Young Reporters, New Tools, and Political Reporting
Harvard Nieman Reports
Summer 2008

Hillary Clinton's Speech Ignites Girl Power
MTV Newsroom Blog
June 2008

Cinematographer Ellen Kuras interview
Film Arts Magazine (form. Release Print)
May/June 2007

Girls Rock!
Death + Taxes Magazine
March/April 2007

Good Vibes at the Castro
Film Arts Magazine (form. Release Print)
January/February 2007

2006 Music Doc Roundup
Death + Taxes Magazine
January/February 2007

Henry Rollins interview
Death + Taxes Magazine
November/December 2006

Get 'Em While They're Young: The next generation of Bay Area media makers is born
Release Print
September/October 2006

And The Oscar Goes To...The Camera?
Death + Taxes Magazine
July/August 2006

"But You Don't Look Like a Punk Rocker!"
The Commentator
November 22, 2005

BAWIFT Wants to Hug You
Film/Tape World
September 2005

Coming Home: A Local filmmaker’s ride on the film fest circuit
Film/Tape World
July 2005

Judaism Is SO Punk Rock
Jewish Mayhem Magazine
April 2005

Punk and Resistance in Israel
Maximum Rock-n-Roll
November 2003

Also…
A Series of Media Literacy Lesson Plans and Technology Tip Sheets for Classroom Teachers
Dept. of Education Media Education, Arts and Literacy Project
2004-2006


PANEL
Panelist: 2008 ELECTION: The Ultimate Communications Case Study
New York Women in Communications
New York, June 2008
 

PANEL
Panelist: Multimedia and Interactivity in Journalism
International Symposium on Online Journalism
Austin, April 2008

PANEL
Panelist: The Past, Present and Future of Punk, with moderator Danny Fields
14th Street Y
New York, September 2007

PANEL
Moderator: The Exchange, with panelists from Pixar, LucasArts and Electronic Arts
Ninth Street Independent Film Center
San Francisco, May 2007

WORKSHOP
Building Buzz Around Your Film
Film Arts Foundation
San Francisco, October 2006 and February 2007

PANEL
Panelist: Immigration & Identity: Re-Constructing Personal Narratives
ZEUM Arts and Technology Museum Teacher Studio
San Francisco, December 2006

PANEL
Panelist: Women Documentary Filmmakers
Bay Area Women in Film and TV
San Francisco, October 2006

LECTURE
Guest Lecturer: How to Promote Your Film
Film Arts Foundation Documentary Production Class
San Francisco, July 2006

PANEL
Panelist: Bay Area Resources for Film & Video Makers
SF Film & Video Makers Conference
San Francisco, May 2006

SEMINAR
What They Don't Teach You in Film School
San Diego State University, Graduate Film Department
San Diego, February 2006

PUBLIC APPEARANCE
Q&A sessions
20 (and counting) live, post-screening interviews on my film, Jericho’s Echo: Punk Rock in the Holy Land
USA, Canada, Israel. 2005

WORKSHOP
Media Literacy Basics
CORO Teen Leadership Initiative
San Francisco, July 2005

PANEL
Moderator: Media Arts in Public Schools: Reflections, Challenges, and Successes
New Media Education Conference
San Francisco, June 2005

PANEL
Moderator: Media Activism
Bay Area Women in Film and TV
San Francisco, May 2005

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Integrating Graphic Design Into Your Curriculum
Dept. of Education Media Education, Arts and Literacy Project
San Francisco, August 2004, 2005

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Media and Technology in Middle School
Series of Professional Develpoment Workshops and Classes for school teachers including introductions to Media Literacy, Photoshop, MovieMaker, and Web Research
Dept. of Education Media Education, Arts and Literacy Project
2004-present

CLASS
PuppeTV
As Artist-in-Residence, developed and taught 7-week puppetmaking, performing, and media workshop to 3rd, 4th and 5th graders
Sherman Elementary School, San Francisco, Winter 2003

CLASS
Intro to Graphic Design
Developed and Taught 8-week graphic design class for 5th graders in three Bay Area middle schools
American Institute of Graphic Arts Studio 5 program, San Francsico, Fall 2000-2003