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Lean Manufacturing

Wrote a story in January about a company in Massachusetts that used lean manufacturing techniques to improve its operations. Jackson Lumber

84’s Antagonists

One of the best things about being a journalist is all the interesting people you get to meet. I’d been the new editor of ProSales Magazine for a few months when I a call from Addie Mills from Jena, La. She’s in an epic battle

VPA 3rd Place

I didn’t do a whole lot of writing last year, so it wasn’t much of surprise that I only took third place for business writing in the Virginia Press Association contest. In addition to the Duncan and Clark story (found find elsewhere on these pages), a story

Jewelry Maker

Here’s a story I wrote about a custom jewelry maker in Warrenton, Va., who teaches couples how to make their own wedding rings. Full size versions available here: Duncan and Clarke 1 Duncan and Clarke 2    

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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  

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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