This portfolio showcases the diverse set of clips I've accumulated as a journalist for various publications. You've got two options for viewing: To enjoy the print tearsheet, please click on the image, which will open full-sized in a new window. To read the stories as published online, please click on the headline.
Do check out my resume, too.
A City Beneath The Radar
Published in The Gainesville Sun
Nov. 1, 2008
They repel some list pests. They revolt others like pigs. But they're just people. The homeless are fathers, daughters and friends, too. This story exposes the lackluster results of the city of Gainesville's attempted eviction of Tent City.
Three Soldiers, Three Stories
Published in The Gainesville Sun
Nov. 11, 2008
Explosions, each one more tremulous and thunderous than the last, rocked the city in a rhythm; fires blazed and bounded from one brick house to the next; and clouds of smoke silently rose above. No, you couldn't see the stars, anymore. That's when Army Specialist Stephen Rodgers saw a city bombarded during the initial invasion of Iraq.
Exotic Dancers Feel Gas Prices' Pinch
Published in the Independent Florida Alligator
Aug. 7, 2008
This story is completely my own, and it came like a slap to the face. I saw a commercial promoting a gas-receipt discount at Café Risqué. I'd have to be crazy not to jump on it. So, I did. It was my first time in a strip club, a fully nude one at that, and I was being served hot chocolate at 7:30 a.m. by a nude waitress. I love journalism.
Cuban-American Rapper Uses His Rhymes to Unite
Published in The Gainesville Sun
Sept. 27, 2008
No time for star shock during this story. I was alloted a measly 10 minutes with the man of the hour and three hours to write about it, travel time included. The outcome, despite this, is a portrait that captures one moment that entirely illuminates the scene by slectively listening, viewing and fastening onto the one quote that tells all.
Cross Country Fowls
Published in The Gainesville Sun
Aug. 5, 2008
If a woman is crazy enough to plead for a ride from Florida to Washington state for her chickens, she's undoubtedly crazy enough to talk to me. That was my train of though when I stumbled upon her Craigslist post. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a gem.
Local Outreach Copes With Alzheimer's + Aging
Published in The Gainesville Sun
Aug. 2, 2008
Sometimes a story become bigger than itself, extending beyond the flat black and white type on the page. This is one of those stories. Following its publication, Al'z Place was allocated a larger budget to train additional staff to care for more clients affected with Alzheimer's disease.
Area Library Offers Soldiers Morale Boost
Published in The Gainesville Sun
July 16, 2008
Emotions runs deep in this story. I was intimidated, I'll admit, before interviewing the soldiers. How could I dare ask them about the war? But behind a reporter's notebook, I have the freedom to ask those sensitive and intrusive questions. This is for me.