ON MIC
Over the course of my career, I’ve covered immigration issues across the Bay Area, re-examined the legacy of a local legend, reported on the devastating effects of wildfire, and much more. Here’s some examples of work I’ve made where I’m on the mic.
Audio tours
Unfortunately, Detour no longer exists as a company. But I had the pleasure of assisting in or fully creating a number of immersive audio tours around San Francisco. I helped create a number of tours for SFMOMA, I created and voiced a literary tour of North Beach, and created a tour of the historic Curran Theater. Here’s some press coverage of my North Beach tour. I spoke to luminaries from Lawrence Ferlenghetti to James Earl Jones to Patti Lupone and loved working in such a sound-rich and immersive setting. To get a sense of the kinds of thing I worked on, watch the video to the left.
MYstery house - 99% invisible
According to legend, Sarah Winchester's friends advised her to seek the services of a Boston spiritual medium named Adam Koombs. As the legend goes, Koombs put Mrs. Winchester in touch with her deceased husband—but William had bad news.
He told Sarah Winchester that she would always be haunted by the spirits who had been killed by Winchester rifles.
Speaking through Koombs, William Winchester instructed Sarah to placate the spirits by building a structure that would perpetually grow to shelter the ever-increasing number of Winchester rifle victims.
And if she did this, Sarah Winchester would gain immortality.
Meet the lawyers fighting the federal government to save clients from deportation - Crosscurrents
The San Francisco Immigration Defense Unit is a team of eight lawyers with the public defender’s office who represent people threatened with deportation.
When the unit first started last year, there were only two other units like it in the country.
They take on cases that feel like longshots. They represent immigrants, some who have criminal convictions. Some can’t afford lawyers, or can’t find attorneys willing to take the chance and represent them. Most detained immigrants don’t have attorneys at all.
Immigration reporter Ninna Gaensler-Debs and Justice reporter Holly J. McDede spent this past year following this unit to find out what happens when a team of lawyers try and bring representation to immigration court.
She lost everything in the Valley Fire. Then she had to flee again. - KQED
Pamela Voyles lost everything in the Valley Fire in Lake County, then spent two years homeless. She finally found a place — only to flee seven months later.
When Pamela Voyles got the knock on her door to leave, she already had a bag ready.
Pamela ticks off the supplies she had packed: “I had copies of certain pictures in my bag. I had emergency water, energy bars. I was more prepared than most people because I had been through fire before.”
Bay Area Haitians react to Trump immigration order
More than 55,000 immigrants are living in California with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — a form of humanitarian relief for those whose home countries have had some kind of catastrophe. Now, they’re at risk of losing their legal status.