More Magazine Work
During my 18 years with People, I freelanced only a handful of times (by permission, of course) for publications outside of Time Inc — A. Magazine and NBA Hoops! Here are some freelance pieces from “way back” and recent work from when I started freelancing in Sydney beginning in 2012.
The Binge Guide: September 25-October 1, 2022
The Grateful (Un)dead
I had a lot of spare material from showrunner Angela Kang about the end of The Walking Dead, and unused quotes from Norman Reedus after a Walking Dead junket, so I appreciate The Binge Guide regular Siobhan Duck letting me weave in my words with hers for an additional piece.
Stellar: April 27, 2022
Ben Lee & Ione Skye: “Go for it… Interrupt me…”
With an edit team of GenXers, you have only one choice with this assignment: lean in wholeheartedly! Thank you to Ben and Ione for indulging me over Zoom with my many questions and thank you to editors Sarrah Le Marquand and Nicholas Fonseca for letting me do this in the first place.
Empire Australia: Empire TV Autumn 2016
Games of Thrones Season 6: Reign in Spain and How to Speak Dothraki
Taking a deep dive into Game of Thrones for Empire Australia was a real treat. I researched locations in Spain for season 6 to produce a traveller's guide and I spoke with language creator David J. Peterson for a preview of Dothraki usage in the latest series.
Medill Magazine
Modern love
My friends Victor Chi and Jenny Hontz had their Medill romance revealed in the alumni magazine a few years ago. I was glad to share another couple's story this year. To see this article within Medill magazine, click here.
Winter 2014 Photos by Armando Sanchez.
AdNews Magazine
AdNews is one of the most venerable media business publications in Australia. To search my articles on AdNews.com, click here.
Super ads for a Super Bowl
Australians find it funny that Americans watch the Super Bowl as much for the commercials as for the game. I thought it would be fun to take a look at those advertisements with an eye for what Australian marketers could learn from the companies willing to spend $4 million for 30 seconds of eye space. Below is a news piece that ran in AdNews on Feb. 7, 2014, but click here to see the long form website piece that provides links to the ads themselves.
U.S. 2013-14 TV season preview
I met AdNews editor Paul McIntyre the summer of 2013 at D23 in Anaheim and enjoyed talking to him about all things television from both sides of the Pacific. A month later, he asked if I would be interested in writing about the business I had come to love so much. With the guidance of Paul and his team, I enjoyed taking a big-picture look at the industry I had written about from the personality perspective for more than 18 years. To read the online story that preceded this piece, click here. Otherwise, here is "American Booty," AdNews, Nov. 13, 2013.
A. Magazine
In fine form
Back when A. Magazine was thriving and bringing all aspects of Asian American life to newsstands in a beautiful monthly package, I wrote this piece profiling artist Ting Shao Kuang.
"Beauty in Exile," A. Magazine October/November 1998. Photos by Heungman.