“The Urban Deerhunter” You’ll probably never see them, but Pittsburgh’s woods are full of camouflaged bowmen … Pittsburgh Quarterly, 2020 Winter… ** AWARD NOMINEE 2020 Golden Quill Finalist, Excellence in Written Journalism – Magazines, The Press Club of Western PA **

“Turning a Vast, Post-Industrial Wilderness Into a Park in Pittsburgh” … Hays Woods, land once used for mining and munitions, is becoming one of Pittsburgh’s largest parks … CityLab (The Atlantic), Dec 31, 2019

“How the neighborhood you grow up in affects your future” … Part of the series ‘Power of Place: Stories about how opportunity or lack thereof may affect the future of Pittsburgh youth.’ … PublicSource, Dec 11, 2019

Owner of troubled Valmar Gardens apartments has record of problem properties, unpaid taxes and ‘shell games’ … Investor leaves trail of failed properties and bankruptcies, leaving residents and others to deal with the mess … PublicSource, Jan 21, 2019 …  ** AWARD WINNER: 2019 Truth in Finances Award PACPA (Stand-Alone/Small Newspaper Category), in recognition of excellent and balanced financial reporting **

“Tree of Life trauma victims may find allies in neighborhoods experiencing chronic gun violence” … Trauma aid practitioners and Pittsburghers who’ve lost loved ones care for survivors of Tree of Life shooting … PublicSource, December 27, 2018

“When The Arena Came to Town” Sala Udin is one of the thousands of Lower Hill residents displaced by “urban renewal”; the trauma endures to this day … Anthony Bourdain’s Explore Parts Unknown on CNN, October 2017

“The parallel pursuit of Amazon HQ2 and an equitable ‘city for all.’ Can they co-exist?” A concerted and costly effort to attract a tech giant to Pittsburgh raises questions about what kind of development project would in fact be suitable for all Pittsburghers …PublicSource, October 9, 2017.

“Will McKinley Park upgrades improve the struggling Beltzhoover community or leave its longtime residents behind?” Residents in a south Pittsburgh neighborhood see big potential in a park redevelopment project, but who will benefit? …. PublicSource, August 31, 2017

“Portraying an Immortal Life,” Renée Elise Goldsberry, star of Broadway’s Hamilton, takes on a new role as Henrietta Lacks, source of HeLa cells and decades of ground-breaking research …Carnegie Mellon Today, May 2017

“Community Play-Creation,” Outdoor play is good for children and teens, but it’s even better when they participate in creating the spaces where healthy play happens …h Magazine, 2017 Issue 1

“Nine Mile Run,”  The US Army Corp of Engineers helps redeem a Pittsburgh neighborhood watershed from what was once a Steel City wasteland … geez, Issue 41, Spring 2016