newscasts on the weekend. I also enjoy documenting the world around me through my photographic work.
Finally, I lecture around the world on media and science literacy issues. I also volunteer with a Search and Rescue team in the Adironacks, and am on the advisory board of my local YMCA.