Narrative Journalism, PR Writing, & Advertising/Marketing Copywriting

I've published hundreds of PR, advertising, magazine, and news pieces on a wide range of topics, many for University-affiliated and other regional publications. Here are some examples:

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Con Alma Brings Live Jazz and Late Night Food Together, Shady Ave Magazine, Spring 2026

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Meet the Person Behind the Post: Keep Pittsburgh Dope, Next Pittsburgh, Fall 2025

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Arts for Pittsburgh's Sake, Shady Ave Magazine, Fall 2025

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Tacos with Heart: Buenatarde restaurant, Shady Ave Magazine, Spring 2025

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Prototype PGH’s new job training program creates pathway to growing manufacturing sector, Next Pittsburgh, Spring 2025

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The person behind the post: exploring wild Pennsylvania with Adam Haritan of Learn Your Land, Next Pittsburgh, Spring 2025

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One Person's Trash is Ash Andrews' Treasure, Pitt Magazine

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Everybody's Bestie Thrives in Business and Dreams of Hollywood: Meghna Higorani, PittWire

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LauraEllen Ashcroft: Building Bridges to Connect People and Research, PittWire

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At Frick Park Market, the Beat Goes On, Shady Ave Magazine 

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Nicholas Johnbosco: A Guide To Campus and Uncomfortable Conversations, Pittwire

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Red Carpet ChangeMaker: Isabel Lam, Pittwire

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Ryan Steinly: Fluent in Language and Justice, profile, Pittwire

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A Maryland Teacher of the Year Leads with Love, profile, PittWire

 

Advertising, short copy: Pittsburgh Magazine Higher Ed Guide, sponsored content Single ad file

 

Advertising: Life Science article, sponsored content, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper 

 

Advertising: Pitt2Pitt scholarship article, sponsored content, PittNews. 

 

Advertising: Radio script (:15) promoting the University of Pittsburgh, Black History Month, 2023. WQED-FM 89.3

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The Soul of Kelly Strayhorn: The Pittsburgh Theater Proudly Uses the Tradition of Network Building and Diverse Arts as Platforms for Liberation, Heinz Endowments Cultural Treasures

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"Lillian Chong: This Creative Chemist Helped Crack a COVID-19 Mystery" (profile for Ones to Watch series), Pittwire

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"Olivia Miller: A Gymnast Using the Power of Positivity" (profile of star gymnast for Ones to Watch series), PittWire

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"A Nurse Anesthetist Transforms Patient Care, and a Researcher Uses Artificial Intelligence to Detect Heart Attacks" (feature story, pp. 9–11), Pitt Nurse Magazine

 

"Going In First" (feature profile of first Black swimmer at Univ. of Pittsburgh), H2P Magazine

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"In the Line of Fire" (feature story on art show exploring guns and gun control), Carnegie Mellon Today Magazine

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"Goodbye to an Odd Favorite" (story of demolition of iconic building that housed the Univ. of Pittsburgh's Learning Research Development Center), Pitt Magazine

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"Robert Sanders: Of Sea and Space" (profile of NASA doctor and deep sea diver), Pitt MED Magazine

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"Supreme Achievement: Shawndya Simpson" (profile of first Panamanian American to serve as New York Supreme Court judge), Pitt Magazine

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"Sheldon Adler" and "Robert Connamacher" (obituaries, 2019), Pitt MED Magazine, (pdf here)

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"Center for Mindfulness and Consciousness Studies" (news story on center and mindfulness offerings), Pitt Chronicle newspaper

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"The Show Must Go On(line): Mastering the Drama of Taking Theater Onto the Digital Stage" (story on moving theater online during the COVID-19 pandemic), Pitt Magazine

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"Exploring Digital and DIY Learning at the Museum," REMAKE LEARNING (for this education-based funder, I covered a national forerunner in the DIY/maker movement for education, The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh's MAKESHOP. The piece is part of a larger Playbook project to share successful innovative learning strategies with other educators around the globe.)  For the same Playbook project, I wrote about Elizabeth Township School District.

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Q&A with mountain-climbing engineer from Indonesia, Diansyah Putri Handayani, Pitt Magazine

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From Bhutanese Refugee to Med School Hopeful: Yadhu Dhital, Pitt Chronicle   (Now he is a doctor! see his Twitter page here) 

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A Casual Conversation with Physicist Ted "Ezra" Newman (interview with "the grandson of Einstein" on black holes and LIGO) 

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"All Booked Up" (profile of LA Times book editor Carolyn Kellogg), Pitt Magazine

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Poetry, Memoir, Essays

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"Thirst", flash nonfiction, The Maine Review

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"Strawberry", poem, finalist for Sappho Prize, contest from Palette Poetry

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"And What Did Watching Birds Sing When You Gathered" in Psalms for Mother Emanuel: An Elegy from Pittsburgh to Charleston (poetry project commissioned by Pittsburgh Foundation in response to the 2015 racially charged massacre at Mother Emanuel church, with eds. Tameka Cage-Conley and Yona Harvey).

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See article about the Psalms project in Littsburgh here.

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"The Other Side of the Street" essay in The Beiging of America: Personal Narratives about being Mixed Race in 21st Century America.

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"A Mixed Journey from the Outside In" memoir essay in Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out (Inanna Publications).

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Race, Identity, and Privilege from the U.S. to the Congo by Brenda F. Berrian (I was the ghostwriter mentioned in the front matter/ introductory section), Autobiography published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2021

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"Mother/Other" lyric essay, finalist for Penelope Niven Prize for Creative Nonfiction

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I contributed several articles related to adoption to The Lost Daughters site and book.

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"Good", poem, finalist for Disquiet International Literary Prize

 

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