Archive for the “Portland Monthly”

Working on a Comics Story for Portland Monthly

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Got another last-minute assignment (actually, two) from Portland Monthly. This one required interviews with Mike Richardson, founder and president of Dark Horse Comics in Milwaukie, and Helen Spalding at the Portland State University library. Both were great interviews, and it reminded me that I needed to pick up my stack of comics in my slot [...]


$4 Gas and Buying Cars

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I’m just finishing up the last rounds of edits for an article that will run in the September issue of Portland Monthly. I did a slew of interviews and test drove a Smart ForTwo to gauge the new-car market in Portland, now that gas is so ungodly expensive.
The magazine will hit metro-area newsstands around the [...]


Why I Love My Job

Friday, July 18th, 2008

I just got back from driving a Maserati, a Dodge Viper, a C63 Mercedes-Benz tuned by AMG, and the Audi S5, among 15 others, through the mountains of Central Oregon. I drove faster and pushed harder through corners than I probably ever have, and the people on the rally were as nice as the cars.
Fellow [...]


Another article in Portland Monthly

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Mudroom section editor Kasey Cordell asked if I could do a 150-word piece on kind of short notice, and I said, “Why not?” I think it turned out well. The photo they used of Gary Mortensen is spectacular, which helps. Find it in the July issue of Portland Monthly in the metro area, or on [...]


New topic: National Combat History Archive

Monday, June 9th, 2008

I had a quick-turnaround assignment recently from Portland Monthly to do a short, FOB piece on the National Combat History Archive here in the Portland area. The article was only about 150 words long, but I was fascinated by the work these two guys have done in creating the archive of film, digital video, and [...]


Article in Latest Portland Monthly — Thanks to Mrs. Peterson

Monday, May 19th, 2008

My latest piece for Portland Monthly’s Mudroom section is a short one, on Electrathon America, a race for electric vehicles designed and built by high school and community college teams. I started the first draft of the short article during a visit to Mrs. Peterson’s class at Spring Mountain Elementary School. I talked to the [...]


First article for Portland Monthly

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The November issue of Portland Monthly has my piece about the Writers Dojo in Portland, and the trend toward community work spaces for traditionally solitary lines of work, like writing.