Mentoring, Consulting, Training and the Craft of Journalism

I’ve spent much of my career helping journalists hone the craft, even as I continued to do so myself. I’m available for mentoring, consulting and training on investigative reporting, crafting radio stories, and the fundamental skills of journalism. 

Services Available

  • Mentoring

  • Consulting

  • Voiceovers & Narration

  • Journalism Awards

    • Screening

    • Judging

  • Training:

    • Journalism

    • Radio Journalism

    • Crafting Audio Storytelling

    • Investigative Reporting

Areas of Expertise

  • Olympic bidding, corruption and politics

  • Workplace safety

  • Workers Compensation

  • Coal mine safety and health

  • Black lung disease

  • Western state issues

  • Rural issues

Writing on the Craft of Journalism

Nieman Reports: Inside the Rings, October 12, 2012

‘The first rule of Olympic journalism is that no one should ever feel sorry for anyone assigned to cover the games.’  

 Howard Berkes on Covering the Olympics for NPR, August 11, 2004

Experience  

1982 – 1987 Editor, Reflections in Montana, KUFM & the University of Montana School of Journalism 

1982 Trainer, National Public Radio News Reporter Workshops, San Francisco & Anchorage  

1984 Trainer, News Production Workshop, KUFM 

1984 Trainer, Art of Radio Workshop, Alaska Public Radio Network  

1986 – 1987 Trainer, Mid-Level News Reporter Workshops, Duluth, Long Beach, Anchorage & Boston 

1986 –1987 Trainer, Massachusetts Radio Training Project, Boston 

1989 Trainer, Native News Training Workshop, Alaska Public Radio Network 

1990 Trainer, Bilingual Reporting Workshop, Alaska Public Radio Network  

1991 Trainer, Rural Reporting Workshop, Alaska Public Radio Network 

1995 – 1996 Consultant, News Production, KCPW & KPCW, Utah 

1996 – 1997 Mentor, NPR News Mentoring Program 

1992 – 2006 Guest Faculty, Power Reporting for Public Radio Journalists, The Poynter Institute 

1999–2002 Trainer, National Writers’ Workshops – The Poynter Institute 

2002 Presenter, Radio Reporting Workshop, KLCC 

2002 Presenter, Utah Environmental Politics, Utah State University  

2003 Trainer, NPR Station Reporter Orientation, NPR West 

2005 Presenter, Radio Journalism Training, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies 

2006 Presenter/Trainer, Alaska Press Club 

2007 Presenter, Radio Reporting, Utah State University  

2008 Trainer, Online Storytelling With Audio & Images, The Poynter Institute 

2008 Presenter, Capturing the Experience, Michigan Association of Broadcasters 

2009 Presenter, Journalism classes, University of Idaho and Washington State University 

2009 Presenter, Capturing the Experience Workshop, KUER 

2010 Presenter, Covering Rural Issues and Managing & Juggling Time for Watchdog Stories, IRE Watchdog Journalism Workshop, Charleston, WV 

2010–present Mentor, investigative reporting and radio reporting, multiple print and public radio journalists 

2011 Presenter, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Northwest News Network 

2013 Presenter, Investigative Reporting Workshop, KLCC 

2015 Presenter, Master Class in Investigative Storytelling, The Poynter Institute 

2015 Presenter, Investigating the Investigators, IRE Annual Conference

2015 Presenter, Research Methods for Journalism class, BYU 

2015 – 2018 Mentor, IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors) Annual Conferences 

2016 Presenter, Investigative Journalism Workshop, Public Radio News Directors Inc 

2016 Presenter, Failures of Enforcement, IRE Annual Conference 

2016 Presenter, Art of the Interview and Investigating the Investigators, IRE Watchdog Conference, Salt Lake City 

2019 Presenter, Radio and Investigative Journalism, University of Kentucky 

2021 Mentor and Consultant, Investigative Reporting, Public Media Journalists Association