Selected Clips
NPR
Read some of my favorite blog posts from my time writing for Shots: NPR’s health blog. From breaking news about FDA violations in hospitals to investigating the lesser-known components of the health overhaul bill, covering the health beat from Washington was non-stop action.
As Seen On TV, Food Kids Shouldn’t Be Eating - Dec. 17, 2009
Senators Look To Limit Drug Makers’ Use Of Prescription Data - Dec. 11, 2009
Obesity Epidemic Cancels Out Anti-Smoking Gains - Dec. 2, 2009
Health Overhaul Could Make Chain Restaurants Post Calories - Nov. 6, 2009
Religious Rituals Get Update For Swine Flu World - Oct. 28, 2009
Radiation Overdoses at Cedars-Sinai Prompt Investigation - Oct. 14, 2009
Kaiser Health News
A multimedia package I put together looking into the similarities between the 1993 GOP health care reform proposal in comparison to the 2009-2010 health reform debate between Democrats and Republicans for Kaiser Health News.
Article - The Democrats’ 2010 Health Reform Plan Evokes 1993 Republican Bill
Graphic - Chart: Comparing Health Reform Bills: Democrats and Republicans 2009, Republicans 1993
Podcast - Interview with Sen. Dave Durenberger
Blog (via Npr.org) - Health Care Rewind: Many in GOP Supported Overhaul Before
Daily Hampshire Gazette
As the recession moved further into mainstream business sectors, I researched and reported on several industries in the Pioneer Valley area of Massachusetts that were especially feeling the pinch for the Daily Hampshire Gazette. I spoke with several local people involved in these industries, as well as academics and government officials to find out how hard they had each been hit, how much worse it might get and what they were each doing to cope.
Charting A Recession’s Reach - May 23, 2009
San Diego Reader
The first of a two-part series taken from my blog, A Year In Florence, while living in Florence, Italy and printed in the San Diego Reader in a special section they called “Blog World.”
Blog World: Tempo Italiano - May 21, 2008
Blog World: It’s Hard to Leave – May 28, 2008
Seattle Weekly
My 3,000-word cover story written for the Village Voice Media paper Seattle Weekly. The first ever Seattle Weekly cover story written by an intern. I spent the summer reporting on a group of Seattle teens who were proud to call themselves skateboarders who also loved Jesus, so they founded The Skate Church.
Godspeed - September 5, 2007
