Freelance Writing | Editing

I’ve attempted to gather every available clip I have at my disposal. Everything from my college newspaper clips to mundane blog posts. It’s all right here in some form or another. Please let me know if you encounter any broken links.

Alarm Press (Contributing Writer)
Earth
Braids
Marnie Stern
War on Drugs

Jettison Quarterly (Managing Editor #6, #7 | Contributing Writer)
Acre and Harold Arts Feature PDF
Avan Lava interview PDF
Shit We’re Into PDF
Mayer Hawthorne interview PDF
Interview with Tom Fec of Tobacco and Black Moth Super Rainbow

My Chicago Athlete magazine (Contributing Writer)
Mayor Daley’s Bike Legacy

Magazine of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Columbia College Chicago (Contributing Writer)
Becca Klaver Profile

Chicago Reader (Editorial Intern | Contributing Writer)
Breakdown of largest collecting of legal fees from city
write up on Happy Village Bar
Roger’s Park Neighborhood Listings

In These Times magazine (Editorial Intern | Contributing Writer)
Adbusters’ ads busted
Hard times for student borrowers

Glen Ellyn Patch (Reporter)
District 89 test scores dip; fail to meet expectations
Gallery exhibit opens to a bang then annoying hum

Chicago Innerview (Contributing Writer)
Interviews:
Air
The Flaming Lips
Bon Iver
Mogwai
Bloc Party
Owen Pallett
She Wants Revenge
The Faint
Bobby Bare Jr. and the Young Criminals Starvation League
Mayer Hawthorne
The Heart Procession
The Redwalls
Ted Leo
Mission of Burma

Previews:
Modest Mouse
Broken Social Scene
Wolf Parade
Pavement
Lightning Bolt
Local Natives
Zach Hill
Echo and the Bunnymen
Califone
The Magnetic Fields
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Icy Demons
Do Make Say Think
AA Bondy
The Prodigy
Peter Bjorn and John
Yourself and the Air
Matt and Kim
Clem Snide
Rage Against the Machine
Brazilian Girls
Nine Inch Nails
Mates of State
Stephen Malkmus and Jicks (and) Radiohead
Christian Death
Plain White T’s
Ladyhawk
The Breeders (and) Thee Silver Mr. Zion
Cat Power
The Go! Team
The Shout Out Louds
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
The Black Keys
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Café Tacuba
Menomena
The Sea and Cake
The New Pornographers
Architecture in Helsinki
Frog Eyes
Shellac

Chicago Innerview Politics:
Congressional races up for grabs
Showdown at the convention
Buying a seat at the table
Primary confusion
Debating the debates
The Radiohead effect

Stories published through The Midwest Democracy Network(Web content developer):
IL lawmakers hold hearing on redistricting reform
Impartial Justice Bill Passes Assembly

The Beachwood Reporter (contributing reporter):
Rich wards and poor wards, economics of the the 2007 Aldermanic elections

Catalyst-Chicago (District 299 Blog)
Coverage of the 2008 Convention of the American Federation of Teachers

School Week Newspaper PDFs:
School Week Newspaper commentary on 2008 graduation
School Week Newspaper, 2008 graduation article
School Week Newspaper article about District 87 declining graduation rates (part 1), 2008

The Columbia Chronicle PDFs:
Columbia Chronicle analysis on Chicago City Council salaries
Columbia Chronicle article on Cook County Board, 2007
Columbia Chronicle trend story on Critical Mass, 2007
Columbia Chronicle article on CTA budget, 2007
Columbia Chronicle interview with then-2nd Ward Alderman Madeline Haithcock, 2007
Columbia Chronicle article on money Chicago pays out in lawsuits, 2007
Columbia Chronicle article about student voting, January 2007
Columbia Chronice feature on computer hacking, 2007
Columbia Chronicle article on Diane Bond v. Chicago Police lawsuit

BLOGS

District 299 posts

Gapersblock posts:
Goodbye Gourmand
Goodbye Filter and Swank Franks, thanks Bob
Rage Against the Machine
Chicago protesters file lawsuit

Lumpen blog posts:
Lumpen blog post 1
Lumpen blog post 2
Lumpen blog post 3
Lumpen blog post 4
Lumpen blog post 5
Lumpen blog post 6
Lumpen blog post 7

Glen Ellyn Patch posts:
Barbecue enthusiasts cook out in Glen Ellyn