Read "The Intersection of Art, Spirituality and Health" Total Health & Fitness magazine

Read "How does your garden grow?" U.S. Catholic magazine.

My ongoing freelance projects include communications work for two nonprofit organizations ( one newsletter is CAP Connection), a mentoring service for writers, a light humor column for The Kentucky Advocate newspaper, a newspaper column for the Berea College Gear Up program, articles for CrossRoads newspaper and  for Total Health and Fitness magazine.

The following is a short selection of my work.

"Faith in Action: the Community of Sant'Egidio," St. Anthony Messenger, Cincinnati, OH, June 2008
"Local farmers provide nutritious meals close to home," Total Health and Fitness magazine, April 2008.
"The Intersection of Art, Spirituality and Health," Total Health and Fitness magazine, March 2008.
"Saint's discussion with sultan a model for modern dialogue among religions ," Cross Roads newspaper, Lexington, KY, April 15, 2007.
"Kentucky initiatives set the pace for artistic development," artscene magazine, Lexington, KY, Spring 2007.
“Nature provides clues for staying healthy and happy throughout the holiday season,” Lexington Woman magazine, Lexington, KY, November/December 2006
"How does your garden grow?" U.S. Catholic, Chicago, IL, May 2005
"KSKJ Keeps Young Volunteers," Fraternal Monitor, Lexington, KY, January 2005
Monthly series on spirituality, evangelization and leadership for Cross Roads, Lexington, KY, 2002-4.
"Better than the boys," (a profile of race car driver Sarah Fisher), Spot On magazine, Germany, May, 2003
“Kentucky parish adopts Ghana Project,” St. Anthony Messenger, Cincinnati, OH, October 2002
"Farm-bill sponsors urged to put the family first," Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, IN, December 16, 2001
"ASPI land use conference looks at new sense of development," Cross Roads, Lexington, KY, 2000

Awards
2008 Professional Development Grant, Kentucky Arts Council
2007 K.T. Brown Gift for Writing Award from the The Howe Charities, Inc.
Magazine and newspaper writing awards, 1994, 1995 1996 and 2001, Catholic Press Association
First Cardinal Bernardin Scholarship Recipient, 1998, Catholic Extension Society
1997 Fellow of the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, University of Maryland
1995 Media in Your Continent Award, International Network of Young Journalists
Outstanding Young Alumnus, 1994, Ball State University
1992 Media in Your Country Award, International Network of Young Journalists
North American Keynote Speaker at the World Congress of the International Network of Young Journalists in Campos do Jordao , Brazil , 1992