After traveling over 3,000 miles for more than seven weeks all across the U.S., it is hard to come home and answer something as simple as – “How has your summer been?” No one really wants to know, it is a polite question, a conversation starter. Sure, like I want to tell them all about [...]

I remember the first time I saw my work in print… I was so excited. Granted it was a picture of a parking lot under construction and my editor sent me back out three times before they accepted the image but the end result was so rewarding. I pretty much clipped all my my images [...]

Every summer for 14 years, I have traveled home to teach high school students everything I know about journalism… it’s a short workshop. Seriously though, I think it is great to give back by giving a leg up to the next generation of journalists. Some students decide newspapers are not for them but at least [...]

Recently, I was given the chance to work on a project for Summerville Elementary School called the Art of Leadership. It is a great concept of teaching students the skills of self-reliance, self-discipline and self-confidence taught by Dr. Stephen Covey. The concept, based on the book Leader In Me,  has been introduced into schools around [...]

Last year I did a story on the Summerville Miracle League, a new organization giving kids with disabilities a chance to play baseball. The look on the faces of the kids as they run the bases on a custom-made baseball field is amazing. Many volunteer their time Saturday mornings so these kids can play a [...]