Portfolio
Here is a sample of my work for media outlets nationwide. You will find a mix of text, photography, and broadcast stories. Want to know more? Email me!
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Charlotte’s DNC win boosts mayor
Charlotte, N.C., which was named the host city for the Democratic National Convention, wasn’t the only big winner last week. The fortunes of its youthful first-term mayor, Anthony Foxx, are also likely to take a turn for the better now that he’s poised for introduction to a national audience. The white-majority city’s second African-American mayor — and the first Democrat elected to the office in 22 years — Foxx has been widely viewed as a rising star
Reince Priebus steps into the spotlight
By James Hohmann and Juana Summers Reince Priebus, the new low-key chairman of the Republican National Committee, helped lead Michael Steele’s successful 2009 campaign for RNC chairman. He ran Steele’s transition and became general counsel of the RNC. Then the two had a falling out. On Friday night, in a move few could have foreseen two years ago, the 38-year-old diminutive chairman of the Wisconsin Republicans vanquished Steele to himself become national chairman. It was the remarkable end
Video: Let’s Talk Issues television appearance
I appeared on "Let's Talk Issues", a regularly occurring television program produced by Johnson County Community College. November's topic was a Kansas and Missouri Election 2010 post-mortem. The televised panel included Kansas City Star reporter Jim Sullinger, columnist Steve Kraske, political analyst and columnist Fred Logan and University of Kansas political science professor Burdett Loomis. On the program, I discussed the impact of social media on Missouri and Kansas politics, and the potential for mobile applications to play a big
Number of women in state legislatures will drop, but Missouri bucked trend
For the first time in 40 years, the number of women in state legislatures will drop as a result of Tuesday’s elections. Missouri bucked the trend, holding steady, while the ranks thinned in Kansas. Nationwide, after an increase in every election since 1971, the number of women legislators has declined, according to recent studies by Rutgers University and the National Conference of State Legislatures. “Preliminarily, what we’re seeing is that there could be a big drop,” said Debbie
Tuesday’s election turnout is likely to lag behind 2006
Few area counties are expecting big increases in voter turnout Tuesday compared with the last midterm election, and some predict decreases. That’s especially true in Kansas. Secretary of State Chris Biggs predicts a 48 percent voter turnout. That’s down 5 percentage points from the 2006 midterm election. Johnson County is also predicting a 48 percent turnout, while Wyandotte County predicts 35 percent, both down from 2006. “We hope people genuinely do show up to the polls on Election Day,”
Social media outlets are mainstays of campaign trail
While candidates are watching the polls, they’re going after different numbers, too — their Twitter followers and Facebook fans. Just a few years ago, the idea of campaigning in 140 characters or less was unheard of. Now the popular microblogging website Twitter and other social media outlets have become political mainstays. Just look at the two leading contenders for the U.S. Senate seat from Missouri. Republican Roy Blunt has more than 7,700 Twitter followers who can see photos
