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Finding and writing engaging stories takes practice, and my experience covering a variety of topics means I am able to quickly comprehend and develop stories that will meet your needs. Creativity is a process of finding unique perspectives and conveying them by using techniques that are proven to work well. Below you will find a list of topics I cover.

Finding and writing engaging stories takes practice, and delving into a variety of topics makes the process that much easier. Why? Because creativity is a process of finding unique perspectives as much as it is stealing ideas that are proven to work well. Below you will find a list of topics I cover.

If you don’t see anything that matches your needs, please see the Services Page for project work samples.

Business

Your Complete Guide to Wills, Trusts and Estates: What You Need to Know Explained Simply
Published by: Atlantic Publishing, 2008

Platinum on a Shoestring Budget: Local architectural/engineering firm proves LEED Platinum rating can be cost-effective

Art as Development: Covington looks to artists for urban renewal

Building a Green Future: UC shows the benefits to the environment and the budget

Children and Parenting

Striving to Improve Children's Lives: University of Cincinnati President Nancy Zimpher refuses 'to be held captive with the thought that there's nothing you can do'

Kids Got Rights: Parents, not lawyers, are the liberators

Sacrificing Children: Budget cuts impact children's services, putting our most vulnerable at risk

The DNA of Violence: Fathers and sons work to help end domestic violence
Reprinted in Ohio Practitioners Network of Fathers and Families

Education

Career Builders: Colleges and universities offer job-placement assistance to grads, alumni

8 Top Apps for Autistic Learners

Money and Politics: Both come into play on school tax levy

More Than a School: Community focus defines Riverview East

Free Help for Outcasts: Students practice law for those who need it most

Environment

Leveling Appalachia: Mountaintop removal mining hits new heights in destruction

If Fish Lived There: Bio-art helps restore the Mill Creek

Raising the Roof: Vegetation above us could be very cool

'No One Owns Water': Ohio Senate makes an issue out of property rights and water

Health/Wellness

Controversial Medicine: Should girls be forced to get cervical cancer vaccine?

Birthing by Nature's Book: Midwives popular as alternative to 'disease' model at UC Hospital

Pollution for the Poor: Should environmental health depend on race and income

Mental Health Care for All: Tax levy helps with prevention and intervention
(Winner of First Place, Special Section - shared: Society of Professional Journalists - election coverage package)

Personality Profiles

Gossip, Celebrity and Politics: New York Times columnist Gail Collins offers a unique view on women having it all

Beating the Bitch: Ellen Goodman's views on feminism, politics and lopsided change

Well-Suited: Senator Mark Mallory has a reputation as a conciliator -- except when he's hungry

Eight Minutes with An Honorable: Judge finds the system – and legal language – guilty

Technology

Skyping Science

iPads Make Better Readers, Writers

Cloud Program Reduces Bullying

Main Street Hops on a Lilly Pad: Comey & Shepherd's Team Chabris offer free WiFi

Women’s Issues

Shelter Is Protection: A day in the life of the YWCA Battered Women's Shelter

Street Wise: A realistic social service program helps prostitutes leave 'the life'

The Pulse Is Just the Start: Acting on women's study is next step

Gouge His Eyes Out: Self-defense class prepares women for the unthinkable

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