Spot news

Police: Malfunctioning cable may have caused carnival worker’s death
The News & Record – May 17, 2011

Kenan-Flagler Business School launches online MBA program
The Daily Tar Heel – Nov. 17, 2010

St. Petersburg soldier killed in Afghanistan served in Army, Navy and Marines
The Tampa Bay Times  – July 1, 2010

 

Business and consumer reporting

Appearance of ‘Godzilla boxes’ galls Triad couple
The News & Record – July 1, 2011

St. Petersburg’s Beach Drive is ‘best place to be’
The Tampa Bay Times – August 18, 2010

 

News features

Miss Babe Ruth found, but she must be cloned
The News & Record – July 15, 2011

Pinellas, Hillsborough homeworners suffer armadillo aggravation
The Tampa Bay Times – July 6, 2010

Bikini bar raid in St. Pete not a trend, police say
The Tampa Bay Times – June 13, 2010

 

Enterprise

Reporting on UNC’s NCAA investigation
Storify

Faculty worry about investigation’s impact
The Daily Tar Heel – Sept. 16, 2010

Illuminating safety
The Daily Tar Heel – March 27, 2008

 

Online/Social media

My year as The Daily Tar Heel’s community manager
Storify

The Daily Tar Heel Topics
Wrote and edited entries for the DTH Topics section, a concept I introduced as online managing editor. Designed featured section layout and curated stories in each topic.
The Daily Tar Heel – spring 2011

The Daily Tar Heel Tumblr
Created the DTH Tumblr to share content and interact with readers.
The Daily Tar Heel – March 2010 to May 2011

100 Years of Basketball
Researched and wrote timeline entries, selected photos and helped design timeline layout. Supervised the entire project as online managing editor.
The Daily Tar Heel – October 2010

 

Columns

It’s hard being funnier than the average bear
The News & Record – May 26, 2011

 

Design

Connecting the Dots
Came up with the initial concept and design and wrote accompanying text.
The Daily Tar Heel – Sept. 22, 2010