I produced the video below as the last of three homeowner stories that embodied ESOP's 2010 Gala Theme and emotional and narrative arc of "Courage, Action, Community."  I guided the entire process: from storyboarding, to conducting interviews, writing the scripts and editing final footage.

I produced the video below as the second of three homeowner stories that embodied ESOP's 2010 Gala Theme and emotional and narrative arc of "Courage, Action, Community."  I guided the entire process: from storyboarding, to conducting interviews, writing the scripts and editing final footage.

I produced the video narrative below as the first of three homeowner stories that embodied ESOP's 2010 Gala Theme, "Courage, Action, Community." I guided the entire process: from storyboarding, to conducting interviews, writing the scripts and editing final footage.

Published: July 2, 2008

FIRST PLACE, 2009 Best of Ohio Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (Print Newspapers, Circ. over 100,000)

Richard Cayman started as an account executive in late 2004, just as mortgage lender Novastar Financial was about to give back more than 30 percent returns to investors. The subprime lending spree had shifted into high gear.

Broken.pdf

Published: Oct. 2, 2008

FIRST PLACE, Best Public Service Journalism, 2009 Best of Ohio Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (Print Newspapers, Circ. over 100,000)

A vote by the commissioners on the merits of a convention center/medical mart and its location could come by the end of October. If the final decision reflects the best interests of the region's taxpayers, it might just be a coincidence.

Conventional Wisdom.pdf

 

Published: Oct. 22, 2008

FIRST PLACE, Best Newsmaker Profile, 2009 Best of Ohio Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists (Print Newspapers, Circ. over 100,000)

At 31 years old, Bill Mason was already a rising star in local legal circles, an assistant county prosecutor known for his aggressiveness in the courtroom. But he still had a thing or two to learn about politics.

Read "Mason's Mean Machine" Online

SIDEBAR
Reform And Consent: When A Judge Tried To Address Drug Case Disparity, Mason Went Ballistic

Published: October 2004

There is a crisp aroma of vegetable oil around Satasha Nguyen as she walks through Asia Plaza while on a break from her cooking shift at a nearby restaurant.

Satasha's short black hair is pressed flat and smooth by the hot, grease-filmed air in which she works. And then there's the smoke. Many of the restaurant's patrons are avid smokers, as are many of the workers -- except for Satasha.

Read the full article

Ohio's 1st AAPI Legislative Day
June 8, 2010

Most of the Chinese seniors, including 79-year-old Yu Yun Qing, had been up since dawn. The bus from to Columbus had departed promptly at 7:30 a.m. from downtown Cleveland. Now was Yu's chance to catch up on sleep. The sun was crisp and bright and poured through the large windows of the chartered passenger bus. Yu dozed amidst a small collective of her elderly Chinese women friends. For the first hour, only a few voices rose above the din of the road, and those mostly of ASIA staff in back prepping for the big day.

Read the full narrative here.

Published: Feb. 7, 2007

The Death of Brandon McCloud: Part 2

FIRST PLACE, Best Community/Local Coverage, 2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Press Club of Cleveland (Non-daily Newspapers)

Dorothy had met special prosecutor Ellen Connally once before, and had found her genuinely interested in what Dorothy had to say. But sitting in the city prosecutor's office on June 7, 2006, Dorothy started to get the feeling that this meeting would be different. Connally had scheduled sessions with the families of four other men gunned down by police over 2004 and 2005. Dorothy watched as those who had gone in before her came out sobbing.

Within the Bounds of Law.pdf

Published: Jan. 31, 2007

The Death of Brandon McCloud: Part 1

FIRST PLACE, Best Community/Local Coverage, 2008 Excellence in Journalism Awards, Press Club of Cleveland (Non-daily Newspapers)

An ironing board blocked the only chair, so Brandon and Jamal, 15-year-old friends from middle school, probably sat on the mattress that dominated the small room when one of them started making phone calls. 

Suspect Down.pdf