ARTICLES

MEDIA

During my 18 years covering media issues from 1999 to 2018 at Editor & Publisher magazine and Media Matters for America, I probed all areas of news, broadcast, Internet and other media elements - from business to ethics to investigations and political influence. Some highlights included breaking the story of a blockbuster Detroit news deal, exposing bias in several state news organizations, and disclosing the finalists for the Pulitzer Prizes on several occasions. I also covered several political conventions, the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) conference and the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) annual convention. See some of my work from those years below: Knight Ridder, Gannett, MediaNews Strike Blockbuster Deal List of Leaked Pulitzer Finalists Expanded! How The Rolling Stone Rape Story Failure Has -- And Hasn't -- Changed Media Coverage Buffalo, Buffett-Style INTERVIEW: Chuck Todd on media and coverage. Sources: Fox Management Slanting D.C. Bureau's News Coverage

INVESTIGATIONS

Investigative reporting has been a major tool in my reporting arsenal for years. I love digging into past data, documents, police and other records, as well as government reports on everything from crime stats to spending and activities of public officials. The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) is my favorite law and a citizen's right I exercise regularly. See some examples of my past investigative work below: How A Right-Wing Group Is Infiltrating State News Coverage Behind New Jersey’s Breakaway Catholic Movement 'Obscene and immoral': Lakewood school attorney pay tops $1 million per year Three ousted Wall football coaches remain on school payroll nearly a year later Inside the Orthodox world of matchmaking The press vs. Scientology

NEW JERSEY

New Jersey has been my home for most of my life, ever since I moved here at 7 years old from Illinois. Except for four years of college and nine years in California, I have lived in the Garden State. During that time, I have reported on local corruption, breaking news, schools, crime, politics and people in this state like no other. See some examples of that reporting below: SPECIAL REPORT: New Jersey Town a Microcosm of Hyperlocal Coverage: From 'NYT' to Patch Club Teams Flourish, But the Bases are Empty for Little Leagues SPECIAL REPORT: Born to Run -- Jersey's 'Star Ledger' Rocks On For WDHA, The Song Remains the Same Freehold couple struggles to bring baby born to surrogate back from Mexico

CRIME and courts

From standing outside a New Jersey public housing project while a sniper was holed up inside to hearing a murder suspect plead for his life in a California death penalty case to explaining complicated civil lawsuits involving various human rights, monetary damages and constitutional claims, I have seen it all when it comes to newsmaking law and order. See some exmaples below: 'Culture of toxicity': Wall schools' recent football assault charges echo troubled past Police records show increase in violence, threats at Central Regional High School Details of accused teacher's alleged sex with students paints her as aggressor NJ school desegregation lawsuit moving along, and it could change your child's life Kars4Kids facing $7 million infringement ruling