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'American Idol' Segment Helps Push Tourette's Syndrome into Cultural Mainstream
Couple Finds Thomas Jefferson Letter: A cover story in The Washington Post Style section, this article was also featured as a Yahoo! dynamic lead and on the History Channel Web site. I pitched this story to the Post after hearing about the letter from an old college acquaintance, and an editor called me within 24 hours.
A Mother's Anguish: An interview with Linda Kaiser puts a face on the recall of millions of window shades a few days earlier. I first heard about Linda's story from Chicago Tribune, and tracked her down.
Cries for Help Not Always Answered: As AOL News moves toward more original content, I pitched this take-out piece in the wake of a major national story about a gang rape in California. I also included multimedia elements that truly deepen the story.
Climbers Survive New England Avalanche: My eye for compelling drama drew me to a small, local headline in The Boston Globe. I tracked down one of the climbers, persuaded him to share his exclusive photos, and then reported, wrote and produced the story, including writing captions and headlines and coding the package.
Whole Lot of Shaking Going On: The Binghamton University Research Magazine needed a tech-savvy writer comfortable dissecting engineering jargon.
Who Needs Cops When There's Community Organizers: My ticket to Obama's Inauguration gave me a front row seat to controversy. AOL news producers don't have to blog, but I volunteered a post.
Xctasy's Story; A Mother's Promise; Times Union Special Reports:Xctasy: This joint investigation with the local NBC affiliate into a child abuse case was honored by the New York Publishers Association as one of the best investigative stories of the year and nominated for a state Emmy. Gov. Eliot Spitzer cited our work when he closed legal loopholes exposed by our reporting.
Dylan's Story: I knocked to ask about neighborhood traffic. A cup of coffee and half an hour later, I asked the friendly mother if she wanted to talk about anything else. She shared Dylan's story, a rare view into the convoluted education bureaucracy that many blue-collar parents struggle to navigate.
Rotterdam Police: A police officer approached after watching me ask tough questions of the town leadership. He wanted to know if he could trust me. The documents he leaked me showed a police department covering potential crimes. The story prompted an investigation by the District Attorney.
Have Gavel, Will Travel: A lack of urban judges strains the system.
Corey Womack may have died, but the high school play he starred in had to go on. This story hinged on multimedia sources, using You Tube, My Space tributes and student email to build a portrait of a young man and his legacy.
The Adventures of Green Drakkoman: It was supposed to be a short story about a community fundraiser. Then I saw the family's Web site.
The Call of a Lifetime: I had spent an afternoon with a teen suffering organ failure earlier in the week when I got a call an hour from the story's deadline: a donor had been found.
Ice Cream: An evening on the most dangerous ice cream truck route in the Capital Region.
From Soccer Star to Star Defendant: David Woodrow went from nationally ranked soccer player and Cornell University to the drug dens of the some of the worst neighborhoods in upstate New York. He wouldn't talk to me, but his family and former coach and teammate did. Woodrow's eventual acquittal was the District Attorney's first murder trial loss in 18 years.
Firefighter Dies in the Line of Duty
Cooperstown: A Baltimore Magazine editor gave me three weeks to research and write a how-to travel story for Oriole fans heading north for Cal Ripken's Hall of Fame Induction. "Article is perfect, exactly what we were looking for," he proclaimed, and ran the story with almost no editing.
WEQX: More than 20 years of independent commercial radio
Jewish Music goes modern.
Gogol Bordello, Golem show reviews