EXPERIENCE
Los Angeles Times, reporter, Metro section, Los Angeles, 2004- ; reporter, Orange County Edition, 2004; reporting intern, Metro section, Los Angeles, 1997.

EDUCATION
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication. M.A., print journalism, 1998. Phi Kappa Phi.

Oxford University, Balliol College. B.A., modern history, 1993.

 

PERSONAL
Born:  London, England, in 1972

Married:  Karen

Children:  Daughter Clare, born in 1997; son Sam, born in 2000

AWARDS
National Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting, 2006

Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, finalist, 2006

Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the wildfires that ravaged Southern California (team coverage), 2004.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
IRE, Investigative Reporters and Editors.