ASAP/Blogging

ASAP was the AP's younger audience service, aimed at attracting the 18-to-34-year-old demographic group to AP's members and subscribers. ASAP content includes words, pictures, sounds, moving images, blogs and interactive features. It was packaged for every format and designed to appeal to the next generation of news consumers. Writing for ASAP allowed me to do some "outside the box" writing I didn't often get a chance to do for the main wire. Since it shut down, I have continued writing for AP's travel and food departments. Here is a a selection of some of my ASAP pieces plus blogs and other offbeat AP writing.

Selected Stories

• VIRUS DIARY: Navigating a flu-like illness in the corona age (May 15, 2020)
• A winter visit to Athens offers a pleasant alternative (January 04, 2017)
• Serenity Now: Israel’s northern tip offers peaceful hike (June 29, 2016)
• Serenity Now: Ancient mosque offers respite from Cairo chaos (March 08, 2016)
• Bleisure Bits: Khan el-Khalil Bazaar offers a taste of Cairo (February 25, 2016)
• Neighborhoods: Tel Aviv’s Florentin a bustling bohemian hub (November 17, 2015)
• Serenity Now: A calm perch above Jerusalem’s hectic Old City (August 04, 2015)
• My ‘Brazil Beat’ posts from the 2014 World Cup (July 04, 2014)
• Go For the Food: Homemade food in Jerusalem market (April 22, 2014)
• Travel column: Tel Aviv – 5 free things for visitors to do (April 03, 2014)
• An arduous journey to the UN: planes, cars, and a school bus (September 27, 2012)
• Facebook blog on Netanyahu, the dance remix (August 02, 2011)
• The ‘Voice of Israel Baseball’ (August 27, 2007)
• The many fronts of Israel’s PR offensive (May 09, 2007)
• Ivri Lider: Gay, Israeli and famous (February 02, 2007)