Journalist · Lecturer · Author
Covering technology, law, and society for two decades. Teaching the next generation of journalists at UC Berkeley. Happiest on two wheels or somewhere in deep space.
I'm a journalist and lecturer at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where I teach courses on tech reporting, data journalism, and the law. My work has appeared in Ars Technica, NPR, and elsewhere over a career spanning radio, print, and digital media.
I'm the author of Habeas Data (Melville House, 2018), a book about the landmark legal cases that define digital privacy in America. Before academia, I spent years as a senior tech policy reporter, digging into surveillance, encryption, and the uneasy relationship between Silicon Valley and the state.
Off deadline, you'll find me grinding up the hills of the East Bay on my road bike, or rewatching Star Trek: Deep Space Nine for the fourth time. The Dominion War holds up.
At the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, I focus on equipping journalists with the legal literacy, technical fluency, and source-cultivation skills that technology reporting demands. My courses cover public records law, digital security, and how to make complex policy stories legible to a general audience.
I believe good journalism is a public service — and that the beat of technology and power is one of the most important of our time. If you're a student interested in this work, I'd love to hear from you.