Photojournalism
I am a Seattle-based freelance writer, editor, book editor and copywriter who has won 22 awards in investigative reporting, photography, feature writing, and design and written for such publications as Forbes, YES! Magazine and Memphis Magazine.
In journalism, I have specialized in writing investigative articles on the environment, education, and social justice issues. From 2010 to 2012, I was a reporter/photographer and news editor at the triweekly Kentucky Standard newspaper in Nelson County, Kentucky, covering education, cops and courts, government meetings, planning and zoning, and agriculture and business.
As director of content marketing and public relations for visual communication agency Killer Visual Strategies, I write about content marketing, visual communication, design, and more for such outlets as Forbes, Inc., and the Content Marketing Institute.
Awards & Recognition
7 Washington Press Association Awards:
1st place, Magazines: Investigative/Watchdog News (2014)
1st place, Features, Health and Medicine (2014)
2nd place, Magazines: Agriculture/Environment News (2014)
2nd place, Magazines: Food Features (2014)
Honorable Mention, Magazines: Agriculture/Environment News (2014)
1st and 2nd place, Agriculture/Environment News (2013)
15 Kentucky Press Association awards:
2012:
Best Spot News Coverage, 1st place
Best Business/Agribusiness Story, 1st place
Best General News Picture, 2nd place
Best Investigative Story or Series, 3rd place
Best Feature Story, 3rd place
Best Column, 3rd place
2011:
Best Investigative Story or Series, 1st and 3rd place
Best Feature Story, 1st and 2nd place
Best Feature Picture, 1st place
Best Business/Agribusiness Story, 2nd place
Best Lifestyle Page, 2nd place
Best Spot News Picture, honorable mention
2006:
Best Investigative Story or Series, 3rd place
Other awards include:
Landmark Community Newspapers, Excellence in Feature Photography, 3rd place: July 2012.
Kentucky Intercollegiate Press Association, First Place, Deadline Copy Editing: 2015.