Journalism

My writing has appeared in the New York Times, on ABCNews.com, AFP, BNA, Inc., and more.

My broadcast reporting runs on ABC News Radio (US) and on Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia.

Here are some of my clips:

• News: “Tight security as ‘World Cup’ kicks off — behind bars” (AFP) (06/10)
• News analysis: “Thais get shirty” (Hindustan Times) (05/10)
• News: “Bangkok Dangerous — Political turmoil threatens Thailand’s nascent economic recovery” (Emerging Markets) (05/10)
• News: “Mixed moods: Tourists party on Khao San Rd near shrines for Bangkok protest dead” (CNNGo.com) (04/10
• News: “State of emergency: What life is really like in Bangkok” (CNNGo.com, CNN.com) (04/10)
• News: Thai Farmers Fear Asean-China Trade Deal Will Leave Rice in Rut (AFP) (03/10)
• Short feature: 3 work-friendly Bangkok office escapes (CNNGo) (12/09)
• Short feature: Shop like a pro at Bangkok’s massive Jatujak Market (CNNGo) (11/09)
• Short feature: Q&A with Bangkok 8 author John Burdett (CNNGo) (10/09)
• Short feature: The Siam Sunray: Chasing down Thailand’s ‘signature’ cocktail (CNNGo) (8/09)
• Short feature: Bangkok’s hippest tees (CNNGo) (11/09)
• Audio slide show: “Chef David Thompson explains cooking ‘to the damnation of the customer‘” (CNNGo) (10/09)
• Short feature: The best burgers in Bangkok (CNNGo) (08/09)
• Short feature: Men: Bangkok’s spas want you! (CNNGo) (08/09)
• News: Tiaras at Thai transsexual beauty contest (AFP) (05/09)
• Live TV coverage of ASEAN health ministers’ meeting in Bangkok (Channel NewsAsia) (05/09).
• Live TV coverage of anti-government protests in Bangkok (Channel NewsAsia) (04/09)
• River Escapes (about driving along Thailand’s side of the Mekong river) (Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia) (01/09) (More info here.)
• At U-Tapao: ‘They Have Killed Tourism’ (AFP) (11/08)
• Thai Protests Strand Thousands of Tourists. (ABCNews.com) (11/08)
• Hotel review: Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok (Forbes Traveler) (10/08)
• Hotel review: Shangri-La Hotel (Bangkok) (Forbes Traveler) (10/08)
• Hotel review: Sofitel Metropole Hanoi (Forbes Traveler) (10/08)
• Hotel review: The Oberoi, New Delhi (Forbes Traveler) (10/08)
• Hotel review: The Oberoi Grand Kolkata (Forbes Traveler) (10/08)
• Audio slide show: state of emergency in Bangkok (9/08) (Newley.com)
• Sea Change (about luxury developments on Thailand’s Ko Chang and Ko Kood) (Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia) (07/08) (More info here.)
• Riding High (about a six-day trip on a Soviet-era motorbike in the northeast of Vietnam) (Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia) (04/08) (More info here.)
• Oh man! First-minute madness costs Thailand (about a Thailand-Oman World Cup qualifying match) (AFP) (03/08)
• Thaksin return raises hopes of Thai fans (AFP) (03/08)
• “A Hippie Haven Goes Upscale” (The New York Times) (08/07)
• “Vogue Elephants” (globorati luxury travel blog) (07/07)
• “Quito Comes Alive” (globorati luxury travel blog) (6/07)
• “Wet Dreams” (globorati luxury travel blog) (6/07)
• “Threat Level: Yellow! Asia’s Top 5 Terrorists” (Tripmaster Monkey) (6/07)
• “Macau: Gambling on Gambling” (globorati luxury travel blog) (5/07)
• “How to Escape Taipei Personalities” (globorati luxury travel blog) (4/07)
• “Playing our Songkran” (globorati luxury travel blog) (4/07)
• “Boutique Cruising on the Yangtze” (globorati luxury travel blog) (4/07)
• I contributed to Gridskipper, the urban travel guide, from 2005-2007. You can read all of my posts here.
• “Asia’s Craziest Buildings” (Tripmaster Monkey) (3/07) “A ranking of Asia’s five most spectacularly strange buildings, from the quirky to the downright ugly to the utterly forsaken.”
• “Thailand Tourists: ‘Coup? What Coup?’” (The New York Times) (10/06) About Thailand, tourism, and the military coup.
• “My First Coup” (Tripmaster Monkey) About being in Bangkok during a bloodless coup (9/06).
• “Football Fever” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) About World Cup supporters in Thailand (6/06)
• “Where to Watch the World Cup” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) A survey of viewing venues in Bangkok (6/06)
• “A Betting Nation” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) About World Cup-related gambling in Thailand (6/06)
• “Pitching In” (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) About Thailand’s contribution to the World Cup (6/06)
• A review of drumming legend Billy Cobham’s Thailand debut (International Herald Tribune/ThaiDay) (5/06).
• “Honk Fiercely as You Ride” (Student Traveler Magazine) About taking a scooter licensing exam in Taiwan (11/05).
• “Soup to Nuts” (World Hum). A story about visiting a market in Thailand (9/01).