Lean Manufacturing
Wrote a story in January about a company in Massachusetts that used lean manufacturing techniques to improve its operations. Jackson Lumber
A River Runs Through It
Speaking of the Virginia Press Association. A pair of stories I wrote last summer on the overuse of the Rappahannock River at Kelly’s Ford in the C.F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area won first place for feature writing. A River Runs Through It
Tragic Rite of Spring
Seems like every spring, we run a story about a bunch of teenagers killed in a horrific car wreck. The story below is one I wrote in the aftermath of just such a wreck. A bunch of high school students stopped by the site of
Beer and Hymns
I find stories in the strangest locations sometimes. My newspaper, Fauquier Times-Democrat, runs a calendar of events. One week, I noticed an odd item called “Beer & Hymns” that met on Wednesday evenings in the basement of a local tavern. One evening I went over to
New Issue of PBJ
The latest issue of Piedmont Business Journal, which I edit, comes out this week. The quarterly magazine will be included in the May 11 edition of the Fauquier Times. You can read the issue here: Spring PBJ 2016 Here are two past issues: PBJ Fall 2015_W and Summer PBJ_W
2nd Place for Editorial Writing
I took second place in the 2015 Virginia Press Association news writing contest for editorial writing for a trio of editorials on our community’s efforts to fight rampant heroin addiction, the lack of funding for public defenders, and the Virginia Attorney General’s decision to end
Charting New Waters
Here’s another article I wrote for the summer 2015 issue of Piedmont Business Journal. Charting New Waters
Chime of the Times
I wrote this piece for the summer 2015 issue of Piedmont Business Journal. Chime of the Times
Millennials Moving Home
I wrote short piece for the Fall issue of Piedmont Business Journal on how to handle Millennial generation young people moving back home. Millennials Move Home
Standing Out In A Crowd
Here’s a sneak peak of a story I wrote for the Summer issue of the quarterly Piedmont Business Journal about using crowdfunding to raise cash for artistic and other projects. Standing Out In A Crowd