Here is my final reel, created with four years of Elon tuition in mind. It is shot, written and edited primarily by me.

The website for Phoenix14News

And here are some stories from this year that I enjoyed.

This story won first place nationwide in the Hearst National Journalism Competition (June 2009)

More info at the Hearst Website.

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H1N1 Hits Colleges Hard (September 2009)

Fox News Channel also let me do a live hit from Elon after showing this piece.

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This was my favorite story to produce — a travel piece: Fly Fishing in Asheville (April 2009)

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Kicking Crime in Burlington (May 2009)

Here you will find YouTube videos of my work for Phoenix14News, Elon University’s award winning student newscast. You will also find links to web-reports I have done for ABC World News while interning in Washington last summer, and work I have done for print journalism outlets including The New York Times and Elon’s Pendulum. I was recently honored by the Hearst Foundation in their Broadcast Journalism Championship, winning First Place nationally for Television News.

Live shot during Breaking News

Covering the Inauguration

I like to consider myself a multimedia-journalist. No longer is news limited to ink, to tape, or to sound. All of it is merging, and I’m trying to learn about it at the forefront.

The Capital the night before Inauguration

Continue to see the reports I put together.

Here is a story I shot and edited on the Sunday, which aired Monday night. The freezing cold in Washington was an adventure, but authorities were worried it could be dangerous.

We also tried to “localize” our reports so our viewers back home could relate to the big day. We found a group of police officers from Greensboro who were helping out with Inauguration security…so we followed them around.

Filing day-of stories on deadline…all while miles away from our broadcast studio… really taught our crew about real-world reporting. And getting the stuff on the web hours before it was to be broadcast was a cutting edge way of reporting the news.

Poor Economy Hitting Main St. in N.C.

Continue to see these stories. Consumer confidence hits an all time low…which means no customers for this business.

The homeless in Burlington need more than just shelter to survive…they need a ride.

I interned in ABC's Washington Bureau for World News.

I have also done reporting in the print field since high school. I was lucky enough to work with a copy editor at the New York Times in 2006. He let me write an article that was printed in the Sunday Art’s Section

I was able to write for the NYTimes in 2006.

At Elon, I wrote for the Pendulum my Freshman year; and since then have covered many big stories — from the South Carolina Primaries to Eve Carson’s death — right along side them.

Continue to see these my ABC, New York Times and Pendulum articles.

ABC News Online Articles

Fast Food Chains Hold the Tomatoes

Tomatoes were the initial suspect; later learned to be peppers.

Consumer Group Calls for Health Care Protections

According to lobby group, consumers are being ripped off.

NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE
“Country Boys” and “Raising Cain”: Growing up Male in America

PENDULUM WORK

How far is too far? WFMY at Elon.

Tattoos are no longer Taboo

A tattoo parlor that’s changing the way people see body art…

And lions and tigers…living just north of a University campus.

Continue to see these stories.

Tattoo’s are no longer Taboo…

It’s an African safari…right here in North Carolina.