As a writer and journalist: Urban planning and design, New Urbanism (7), transit (26), sustainability (6), climate protection, and the city hall politics and management implications of it all. As a marketing consultant: Architecture and planning firms.
As a staff writer in the news department of the Austin Chronicle, Katherine writes feature stories that explore complex issues surrounding current and evolving city policies related to Austin’s growth. Her column “Developing Stories” covers development-related issues in Austin and her column “Cool City” tracks progress on the Austin Climate Protection Plan. In 2009, she received an Envision Central Texas Community Stewardship Award for Raising Public Awareness. An author archive at www.AustinChronicle.com lists close to 200 features, columns, and other articles written since 2006. Katherine began her career as an editor at Texas Monthly. She has published articles and essays in regional and national magazines, and she served as a regional correspondent for ArtNews in Texas and the San Francisco Bay Area. She has written extensively for client and trade publications on business, industry, community and nonprofit topics. She has provided marketing consulting for firms specializing in urban planning and design, architecture, law, commercial real estate, development, and environmental consulting.