I became a journalist because it afforded me the opportunity to follow my curiosity, and because my original plan to be a scientist-ballerina-novelist-racecar driver wasn't panning out. 

I do my best work when I'm questioning, experimenting, and listening. This has been true as a reporter researching a deep feature story, an editor-in-chief developing a new content strategy, a supervisor helping a distressed staffer, a house manager addressing an audience complaint, or a patient advocate supporting a survivor of sexual assault or domestic violence.

Over my 25-year editorial career, I've covered cybersecurity, climate change, data privacy, and the NBA. As editor-in-chief of InformationWeek, I led a team of talented reporters to earn awards for feature writing, breaking news, and government coverage. I co-produced and anchored a live video news desk, drove research projects, created performance metrics dashboards, and both planned and presented conference sessions in the US, UK, Singapore, India, and China.

As ever, I remain unrepentantly devoted to em dashes and Oxford commas, but willing to sacrifice them at the style guide's command.