About

I write about music, culture and NY news for Agence France Presse. Previous bylines include Harper’sAl Jazeera America, The Atlantic, Le Monde DiplomatiquePublic Radio International and the Associated Press, among others.

I have worked in French, German and Spanish, and can navigate in Italian. I completed a joint global journalism master’s degree at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and Institute of French Studies.

After growing up on a vegetable farm just outside Madison, WI, I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in journalism and international studies.

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