Kathleen Ok-soo Richards

Kathleen Ok-soo Richards is a freelance editor and reporter based in Berkeley, California. Previously, she has been the managing editor of The Stranger and co-editor and managing editor of the East Bay Express, and she has taught a class at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. Her writings have appeared in The Stranger, the East Bay Express, Today.com, SF Weekly, Contra Costa Times, Alternet, Pacific News Service, KoreAm Journal, and AsianWeek, and her reporting has been covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and the Chicago Tribune. She has won awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, the Society of Professional Journalists' Northern California chapter, and the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club. Before her journalism career, she founded the music magazine Bay Area Buzz. In her spare time she enjoys perfecting her smoothie recipes, taking photos of redwood trees, and playing drums.