Michael Andersen is a contributor to the Nieman Journalism Lab. He was the founder of
Portland Afoot, a nonprofit startup covering low-car life in Portland, Ore., and he writes about local-news entrepreneurship at
oldforestnewtrees.com. He is currently an editor with BikePortland.org. He studied at Grinnell College and Northwestern; he’s impersonated a metal thief, a terrorist, and a panhandler; and he’s a pretty big fan of bread. Send yeast packets to mike.andersen@gmail.com.