Selected Published Work

Examples:

Salt City Mashup

Americans Who Tell The Truth: Clifford Ryan & Kali Rubaii

Commissioned by artist Robert Shetterly to write the bio of Syracuse community advocate and violence interventionist Clifford Ryan to accompany his portrait, included as one of the more than 265 portraits Shetterly has painted to recognize citizens who safeguard democracy. Additionally, I profiled cultural anthropologist Kali Rubaii. whose research focuses on displacement, war-impacted ecologies, and environmental health justice.

Contributor to Christian Science Monitor’s People Making a Difference series with piece on Syracuse mentoring program Building Men.

Contributed a piece on The Stand’s annual Photo Walk as a successful example of community engagement in Current.org, a nonprofit news organization covering public media in the U.S. for professionals in the industry.

Piece on how collaboration between local radio and young musicians spawned original content and a ‘haunting’ tune.

Also, piece on how our hyperlocal publication enlisted community members to tell their story.

Syracuse Mural Pays Tribute to City’s Youngest Lost to Gun Violence

An Ex-Incarceree’s Story: ‘I Was Runnin’ From Myself’

Skilled Trades Q&A: Here, Here & Here

This series on minorities in the skilled trades aims to explore what can be done to grow a diverse and younger workforce in the skilled trades, an industry whose workforce is aging out and which struggles to recruit and retain diversity.

Fatherhood Q&A: Here, Here & Here

This series provides a counter narrative to the preconceived perception held about Black fathers. All fathers (or father-figures) featured have been nominated by the community for being active and outstanding dads. This regular spotlight has become readers most popular feature in The Stand.