Craig McLaughlin

Writing Experience

Education

  • Master of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California,
  • Creative Nonfiction (with Olivia Archibald), The Evergreen State College
  • Novel Writing (with Jane Vandenburgh), University of California at Berkeley, Extension

Teaching Experience

  • Adjunct Faculty, Journalism, Publishing, and New Media, The Evergreen State College, 1998-2000
  • Summer School Faculty, Creative Non-fiction, The Evergreen State College, 2000.
  • Instructor, Newswriting, Media Alliance, San Francisco, CA, 1994
  • Instructor, Investigative Reporting, Media Alliance, San Francisco, CA, 1994
  • Writing Coach, Center for the Integration and Improvement of Journalism, San Francisco, CA, 1990-1991
  • Lecturer, Project Reporting on a Shoestring, California Newspaper Publishers Association, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1989

Publications

[See writing samples below]

   Books

  • McLaughlin, C.D. Passing on Curves: While Death Rides Shotgun, Herne Publications, 2015
  • McLaughlin, C.P. et al. Implementing Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, Jones and Bartlett, 2012, contributor
  • McLaughlin, C.P. and McLaughlin, C.D. Health Policy Analysis: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Jones and Bartlett, 2008

   Reports (partial list)

  • Mental Health—A Public Health Approach: Developing a Prevention-Oriented Mental Health System in Washington State, State Board of Health, Olympia, WA, 2007.
  • Washington State Health Report, State Board of Health, Olympia, WA, 2002.
  • Final Report, Access to Critical Health Services, State Board of Health, 2001
  • Final Report, State Board of Health Priority: Health Disparities, State Board of Health, Olympia, WA, 2001
  • Response Capacity During A Health Emergency—A Review of Selected Issues, State Board of Health, Olympia, WA, 2001
  • Start Right—Start Healthy: A Guide to Health Checkups for Your New Student, State Board of Health, Olympia, WA, 2001
  • Crank It Up: A Bicycle Advocacy Guide, Energy Outreach Center, 1994

   Poetry (partial list)

  • “All the Toads of My Heart,” Spillway 29, Tebot Bach, 2021
  • “Days of Grief and Rage,” Spillway 29, Tebot Bach, 2021
  • “The long goodbye,” “Nesting instinct,” and “Whispers,” Paramour, Fall 1993
  • “Invocation,” Reclaiming Quarterly, 1990
  • “Spirithawk,” Far Out West, 1987

   Journalism

  • Bylined articles and columns have appeared in dozens of newspapers and magazines around the country.
  • Roughly a thousand bylined articles and columns appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1982-2008
  • More than a dozen articles appeared in ReView, The Evergreen State College alumni magazine, 1995-1998
  • “Cybershock,” a biweekly syndicated technology column, ran regularly in weekly newspapers around the country, 1994-1995

Readings

  • Poetry Reading (group), Book Passage, San Francisco, Feb. 14, 2017
  • Poetry Reading (featured poet), Kawika’s, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 2, 2016
  • Reading and Book Signing, “Passing on Curves,” Trident Books, Boston, MA, Sept. 29, 2015
  • Reading and Book Signing, “Passing on Curves,” Books Inc., Berkeley, CA, Sept. 14, 2015
  • Reading and Book Signing, “Passing on Curves,” Bookworks, Albuquerque, NM, Sept. 8, 2015
  • Reading and Book Signing, “Passing on Curves,” Book Passage, San Francisco, CA, June 9, 2015
  • Reading from “The House Within: A Memoir,” East Village Coffee Lounge, Monterey, CA, Nov. 15, 2012
  • Reading from “The House Within: A Memoir,” Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, Occidental, CA, August 2012
  • Poetry Reading (group), Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1987
  • Poetry Reading (group), Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1986
  • Poetry Reading, The Old Coffee Mill, Oakland, CA, December 1986
  • Poetry Reading, 7th Annual California Men’s Gathering, Oak Glen, CA, October 1984
  • Poetry Reading, 6th Annual California Men’s Gathering, La Honda, CA, October 1983

Residencies

  • Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, Occidental, CA, 2012
  • Centrum Arts and Creative Education, Port Townsend, WA, 2001

Writing Samples

Awards

  • Writers@Work, National Memoir Writing Contest, Third Place, 2011
  • CASE District VIII, Periodical Team Writing, Bronze Award, 2000
  • Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California, Outstanding Young Journalist, 1991
  • Peninsula Press Club, Serious Feature Article, Third Place, 1991
  • Peninsula Press Club, Newspaper Series/Team Effort, Second Place, 1990
  • National Newspaper Association, Freedom of Information Award, Second Place, 1990
  • California Newspaper Publishers Association, Special Issue, First Place,1990
  • Peninsula Press Club, Newspaper Series/Individual Effort, Second Place, 1989
  • Peninsula Press Club, Newspaper Series/Group Effort, Third Place, 1989
  • National Newspaper Association, Freedom of Information Award, First Place, 1989
  • National Newspaper Association, Business and Economic News, Third Place, 1989
  • California Newspaper Publishers Association, Resource Coverage, First Place 1988