Affiliations

     Qalaa Booster Club. Kabul, Afghanistan. Serve in the office of all-seeing overseer on a volunteer committee dedicated to improving the morale and welfare of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees stationed at the Qalaa House compound. Spin class instructor. 2010 to present.
 
     “Horizon.” Tempe, Ariz. Frequent guest on the journalists round-table program on the PBS
        network’s Phoenix affiliate, KAET-TV 8, 1998 to 2009.

     Boy Scouts of America. Phoenix.

        • Grand Canyon Council’s 2008 Philmont expedition coordinator. Planned and carried out
                arrangements for 108 Scouts and adult leaders statewide to backpack and camp for 12 days at
                Philmont Scout Ranch in northeastern New Mexico, 2007 to 2008.
        • Phoenix Boy Scout Troop 41 executive committee member, 2003 to 2009. Executive committee
                chairman, 2004 to 2009.
        • Eagle Scout, 1980.

    FBI Citizens’ Academy. Phoenix. Member, 2007.

    Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department. Phoenix. Youth soccer coach, 1997 to 2001.
 

    Arizona Press Club. Phoenix. Executive committee, 1996 to 1998. Contest chairman, 1997.

    “Jake and the Fat Man.” Honolulu. Appeared in three episodes of the CBS crime drama. Turned in brilliant

        performances as a prison guard, a bartender, and a guest at a gala party thrown for a newspaper columnist,

        1989 to 1990.

    University of Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. Wildcat Hall of Fame inductee, 2011. 

 Speaking appearances

“Investigative Reporting and the Pulitzer Prize.” University of Arizona speakers series, Tucson, Ariz., October 2009.

“Journalism at the Crossroads: After Newspapers, Then What?” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication national convention, Boston, August 2009.

“Reporting Reasonable Doubt.” Arizona State University’s “Must See Mondays” speakers series, Phoenix, May 2009.

Education
    University of Arizona. Tucson, Ariz. Bachelor of Arts in journalism, 1988.