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Carter Center project
A series of stories on the treatment of people with mental illness while they're incarcerated, and after their release from jail. Funded by a $10,000 grant from the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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Rest areas
A look at how New Jersey's highway rest areas are rated among the worst in the United States. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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Toxic soil in Maywood, N.J.
A look at the potential impact of moving toxic soil from a suburban New Jersey town to a rural Colorado region. This series was among a group of articles that helped me win the Best Portfolio award in the 2003 New Jersey Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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One story, three newspapers
A story on how New Jersey uses a "credit card" to finance routine transportation maintenance was the lead, front-page story in The Record, The Star-Ledger and The Times of Trenton on Dec. 17, 2009. |
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Trapped by mental illness...
...and a health care system that failed her. The story of Dorothy Davis, my mother, before she died in 2003. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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Don't flush!
A Press of Atlantic City report on how sewer-deprived residents of a southern New Jersey town couldn't flush their toilets whenever they wanted. |
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Corzine and taxes
With just three weeks left in the 2009 campaign, Gov. Corzine admitted to me that he may have to raise the gas tax to pay for transportation projects. Story helped turn the tide in the New Jersey gubernatorial election. Published in The Star-Ledger. |
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Exit to nowhere
Building Exit 15X on the New Jersey Turnpike was one of the most costly highway projets in the state's history. Too bad very few people use it. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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Drawbridges
A sizeable number of New Jersey's drawbridges are in bad shape. The state doesn't have enough money to fix them. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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Coping column
Samples of my award-winning column on mental health issues, published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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Homeless in Hackensack
What's it like to spend a night with people who are homeless in Bergen County, N.J.'s largest city? Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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The saga of T. Magoo
A blind man with a sex-crime history runs for mayor of Dover, Del. - and nearly gets away with it. Published in The Delaware State News. |
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Field of Dreams - not reality
A baseball stadium rose from the ground near Easton, Pa. - and then shut down. This story broke the scandal behind the construction of a minor-league baseball stadium that led to the project's demise. Published in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa. |
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Mayor's club offers security to loyalists
A Press of Atlantic City expose on Ocean County, N.J.'s not-so-covert attempts to provide high-paying jobs to local politicians. |
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Combat ready
A New Jersey Monthly magazine article on how Fort Dix - a New Jersey Army base that was once nearly shut down - played an important role in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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Dancing man
In Hackensack, N.J., James Roberson took to the streets and played everyone's favorite 1980s hits, from Michael Jackson to Tina Turner. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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The cost of public documents
Hackensack, N.J. once forced people to pay for the right to look at the newest City Council meeting agenda. This was among a group of stories that helped me win the 2003 Best Portfolio award in the New Jersey Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
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School police
A look at how the police's presence helped keep the hallways and classrooms of the Easton, Pa. regional school district safe. Published in The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa. |
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Digging for clams
A Press of Atlantic City report on South Jersey's declining clamming industry during the 1990s. |
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Joyful memories
A story about a funeral service for an 18-year-old woman who was left for ruin in a trash bin. Published in The Record of Bergen County. |
