I'm a journalist reporting on "accountability issues," whether in police departments, city government, or at the federal level, on topics of national security and digital privacy.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Freelancers rarely get expense accounts for travel

兴趣

• environment
• cooking
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• rock climbing
• journalism
• nature
• digital privacy
• encryption tools
• freedom of information

音乐、电影和书籍

I usually find myself reading nonfiction but novels by Arundhati Roy, a great current political thinker, have been consuming me lately.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Got the police chief of Chicago fired after suing the city and writing four columns about a particular story.

教，学，和分享

I'm happy to teach folks I encounter how to use encryption tools to take back their digital privacy. But I wanna learn all kinds of things. Surprise me!

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I can share my knowledge of how to do journalism as a concerned citizen doing other work for a living. And I can cook a mean, mean meal after having worked in kitchens at some of Chicago's best restaurants for six years.