Publications:
Title: Major League Soccer – MLSsoccer.com – Collective Works
Date Published: February 2015-Present
Published In: MLSsoccer.com
Notes: Collective blog posts, news and feature articles surrounding the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer
Title: Mile High Sports – MileHighSports.com – Collective Works
Date Published: September 2012-Present
Published In: Mile High Sports
Notes: Collective blog posts, news and feature articles and columns on all Denver sports from preps to pros.
Title: Young stars battle it out in Prep’s All State Games
Date Published: June 13th, 2011
Published In: The Denver Post online and print editions
Notes: In 2011 the Colorado High School Coaches Association moved their All-State Games to Alamosa, Colo. I was commissioned by Denver Post Preps Editor Neil Devlin to cover the event for Sunday’s edition.
Title: Florence Huskies at Regional Wrestling | Article 1 | Article 2 |
Date Published: February 11-14th, 2011
Published In: The Canon City Daily Record online and print editions
Notes: Canon City Daily Record Sports Editor Brandon Hopper commissioned me to cover the Florence (Colo.) Huskies at their 3A Region 4 Tournament. During the weekend event I produced two photos and two articles for their newspaper.
Title: Coloradans should root for Arsenal, and Kroenke
Date Published: August 21st, 2010
Published In: The Valley Courier online and print editions
Notes: In the wake of the recent 2010 World Cup, I wrote a sports column detailing the local Colorado influence on English Premiere League Soccer team Arsenal. This particular column won second place in the Colorado Press Associations Annual Best Sports Column Contest for Division IV Newspapers, which was judged by members of the Wisconsin Press Association.
Title: Field hockey thrives once again.
Date Published: October 28th, 2008
Published In: University of Denver Clarion online and print editions
Notes: This article was written as a feature on field hockey at DU and its president: Spencer Wagner. It was published as a sports feature in the Clarion.
Title: Clinton: quit soon, save Dems
Date Published: May 19th, 2008
Published In: University of Denver Clarion online and print editions
Notes: This was written as an editorial critical of Hilary Clinton’s continued struggle with Barack Obama and its adverse effects on the congruency of the Democratic Party. It was meant to be written in the style of a modern “in-your-face” political pundit.
Title: Hard lives lived on Denver’s streets
Date Published: May 13th, 2008
Published In: University of Denver Clarion online and print editions
Notes: The University of Denver host’s an annual event: Project Homeless Connect as a service to the Denver Community. It helps connect homless persons with the proper resources to improve their life situations. As part of an ongoing project; months in the making a team of Clarion reporters volunteered for the event, and were paired with a homless person in which they could connect with, and with their permission, tell their story. This story was the results of my contributions to Project Homeless Connect, and was featured in a special insert by the DU Clarion.
Title: Ex-Sen. Hart: Election ’08 key is moving forward | Page 1 | Page 2 |
Date Published: March 2008
Published In: Colorado Editor
Notes: This article covered a speech given by former Democratic Senator and Presidential candidate Gary Hart given as a guest speaker at the Colorado Press Association’s annual conference on the subject of the ’08 Presidential election. The article was featured as a cover story of theColorado Editor, the Official Publication of the Colorado Press Association.
Title: Avalanche! A Survival Guide
Date Published: March 3rd, 2008
Published In: YourHub.com online edition
Notes: This article was written as a how to guide for skiers and snowboarders. Timeliness was appropriate, and an important factor for this article, as many avalanches occur during the spring ski season in Colorado. As such, the article has had over 800 views.
Title: Mammoth’s Murray fills void left by Stilley
Date Published: February 14th, 2008
Published In: YourHub.com online and print editions
Notes: This article was a sports profile written about then recently acquired Colorado Mammoth player Bruce Murray. The article was chosen as YourHub.com’s athlete of the week feature and was a cover story in that week’s Denver South print edition.
Title: Sports and Journalism: How two interests collide
Date Published: Winter Quarter 2006
Published In: The MCOM Reporter, online student newspaper, Mass Communications and Journalism Studies Department, University of Denver (published quarterly); later published on The Denver Post’s Neighbors Blog
Notes: This article was written as a career and personal profile on local Television journalist and former Denver Bronco Reggie Rivers. It profiles what a career in journalism is like and includes personal insight from Rivers himself, obtained from a personal interview I conducted with him.