Bio
- Staff writer for The Washington Post
- Co-winner of the 2005 Distinguished International Reporting award from the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild
- Contributed to the Oakland Tribune, the San Diego Tribune, the Decatur Illinois Herald & Review and the Los Angeles Times TV magazine
- Has a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkley
- Contributed to MSNBC, PBS, CNN, BBC, ABC and National Public Radio, and was featured in a PBS Frontline documentary on reporting the war in Iraq
