Beth Wood

Beth Wood has covered classical music for the Union-Tribune since 2016. She started freelancing for the U-T in 1995 while working there full-time. She co-founded the paper’s Diversity Committee, which had of underrepresented communities meet with editors and writers. Starting in 2008, Wood’s weekly features for the U-T have included Veggie Choices, Hit the Road and Weddings. She’s also covered film festivals, theater, dance and pop music for the U-T. Wood’s award-winning monthly articles in the U-T’s health section, from 2009 to 2021, explored such topics as telehealth, autoimmune diseases, prostate cancer and the medical benefits of laughter and music. She has interviewed Mikhail Baryshnikov, civil rights pioneer John Lewis, pianist Lang Lang, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, actor Amy Adams and pianist/composer Vijay Iyer. Wood co-founded the Interhemispheric Resource Center in New Mexico and co-authored two U.S. foreign-policy books for Grove Press.