Journalism

Inspired by Jello Biafra to “become” the media, I gravitated towards journalism in 2005. As a freelance writer I developed a diverse array of beats, including bicycling, biofuels, beer, books, DIY culture, travel, theatre, cinema, music, festivals, sustainability, and more. I’ve also written and edited content for a variety of industry publications, including at Green Tortoise Adventure Travel Company, Other Avenues Grocery Cooperative, Folio Books, and EXIT Theatre/San Francisco Fringe Festival.

In 2010, I received an NEA Fellowship in theatre journalism at USC Annenberg, and developed “The Performant,” an underground arts and nightlife column for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. In 2013, I co-published the Bikes to Books literary history bicycling tour map with City Lights Books and Burrito Justice, now in its third printing. Afterward, we independently published the expanded poster version (2015) and a 16-page minizine (2018) of our Boots to Books walking tour. 

In 2022, I co-founded a worker-owned digital arts magazine, Substrate Arts. Peruse my portfolio of selected clips here.

Nicole combines a refreshingly wry enthusiasm and deep institutional knowledge into a highly readable style, and dives without inhibition into every assignment.

– Marke Bieschke, editor, 48Hills (formerly of the San Francisco Bay Guardian)