About me

Katrina and the kidlets

I’m Katrina Alcorn. This is my blog.

If you’re wondering why a busy mom bothers with this silly blog stuff, you might want to read my first post. And then, you might want to read this one about my nervous breakdown.

Many years ago, I was a journalist. I wrote for newspapers and magazines in California and Hawaii (including The San Francisco Chronicle, Honolulu Advertiser, and HONOLULU Magazine). I also worked as an associate producer for a PBS documentary series called “Livelyhood,” which took a humorous look at the changing nature of work. It was hosted by Will Durst who is about the nicest and funniest political comedian you will ever meet (well, I haven’t met Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert yet…)

I got my masters degree in journalism from UC Berkeley in 99. While I was there, I won a small human rights grant to produce an independent, half-hour documentary about orphans in Cambodia called “The Mystery of Rath Pohl,” which aired on several PBS stations including KTEH San Jose, WHYY Philadelphia, WNET New York, and KBPS San Diego.

In the late 90s, I started working for a web startup as a content strategist (an inscrutable Internet title for ‘writer/editor’) and spent the next ten years at the epicenter of the Internet industry, through the boom, the bust, and the remarkable Web 2.0 resurgence.

I live in Oakland, CA with my husband, Brian; my son, Jake (age 3); daughter Ruby (age 7); and stepdaughter Martha (age 9). I now work as a freelance web consultant. I also write about issues related to working moms, all moms, really, on a variety of other blogs including MomsRising.org and The Huffington Post.

The whole family: Martha, Katrina, Jake, Brian, Ruby

A little note on when I post to this blog: I usually post one to three times a week. If you love the blog but keep forgetting to check it, click the “subscribe by email” link in the upper right of this page.

A little note on copyright: My posts to this blog are protected by U.S. copyright  laws. I am happy to have you quote short passages from my work on your own websites and blogs and in print, provided you credit the work to me. Let’s keep the web free while also treating each other’s intellectual property with respect.