Client Projects and Writing Samples
Writing Samples
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Hope Center plans to face budget questions with facts
As homelessness increases in Delaware and COVID-related support dries up, the New Castle County Hope Center will roll out its new long-term sustainability strategy with a companion dashboard in January demonstrating the shelter and former hotel’s impact..
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Wilmington mayor, council spar over residency law
A weeks-long debate over Wilmington residency requirements for non-elected city employees has deteriorated into what might generously be described as “frosty” exchanges between Mayor Mike Purzycki and a pair of Wilmington City Council members.
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Where Have All the Baptists Gone?
Winter 2016 cover story for the Baylor Line looking at the reasons behind a sharp decline in enrollment among Baptists attending Baylor University. This was the first in a series of stories that looked at real issues facing the University rather than just writing puff pieces.
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Chase CEO Jamie Dimon tours Zip Code Delaware
Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took some time to talk to me for the Delaware Business Times in August 2019, touching on such topics as the changing education paths for the people JPMorgan Chase is hiring, the bank’s growth in Delaware, and the threat of cyber security
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Peter Osborne on Communications Post-Mortems
Post for Spin Sucks, the world’s No. 1 PR blog with 50k subscribers. Column advocates for introducing a project “post-mortem” process to assess what went right, what didn’t, and what can be learned for future programs.
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Not At Baylor? The Surprising Issue of Student Hunger
Spring 2017 story for the Baylor Line looks at how Baylor faculty and staff are leveraging local resources to address the issue of student hunger on campus and to raise the awareness of stakeholders.
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Q&A with Wistar's Heather Steinman, Ph.D., MBA
As Wistar’s SVP for Business Development and executive director of Technology Transfer, Heather A. Steinman forges new strategic partnerships with industry, nonprofit, and local academic institutions and advances Wistar’s growing pipeline of biomedical research discoveries. The interview that led to this story is helping Wistar generate ideas for media pitches.
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Dr. Eric Kmiec, Gene Editing Institute at Christiana Care
One of a series of Q&As for the Delaware Prosperity Partnership economic development organization where I highlight Delaware innovators and translate technical concepts for a mainstream audience.
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Biocurie Finds Delaware Ideal for Innovation.
Story on software startup that is offering the ability to get it right the first time” to biopharmaceutical companies spending hundreds of millions of dollars and several years developing each cell and gene therapy.
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Erica Nemser and Compact Membrane Systems
Erica Nemser and her team at Compact Membrane Systems are searching for the chemical equivalent of the Holy Grail.
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ANP Technologies Excels at Rapid Diagnostic Tests.
ANP is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is also developing pharmaceuticals for treating different types of cancer, including head and neck cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatic cancer, and non-small cell lung careers.
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PAG Develops Nationwide COVID Interactive Dashboard.
Predictive Analytics Group (PAG) has created a nationwide COVID-interactive dashboard with overlays that are more “predictive” than the standard view.
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In the Business of Making Memories
March/April 2022 cover story for Delaware Business magazine celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Wilmington Blue Rocks.
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Nemours' Yvette Santiago Leads With Intentionality
Online profile for the Delaware Prosperity Partnership of the hospital’s community engagement director.
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Arts Organizations Take Different Paths to Surviving the Pandemic
My last article for the Delaware Business Times in August 2020 (before my pandemic-related layoff), focusing on the struggles facing arts organizations in the wake of donors contributing to other types of nonprofits.
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Face With Loss, Kate Lyons Stepped Up to the Challenge
April 2019 profile for the Delaware Business Times about Kate Lyons who took over her husband’s insurance business shortly after his sudden death.
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Kim Mulkey: In Her Own Words
Baylor’s iconic women’s basketball coach opens up about life on and off the court in a Spring 2017 cover story in the Baylor Line. I took a slightly different approach, conducting an extended interview and then organizing it in a similar fashion to an approach Inc. magazine takes to focus purely on the interview subject without distractions.
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Stress Test: How Much Debt is Too Much?
I talked to some of the growing numbers of students leaving Baylor with more than $100,000 in student debt in the Fall 2016 issue. How are they — and their families — coping? An early discussion of a topic that is a much more visible issue today.
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The Comeback Kid
Profile of Dallas filmmaker Kjehl Rasmussen, who had seen a lot of career ups and downs. Written for D Magazine in August 1990.