Portfolio
Journalism allows me to live in others’ shoes for a little while, usually long enough to experience their hopes and fears but almost always shorter than I’d like. I’ve written about education reform, PTSD in post-Katrina New Orleans, college rodeo, posh home interiors, outdoor ice skating and local, state and national elections. A few of those stories (and others I like) are listed below.
Digging deeper
By our own hand: Suicide in Wyoming, contributing writer (September 2011)
- Wyoming family follows long path to healing from suicide [story | web]
- Prevention programs target Wyoming youth [story | web]
- Other states attack suicide from the top [story | web]
Literacy: A community effort (April 11, 2011)
- Wyoming schools see results from early-literacy efforts [story | web]
- New campaign aims to boost reading skills [story | web]
- Adults struggle to learn to read [story | web]
Tussle over tenure (Feb. 13, 2011)
- Few Wyoming teachers challenge dismissals [story | web]
- Teachers speak in defense of tenure [story | web]
- Profile: Harshman teaches, leads in Legislature [story | web]
Top of the class (November 2009)
Four-part series on excelling school districts in Wyoming
[PDF | web]
Daily stories
Candidates visit Wilmington, city hit hard by recession (March 4, 2012)
[story | web]
Wyoming Department of Education prepares for second defense of budget (Jan. 22, 2012)
[story | web]
National organization targets Wyoming teachers (Feb. 8, 2011)
[story | web]
PAWS problems persist (Mar 25, 2010)
[PDF | web]
Budget analysis: End of the ‘Path’ (July 5, 2010)
[PDF | web]
Features
Nerves, excitement, tears mark first day of school (Aug. 25, 2011)
[story | web]
Elk Mountain Hotel offers serenity, escape (March 27, 2011)
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Program offers dropouts discipline, GED (July 12, 2010)
[story | PDF | web]
Health: MU volunteers reach trauma victims worldwide (May 16, 2008)
[PDF | Web]
Music: Shining on
OffBeat music magazine, June 2009
[web]
Homes: Artist in residence
Profile of artist James Michalopoulos’s home, New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles, April 2009
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