EMPLOYMENT
June 2002 –present: FREELANCE WRITER for magazines and newspapers including The American Lawyer, The American Prospect, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and International Herald Tribune.
June 1997 –June 2002: SENIOR EDITOR, Inc. magazine
March 1987 – June 1997: STAFF REPORTER/ASSOCIATE PRODUCER, PBS- Frontline
July 1985 – June 1986: LEGAL INVESTIGATOR, The Investigative Group, Washington, D. C.
December 1983 – June 1984: ECONOMICS EDITOR, Congressional Quarterly,
May 1982 – December 1983: SPEECHWRITER for U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas, Washington, D.C.
March 1981 – April 1982: SENIOR EDITOR, Boston Magazine
October 1971 – July 1979: REPORTER/EDITORIAL WRITER, The Boston Globe
November 1970 – 1971: REPORTER, Associated Press, Omaha, Neb.
AWARDS
Sevellon Brown Memorial Award for distinguished public service (1977); George Foster Peabody Award, Emmy and National Gold Azbee Award for magazine feature writing.
EDUCATION
J.D., Columbia University Law School (1969);
B.A. in history (minor in economics), Stanford University (1966)
OTHER
Languages: French (conversant) and Spanish (working knowledge)
Admission to Tennessee Bar (1971)
PUBLIC SERVICE
Founding board president of The Conversation US, website that publishes topical commentary and analysis by experts at American colleges and universities
Overseer and former treasurer of the Bayville (Maine) Village Corporation