A Little About Me
I’ve been fortunate academic and extracurricular benefits throughout my college career have allowed me to pursue my passion, which began when I was just 14 years old. Journalists like Peter Jennings inspired me by their commitment to integrity and ethics, motivating me to join the cadre of reporters exposing the weaknesses of our society to help effectuate change and, thus, promote democracy. I began putting my theory of journalism being a vehicle for social change to practice in high school by writing three articles on subjects that dealt with community building in profiling a professor and socially important issues of politics and education for a summer journalism camp.
A virtuous and upstanding reporter is a contributing member of society, who has responsibilities outside of employment. Joining Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two-Year College at Delaware County Community College allowed me to interact with a community that not only can effectuate change in a small way, but also can build trust between reporter and source. I contributed to the larger causes of cancer research and Louisiana coast aid by volunteering for Alex’s Lemonade Stand and being a member of the chapter’s Hurricane Katrina Committee, which raised over $1,000 in donations. I wrote for the college’s monthly newspaper, “The Communitarian,” graduating with an associate degree in communication arts, a 3.8 GPA, and a position every year on the dean’s list—the latter following me to Penn State, where I had the pleasure of interviewing former Enron executive Lynn Brewer and eating breakfast with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter of The Washington Post Dana Priest, who is famous for her coverage of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a journalist I would like to emulate.
Please see some of my work below, and let me know what you think at [email protected]. ALL WORK IS PUBLISHED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
A virtuous and upstanding reporter is a contributing member of society, who has responsibilities outside of employment. Joining Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society of the Two-Year College at Delaware County Community College allowed me to interact with a community that not only can effectuate change in a small way, but also can build trust between reporter and source. I contributed to the larger causes of cancer research and Louisiana coast aid by volunteering for Alex’s Lemonade Stand and being a member of the chapter’s Hurricane Katrina Committee, which raised over $1,000 in donations. I wrote for the college’s monthly newspaper, “The Communitarian,” graduating with an associate degree in communication arts, a 3.8 GPA, and a position every year on the dean’s list—the latter following me to Penn State, where I had the pleasure of interviewing former Enron executive Lynn Brewer and eating breakfast with Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter of The Washington Post Dana Priest, who is famous for her coverage of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and a journalist I would like to emulate.
Please see some of my work below, and let me know what you think at [email protected]. ALL WORK IS PUBLISHED UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.
Writing Portfolio
Hagley Museum and Library, Summer 2012 Magazine
Hagley Museum and Library, Spring 2011 Magazine
arborist_honored11.doc | |
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hagley-magazine-2011-1_13.pdf | |
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2010-2011 Veterans Book, published annually byDelco News Network
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ntvmarevised.doc | |
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Hellenic News of America
May (-June?) 2011
elections.doc | |
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local_newspapers.doc | |
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April 2011
news_sections.doc | |
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March 2011 (unpublished)
for_immediate_release.doc | |
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February 2011
former_criminal_prosecutor_elected_to_commissioner_post_by_kevin_hewston.doc | |
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November 2010
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August 2010 (unpublished)
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March 2010
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November 2009 (written for The Press Club Serving.....)
newspapers_are_here_to_stay.doc | |
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The Press Club Serving the Philadelphia Suburbs
November 2009, Penn Oaks Golf Club luncheon (unpublished)
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The Pennsylvania State University--Main (University Park, Pa.)
Professional Journalism Seminar: Magazine Writing
world_aids_day_movie.doc | |
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lgbta_article.doc | |
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personal.doc | |
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revised_movie_review.doc | |
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revised_prssa_feature11.doc | |
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Public Relations Student Society of America: Lawrence G. Foster chapter (Penn State)
September 2007 Newsletter
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interview_tips_w.doc | |
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November 2007 Newsletter
pr_job_search.doc | |
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February/ March 2008 Newsletter
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September 2008 Newsletter
News of Delaware County
June 13, 2007
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June 20, 2007
news_of_delaware_county2.doc | |
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June 27, 2007
all_of_them_that_had_to_be_transported_here_and_there.doc | |
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news_of_delaware_county_collaborate_politics.doc | |
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July 18, 2007
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pools.doc | |
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July 25, 2007
aston_fires.doc | |
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August 29, 2007
besonprelim.doc | |
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murder_2.doc | |
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students_earn_a_second_chance.doc | |
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psych_prof._article.doc | |
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narrative_on_intvw.doc | |
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kh1correct.doc | |
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jones_interview__jones______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2.doc | |
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immersion_journalism_story.doc | |
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how-to.doc | |
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henley_interview.doc | |
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investigation.doc | |
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contact.doc | |
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all_of_them_that_had_to_be_transported_here_and_there.doc | |
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resume1.doc | |
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astonfires.doc | |
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bertuccis.doc | |
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chriswheeler.doc | |
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for_immediate_release.doc | |
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hearings.doc | |
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revised_prssa_feature11.doc | |
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newspapers_are_here_to_stay.doc | |
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reference_list.doc | |
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seniors.doc | |
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anekia_brown_watches_movies_at_the_hub.doc | |
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kevin_hewston.doc | |
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lgbta_article.doc | |
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mahon.doc | |
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meeting.doc | |
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news_event.doc | |
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pa_primaries.doc | |
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personal.doc | |
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pools.doc | |
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pressure.doc | |
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prssa1.doc | |
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s4.doc | |
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revised_movie_review.doc | |
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sportslong.doc | |
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vote.doc | |
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wordedit.doc | |
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world_aids_day_movie.doc | |
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