My Professional Portfolio
Samples of Work
Every blog has it’s day
I’ve launched and managed several blogs, including Quicken Loans’ What’s THE DIFF?, the Quizzle Blog and Choose Thinking, a blog by Dan Gilbert. Learn more about my Blogging Ventures.
Have you Quizzled yourself lately?
Get in the know about your biggest investment: your home. Visit Quizzle for a free credit report and score, home value estimate, personalized mortgage recommendations and more!
I’ll always have a soft spot for the website I helped create, launch and market. Find out more about my days in Quizzle Land.
I heart the media
While in the Windy City, I spent some time in media relations. With clients ranging from large pharmaceuticals to individuals doctors, fast food giants to gaming innovators, I dug deep into a variety of subjects and industries. My team’s focus? Getting the latest client news, trends and products in front of relevant (and hopefully interested) reporters and producers. Here are a few samples:
- Halo 2 Flu Sweeps the Nation
- Media Matters: April 2005
- Springtime Spells Suffering for Sniffling Chicagoans
- You Give Me… [Hay] Fever
I am the media
I also worked in the media as a state government correspondent for Capital News Service in Lansing, Michigan. I researched, wrote and edited stories for more than 25 subscriber newspapers in Michigan and Indiana. Below are a few of my clips:
- House proposal would help bankrupt seniors
- Republicans line up to protect food industry from suits
- Senators push anti-spam laws for children
- Students benefit from nationally certified teachers, study finds
- This year’s grads more likely to find jobs
- Worries voiced about Great Lakes water diversion
Digging deep in the world of research
Fascinated by the First Amendment, I worked with my advisor and professor, Eric Freedman, on a research study about press freedom in the age of Terrorism, 25 years after the infamous prior restraint lawsuit: U.S. v. The Progressive. We spent several months researching and writing this paper, which was accepted for publication and showcased at a respected journalism organization’s annual conference (AEJMC). Read the abridged version of the study here.

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