ABOUT
I am the founder and executive director of "SOME PEOPLE," the organization and multiverse channel that examines the people, processes and systems that constitute the maintenance of, and barriers to, health. My areas of expertise are White Collar Healthcare Crime, Best Practice, Quality of Care, Universal Healthcare policy, Fear of Reprisal-Free Cultures and Do No Harm business ethics.
I am the Managing Editor of THE FINE PRINT Health Humanities Magazine and the founder of UpCode, a network of investigative journalists and lawyers in the United States that helps whistleblowers expose harm and crime across the United States healthcare ecosystem.
Since 1999, I have own UNSPUN Consulting and Productions. I have led global multimedia teams and collaborated with bureaus and verticals around the world, including data, investigative, documentary and photojournalism, to produce in-depth narratives, top-tier accountability journalism, visually-impactful essays and high-caliber storytelling across multiverse platforms. I work with an international network of high performing investigative journalists, editors and producers to expose Harm-for-Profit.
My writing and editing have been featured in the Index on Censorship, New York Times Well, Loyola Magazine, Washington Post, Chicago Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Chicago Health magazine, The 2nd Hand, MILK, NPR, CNN, MinnPost, Pro Photographer, and the History in Africa Journal /Cambridge University Press, among others. I frequently read essays on stage and have read for WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, 10 x 10 Chicago, and Uncommon Ground among other venues.
During my early career I worked for Harper’s Magazine (internship), National Public Radio (Washington, D.C.) and Kartemquin Films. More recently, I was the Director of Global Business Development and Special Projects for VII Photo Agency in New York. Since 2013, I have lectured and consulted on standards and practices, ethics, and best practice in journalism and visual storytelling.
I am the coproducer of Fatal Neglect, the six-part Médecins Sans Frontières documentary series filmed internationally about Global Health and supervising producer of Long Shadow, a film and national engagement project about mass incarceration policy in the United States and how it impacts Public Health. For the DOC NYC film festival I curated VII Uncommissioned which addresses pressing political and health issues globally. I am the Executive Producer of Vicarious, a study of trauma reduction and harm prevention. In addition, I financed Defy about rape as a weapon of war for the International Rescue Committee and Under Cane which exposed the causes of Chronic Kidney Disease among sugar cane workers. One of the most impactful long-running multiverse projects I've worked on is Bring it to The Table.
I am a member of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism and a graduate of Benet Academy College Prep and Loyola University Chicago.
