Visit Oakland 2025 Guide • 29th January 2025 Local voices: Jeffrey Myers I interviewed Jeffrey Myers, co-founder of the Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, about his life, the center, and how he spearheaded Oakland's first LGBTQ cultural district.
San Francisco Chronicle • 11th July 2024 S.F. arts collective She Bends is shining bright, bending the norm She Bends is passing on the rare craft of neon to people who historically haven’t had the chance to learn it. I wrote this feature for the San Francisco Chronicle. It appeared on the cover of the July 14, 2024 issue of Datebook, their Sunday arts section.
Franklincovey.com • 5th March 2024 20+ phrases to de-escalate tension in a difficult conversation When emotions run high, try phrases like these to help everyone calm down and focus on making progress.
Franklincovey.com • 4th April 2023 7 common misconceptions about disability and accommodations at work You'd know if someone on your team had a disability, right? Don't let this or other mistaken beliefs keep you from being inclusive.
AFAR magazine • 17th May 2022 Explore California’s Asian American History at These Key Sites From San Francisco to San Diego, learn lesser-known stories of how AAPI Americans have shaped the Golden State — and the U.S.
Franklincovey.com • 11th April 2024 Sample openers for difficult talks Don’t let complex personal histories or power dynamics keep you from starting a difficult conversation you need to have.
IDEO.com • 13th June 2018 A Future Where Food Is Never Wasted The average American wastes enough food each month to feed another person for 19 days. The Rockefeller Foundation and IDEO are fighting food waste through partnerships with hotels, food banks, foundations, and entrepreneurs.
Earthjustice Quarterly Magazine • 7th April 2017 Sun Rises Over the Bluegrass State Meet the man charting a greener course for coal country by shutting down the massive Big Sandy coal plant and establishing Kentucky’s largest solar farm.
Earthjustice Quarterly Magazine • 20th June 2016 Damned Lies and Dirty Coal Developers, politicians, and mining executives wanted to bring California’s largest coal terminal to West Oakland. "No way! Not when my parishioners live two blocks from this site," said Reverend Ken Chambers. Residents fought back — and won.
Healthline News • 24th November 2014 Is the Forest of Bacteria Inside You Your Most Precious Resource? Decades of intensive antibiotic treatments have cost Americans many of their native gut bacteria. Could a damaged microbiome be an underlying cause of conditions like asthma and MS?
T: The New York Times Style Magazine • 22nd March 2012 Eye Candy: 'Supreme Beings' Butoh on the runway? It’s perfect for San Francisco designers Elena Slivnyak and Ilan Rueben, who walk the thin line between fashion and modern art.
Earthjustice Quarterly Magazine • 15th October 2015 Righting Civil Wrongs From California to Michigan, low-income communities of color have been waiting years — sometimes decades — for the EPA to investigate complaints of environmental racism.
UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute • 6th April 2023 Podcast: How I Hear I completed a podcasting course through the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. My final project was this exploration of how hearing loss impacts me and my family.
StoryCenter • 29th May 2024 Video: Amateur Archaeologist This short video is the result of a multimedia storytelling course I took at StoryCenter in Berkeley, CA. We were asked to record a personal narrative and bring it to life with audio and video elements.
Franklincovey.com • 20th February 2019 9 tips to listen well and build empathy with co-workers When you listen to build empathy, you’ll open your mind to others’ diverse perspectives, form stronger bonds, and work together more effectively.
Franklincovey.com • 18th June 2024 3 signs you should seek an outside perspective on your idea—and why to do it If you race ahead with a limited point of view, you could end up with a failed project or disappointed customers. I wrote the script for this video and acted as production assistant and script supervisor on set.
IDEO.com • 24th December 2018 Elevating the Craft of Chinese Cuisine Shinho aims to lift the quality of manufactured food in China and to nourish families around the world. Shinho asked IDEO to help define the company’s plan for the next decade of growth. Alongside designers in China, I wrote this piece highlighting the collaboration.
Franklincovey.com • 7th July 2021 Podcast: How to advocate for the flexibility you and your team need now What has the pandemic period revealed about what you need to work at your best? Leadership coach Maria Sullivan and I discuss how to keep what's working and change what's not. Copy this link to listen: https://rb.gy/d9gp1n.
IDEO.com • 3rd July 2018 Helping a Startup Design Video Games to Build Kids’ Emotional Strength With researchers at Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital, Neuromotion Labs created tablet games that pair with a heart rate monitor to "gamify" emotional control. Neuromotion embedded at IDEO for a design sprint to expand its suite of games for launch.
Healthline News • 7th March 2014 World’s Oldest Cheese Found in Tombs of 4,000-Year-Old Mummies Probiotic cheese found with the bodies of perfectly preserved, 4,000-year-old mummies in Xinjiang, China was likely a dietary staple for local herding tribes.