Stories

2022

Into the High Sierras (Spotlight)
What's Happening at the U.S. Border? (Spotlight)
Explore: Napa Valley (Sacramento Magazine)
Internet Blackout in Kazakhstan amid Protests silenced a DW Akademie partner for nearly a week (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
Challenges - and Solutions - for Rural Journalism in Uganda (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
In Armenia, Reporters Factcheck Government Officials and War Reporting (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
Citizen journalists in Pakistan aim to give a voice to growing number of Afghan refugees (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
Young Cambodians learn about media literacy's role in democracy (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
Community radio in Georgia: How one woman found her calling in journalism (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
In Uzbekistan, hands-on international media training shapes regional journalism (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
In the Maghreb, emerging technology makes storytelling more efficient and effective (Deutsche Welle Akademie)
Covering Iraq's complex economy, journalists explore both challenges and solutions (Deutsche Welle Akademie)

2021

The Women Were Prepared (Ms. Magazine)
Historic Healdsburg (Sacramento Magazine)
Where the Women Stay and Fight (Ms. Magazine)

2020

California's Rural Hospital Closures Crisis (KPFA Radio)
“You just do it because it is the right and necessary thing to do” (Business Spotlight)
Explore Carson Valley (Sacramento Magazine)

2019

Traveling with Julia Morgan (Sacramento Magazine)
Escape to Capay (Sacramento Magazine)
House Votes to Keep Tax Filing Complex and Pricey (Radio/Video Interview with KPFA Pacifica Radio)
Elizabeth Zach on Tax Lobby's Influence on the IRS (C-SPAN Washington Journal)
Why the Government Makes Filing Your Taxes Intentionally Difficult (In These Times)
After the Flames (Sacramento Magazine)
Clear Lake and Beyond (Sacramento Magazine)
Emigrating From the U.S. May Be the Only Way to Afford Eldercare (In These Times)

2018

Country Roads (Sacramento Magazine)
The Eastern Slope (Sacramento Magazine)
Colombia en The New York Times (radio interview) (W Radio)
Not Just Big Trees (Sacramento Magazine)
In Southwest Colombia, Treasures Are Forbidden No More (The New York Times)
How one rural California county went from the state’s highest rate of opioid deaths — to zero (Center for Health Journalism)
In the American West, Arbitrary Poverty Designations Are Shortchanging the Rural Poor (In These Times)
Cuernavaca: A side trip into opulence, only an hour away from Mexico’s capital (The Washington Post)
The California Alps (Sacramento Magazine); Taking a gamble on a revitalized Reno (The Washington Post)
Colombia’s Museum of Modern Art Celebrates Its 40th Year (The New York Times)
Health Care for All Beings (Tricycle Buddhist Review)

2017

Ingrid Mössinger: Eine Frau verändert eine Stadt (television interview) (Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk)
Keep Heading North (Sacramento Magazine)
On a Mission: Santa Ynez Valley (Sacramento Magazine)
At 375, Montreal’s cosmopolitan charm still seduces travelers (The Washington Post)
A Japanese Mogul Collects Art as a Form of Giving Back (The New York Times)
An hour from packed Kyoto, Nara is an enlightening overnight, including cordial deer (The Washington Post)

2016

In the Badlands, Where Hope for the Nation’s First Tribal Park Has Faded (The New York Times)
Love for the Lost Sierra (Sacramento Magazine)
Gems, Hidden in Plain Sight in Macedonia (The New York Times)
In Oregon’s lone National Park, hike the country’s deepest, bluest lake (The Washington Post)
The Quiet North (Sacramento Magazine)
West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park (The New York Times)
Uncovering Gay History in San Francisco (The New York Times)
A Japanese Bathhouse in the Delta (San Jose Mercury News)
Channel Islands: Adventurous Daytripping in California's Own Galapagos (San Jose Mercury News)
Taking the Waters (Sacramento Magazine)
On the rocks, with ice: Utah’s national parks just as spectacular in the offseason (The Washington Post)
Horseback Riding at Bodega Bay (San Jose Mercury News)
Women Expand Their Home on the Range (The Washington Post)
The most striking aspect of Europe’s newest nation: Its normalcy (The Washington Post)

2015

On horseback through the symbolic heart of Hungary (The Washington Post)
‘Citizens’ Museum’ of Frankfurt Celebrates 200 Years (The New York Times)
Catching a Deeper Glimpse of American History: 24 Hours in Washington D.C.'s U Street Neighborhood (Selamta Magazine)
Exploring Tule Lake, an Austere Land With a Complex History (The New York Times)
Drought Tests California Tourism (The New York Times)
In Paradisiacal Nicaragua, Contemplating a Canal (The New York Times)
The Mora River Valley Faces A New Battle (The New York Times)

2014

Fauna, Flora and Freighters in the Danube Delta (The New York Times)
Defending the Age of Empire (Selamta Magazine)
Work, Work, Work (KQED Radio San Francisco)
Berlin Comes to Life in the Spring (The Charlotte Observer)
Military Museum Confronts Past (The New York Times)

2013

A mainstream home for alternative art (The New York Times)
Have a 'Hygge' Day (LiveMint & The Wall Street Journal)
Two Tales of Recovery In the Canary Islands (The New York Times)
The View From a Kayak (The New York Times)
Estonia: Of Culture, Skype and Staying Power (San Jose Mercury News)

2012

Forgotten Corners Of the South-West (The Independent)
As Spain Struggles, Dalí Stays In His Glory Years (The New York Times)
Unlikely Art Hub Honed By Enthusiasm (The New York Times)
Russia's Privately Held Art On Show (The New York Times)
Gozo: An Island That Time Bypassed (San Jose Mercury News)
An Early Laboratory For Bauhaus (The New York Times)
California - The Missionary Position (LiveMint & The Wall Street Journal)