Content Marketing & Strategic Communications

As the Managing Editor for Carnegie Mellon University's Distinctive Collections division, I create compelling stories that showcase the work we've done with our exhibits and publications in Hunt Library and across the university. Through feature articles, social media content, oral histories, and visual narratives, I help extend our stories beyond the walls of the university.

Selected Writing

• Retro Exhibit Explores Computers, Campus in the ‘80s (Article)
• Steve Jobs Speaks at CMU (LinkedIn)
• Like, Totally Transformative Launch (LinkedIn)
• Like, Totally Transformative Launch (Instagram Post)
• The Andrew Network Launch Anniversary (LinkedIn)
• The University Libraries’ Digitization Lab is Making CMU’s History Searchable (Article)
• ‘Here to Stay’ Explores Pittsburgh’s Architectural History (Article)

Strategy Documents

Available during the interview process!

Content Editing & Writing

In my role on the Carnegie Mellon University exhibit team, I produce publications—digital, print, and multimedia—that tell engaging stories about the university, its history, and its people. I work with stakeholders to scope each project, I write and edit all the copy, I set run feedback sessions, and work with our designer to make sure each project reads as well as it looks.

Managing Editor & Project Management

As a Managing Editor, I help guide Carnegie Mellon University exhibitions from concept to completion, working in creative teams to transform complex institutional stories into engaging narratives. I collaborate with experts, designers, and stakeholders to develop content strategies and provide editorial direction that brings these stories to life while meeting institutional goals.

Editorial Leadership

As an editorial leader, I've directed multi-platform publishing operations across digital and print media for over 20 years.

As Editorial Director at ETC Press, I implemented a publishing strategy that generated over 500,000 downloads while scaling from 15 to 45 books annually. At MIT Technology Review, I built and led a 10-person cross-functional digital news operation that tripled website traffic through an analytics-driven editorial strategy while managing a $1.1 million digital editorial budget. At Wired.com, I pioneered streaming audio and multimedia storytelling packages that integrated audio, images, and text, all while writing 2-3 daily tech industry stories during the first dotcom boom.

Technology & Culture Journalism

For more than a decade as a technology journalist, I covered digital culture and transformation for Wired and MIT Technology Review, documenting the evolution of technology's impact on society. My complete archives from both publications are available on Authorly, featuring coverage of digital divides, file-sharing wars, entertainment industry disruption, and emerging tech.

Notable Coverage Areas:

Digital Divide & Regional Technology

• Old, Poor Face Digital Divide (MIT Technology Review)
• Notes from Appalachia—Stats on Rural Broadband Penetration (MIT Technology Review)
• Appalachia: Where Net Trails Off (Wired.com)
• The Lost Highway—Cover Story (Cincinnati CityBeat)

Technology & Entertainment Industry

• Picking at the Bones of Napster (Wired.com)
• Last Rites for Napster (Wired.com)
• The Day the Napster Died (Wired.com)
• Warner Bros. to Distribute Films Using Bit Torrent (MIT Technology Review)
• Google – YouTube – Entertainment Industry—Let’s Make a Deal (MIT Technology Review)

Hard (& Weird) Tech

• Part Man, Part Film, All Mann (Wired.com)
• Hiding Like Snakes in the E-Grass (Wired.com)
• Professor's Case: Unlock Crypto (Wired.com)
• Bracing for the Digital Crackdown (Wired.com)

Culture & Entertainment

• Star Wars—A Vader Is Born (Wired.com)
• Star Wars Fans Strike Back (Wired.com)
• Making Those Games Sound Right (Wired.com)
• Online Games—The Future Is When (Wired.com)

Archives

• Full Wired and Wired.com archive (subscription to read) | (free Authorly)
• Full MIT Technology Review archive (subscription to read) | (free Authorly)

Feature Writing + Storytelling

I've crafted long-form narratives across multiple platforms throughout my career.

As a feature writer, I've contributed in-depth articles to major publications like Wired, MIT's Technology Review, and The Hollywood Reporter, diving into how technology shapes our culture and society. As host of The Downtown Writers Jam podcast, I had deep conversations with over 200 authors that generated more than 100,000 downloads—creating a space where writers could share their personal journeys and creative processes.

Selected Stories

• "Y’All-Star Week" is Cheeky Good Fun. It's Also Everything That Really Matters About Sports. (Cincinnati Magazine) and the multimedia version
• Postcards from the Fringe (The Austin Chronicle)
• The Big Bang Theory of Art (Wired.com)
• 'Igniting Fear With Flying Metal' (Wired.com)

Selected Podcast Episodes

• Best-selling author Gillian McAllister
• Six-Word Memoir founder Larry Smith
• Best-selling author Janelle Brown
• Best-selling author Nadine Matheson
• Best-selling indie author Whitney Hill

Archive

• The Downtown Writers Jam Podcast archive | (free Authorly)

Book Writing & Editing

I've worked on book projects from writing through editing to publishing.

I co-authored Dungeons & Dreamers, a seminal work on the history of computer games and their impact on modern Web culture. As an editor, I provided developmental editing for Pamela McCorduck's book This Could Be Important and edited Creative Chaos, a research-based book that examines evidence-based insights into how diverse teams drive innovation at Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center.