I’m Cleveland Dietz. I write consumer guidance and explanatory reporting focused on systems that affect people’s lives and what happens when those systems fail, change, or behave unexpectedly.
My work centers on helping readers understand rules, processes, and technologies that carry real consequences. This includes public infrastructure, institutional decision-making, consumer finance, and web-based tools where misunderstanding can lead to financial loss, denied access, or prolonged problems.
In my commercial writing, I produce practice guides, troubleshooting content, and reviews for finance and technology platforms, with a focus on accuracy, plain language, and practical use. This work has been published under my byline and as ghostwritten content. I have also applied these skills as a copy editor reviewing high-volume consumer technology sites for clarity and accuracy.
In parallel, my journalism has examined public systems under strain, including municipalities struggling with flooding for decades, election infrastructure failure, gaps in public safety funding, health care access disputes, and institutional responses to crises. I’ve reported on these issues from policy and governance through to the individual.
My bylined commercial writing has appeared in The Ways to Wealth and other outlets and my reporting has been in local newspapers and regional magazines across Indiana, including Indianapolis Monthly and other publications. I’ve also spent multiple years as a copy editor for consumer technology content, reviewing material for clarity, accuracy, and usability before publication.
Across this work, the approach is always the same: explain complex systems clearly, document where they fail, and provide the information readers need to act.