I’M ETHAN
I build products, tell stories, and design strategy at the intersection of AI, policy, and power.
Journalism & Reporting
Reporting on AI, technology, and the structural forces behind both. My work traces how policy decisions become lived experience — and who bears the cost when systems fail.
Speaking & Keynotes
Keynotes and panels on housing, responsible AI, and narrative as infrastructure. Previous stages include Bellwether Housing (Seattle), HUD Fair Housing Month, Slate’s “What Next,” and KCRW.
AI & Policy Research
Research on how AI systems are designed, governed, and experienced — from responsible AI frameworks to the gap between what’s built and who it’s built for.
Product & Narrative Strategy
I help organizations build what they need to be understood — campaign messaging, editorial products, audience systems, and growth strategy for organizations working in AI, media, and public policy.
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Awards
Feature writing. Technology reporting. Government accountability. Podcasting. Solutions journalism. Public service. Recognized by SABEW, the Online News Association, the LA Press Club, and the Housing Narrative Lab.
2022 SABEW Best in Business Winner
Personal Finance category, for No Place to Call Home
“The series is very powerful and stays with you…This collection of stories effectively demonstrates the very high and human cost of the lack of affordable housing in the U.S. today.”
— SABEW Judges
Where I’ve Shown Up
Bellwether Housing — Keynote, Closer to Home Luncheon (Seattle, 2022)
U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development — Fair Housing Month
Slate “What Next” with Mary Harris — Two appearances
KCRW Greater LA
Let’s Work Together
I take on select reporting assignments, keynote invitations, research collaborations, product strategy projects, and narrative work. If you have a story worth telling or something worth building, I’d like to hear about it.