San Francisco Bay Guardian, May 29, 2002
"Culture Shocked" column
http://www.sfbg.com/36/35/x_culture_shocked.html
About Katharine
Katharine Mieszkowski is a senior reporter for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, the weekly radio show and podcast, co-produced with PRX. Her journalism has won many national awards, including the Alfred I duPont-Columbia University Award two years in a row and a Peabody award. Before Reveal, she was a senior writer for Salon and for Fast Company magazine. Mieszkowski has a bachelor's degree from Yale University. She grew up outside Houston, but now lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area. @kmieszkowski