Portfolio

A brief selection of my work through the years. For a complete archive of available articles, visit my Authory page.

AARP Members Edition

A selection of articles I edited for AARP's Members Edition, a major digital initiative that the organization launched in July 2024:
AARP’s Favorite Music Albums of 2024 (So Far)
AARP Smart Guide to Electric Cars
25 Great Ways to Manage Your Stress
AARP Smart Guide to Solo Travel

Continuity Content Solutions

Freelance writing assignments and other work:
State and Local Governments Make Progress Against Ransomware (StateTech magazine)

The Institute for Justice

I contributed line editing, copy editing, proofreading and display text to a major research report and a few articles for academic/policy journals:
Unaccountable: How Qualified Immunity Shields a Wide Range of Government Abuses, Arbitrarily Thwarts Civil Rights, And Fails to Fulfill Its Promises
Good Fences? Good Luck
Are Municipal Fines and Fees Tools of Stategraft? (link opens as PDF)
Does the Growth of Food Trucks Threaten the Sustainability of Restaurants?

Development Magazine and NAIOP's Market Share Blog

Stories written for Development magazine, the association's quarterly periodical for its members:
‘We Cannot Allow the Best to Overwhelm the Good’: A Conversation with Joel Kotkin
The Future of Electric Vehicle Charging: A Guide for Commercial Real Estate Developers
What’s the Future of Cities in the Aftermath of COVID-19?
What Lies Ahead for Commercial Real Estate?
Autonomous Trucking Holds Promise
When Retail and Industrial Merge
Industrial Market Analysis: Measuring Where to Invest
A 'Calming Presence' at the Helm
All Eyes on the Global Supply Chain
Suburbs, Office Space and -- Peanut Butter?
Suburbs, Edge Cities and Santa Fe: A Conversation with Joel Garreau
The Future of the Office is Healthier, More Engaging Spaces
Survey Shows Progress in Diversity Efforts in Real Estate Investment Management
Leveraging Diverse Teams to Build a Profitable Culture of Inclusion
The Vaccines are Here. What Happens Next?
Life Sciences Real Estate Surges Amid Pandemic
A Difficult Forecast for Commercial Real Estate
Doing CRE During a Crisis: Remote Work, New Technologies
Industrial Emerges from Pandemic in Relatively Good Health
'This is Not a Financial Crisis. This is a Natural Disaster.'
Will Teleworking Change the Future of the Office?
Pain Spreads Wide in Retail and Hospitality
COVID-19 Could Lead to Cleaner, Healthier Buildings
COVID-19 Challenges: Approaching a Mortgage Lender for Help
The Cold Storage Market is Heating Up
District Center: A Downtown D.C. Office Reborn as a Smart Building
Co|Lab: A Hands-On Space for Innovative Construction
Coworking Flexes Its Muscles
Commercial Real Estate and the Big-Data Deluge
What Do Warehouse Employees Want?
Should Construction Consider a High-Tech Makeover?
CRE Trends, Economics and More: A Wide-Ranging Conversation
IRS, Treasury Start to Clarify Qualified Opportunity Zone Regulations

Archive of posts from NAIOP's Market Share blog

Key Media & Research

Award-winning stories from Door & Window Market magazine, which covers the North American residential fenestration industry:
Drugs in the Workplace: An Issue of Substance (2019 ASBPE Bronze Medal Winner, Mid-Atlantic Region, Best News Analysis)
The Factory of the Future (2019 ASBPE Bronze Medal Winner, Mid-Atlantic Region, Technical Article)
Lights Out for Energy Star? It Could Happen ...(2018 ASBPE National Bronze Medal and Mid-Atlantic Region Gold Medal Winner, Best News Analysis)
Robotics, Automation and More (2018 ASBPE Silver Medal Winner, Mid-Atlantic Region, Single-Topic Coverage by a Team)
Venezuela Seizes U.S. Glass Factory (2017 Finalist, Jesse H. Neal Awards, Best News Coverage)
Where Have All the Workers Gone? (2016 ASBPE Silver Medal Winner, Mid-Atlantic Region, Feature Article - General Interest)

A brief selection of breaking-news stories, blog posts and other items that first appeared online:
Window Company Gives Away $2M in Baseball Promotion
Steves Awarded $58.6 Million in Lawsuit Against Jeld-Wen
Beyonce, Jay Z and a Soft-Lite Salesman Go to a Basketball Game …
Jeld-Wen CEO Exits as Company Acquires Two Businesses
Ply Gem, Atrium to Combine Into One Company
Ply Gem and Atrium: They Go a Long Way Back
NAM CEO: High-Tech Manufacturing is “New Collar” Work
Modular Construction: Is It the Future?
Graphic Safety Presentation Shows True Cost of Accidents
Lawsuit Raises Questions About Windows Melting Vinyl Siding
A New Take on the "Broken Windows" Theory
Why "Green" Might Turn Off Home Buyers
At Greenbuild, The Buzzword is "Sustainability"
Will it Take a Sea Change to Fix the Skilled-Labor Shortage?
Are Green Building Codes "A Food Label For a Building"?
Demography is Destiny, Says AAMA Keynote Speaker
This Just In: America Still Loves the Suburbs
Who "Owns" Legally Binding Construction Codes?
A Factory is the Quietest Place to Die in America
Study Raises Questions About Costs of Energy-Efficiency Programs
Police: Quanex’s Tim Harris Died After Forklift Incident
Republic Windows & Doors Sit-In Leader Ricky Maclin Dies
Death at Texas Aluminum Extruding Company Under Investigation
This All-Glass House Shatters Assumptions About 'Green' Construction
Building Safer Schools After Sandy Hook: An Architect's View

USA TODAY

A sampling of breaking-news stories and blog posts that appeared in USA TODAY and on USATODAY.com:

USA TODAY's first coverage of the event that launched what is now known as "cancel culture."

The free-speakin' Bob Dylan? Not in France
Miles O'Brien loses left arm after accident
Coming soon: Hitchcock's lost Holocaust documentary
To honor Al Feldstein, check out these 10 classic 'Mad' magazine covers
Glenn Beck reveals painful health issues
Josh Elliott to depart 'Good Morning America'
Bono defends U2's tax set-up
Russell Brand makes Nazi jokes about Hugo Boss
Ben Affleck is the new Batman
'Jeopardy!' champ Arthur Chu bows out
Jane Pauley to join CBS News
'Seinfeld' reunion was real; was it spectacular?
Stephen Colbert on that time 'the twit hit the fan'
Report: Chelsea Handler to end her talk show
Parliament/Funkadelic 'Mothership' will land at the Smithsonian
'Better Call Saul' might include Walter White, producer says
And all this time you thought Hello Kitty was a cat. And Japanese.
Don't you care? Al Pacino's '...And Justice For All' turns 35 today
Watch: Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee in 'All the President's Men'
Soderbergh 'remakes' 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' as a silent movie
'Paul's Boutique' at 25: The Beastie Boys grew up fast
A piece of R.E.M.'s past is about to get bulldozed
Yes, 'Stevie Wonder Truthers' live among us
Tina Turner to relinquish U.S. citizenship

Print headlines from USA TODAY and elsewhere

Headline for an article that appeared in Cato's Regulation magazine, Spring 2024.

Named USA TODAY's best print headline for July 2014.

A 1D story about sex at the movies. Named USA TODAY's best print headline for May 2014.

A 1A story about 007's unhealthy habits. Named USA TODAY's best print headline for December 2013.

A fun 1A story about changes to 'Monopoly.' Feb. 7, 2013.

USA TODAY's response to Stephen Colbert's "anger" at our new round logo, Sept. 20, 2012.

A 1A cover story on the death of 'Soul Train' creator Don Cornelius, Feb. 2, 2012.

A profile of the actor/writer/comedian, Sept. 21, 2011.

The former president reveals his successful diet, Aug. 24, 2011.

A profile of actor Andy Serkis, who portrayed Gollum in the "Lord of the Rings" films. Aug. 3, 2011.

A major investigative piece on health-care quality. May 23, 2007.

A quick profile of Cris Judd, who was Jennifer Lopez's boyfriend at the time. June 22, 2001.

Profile of the punk band. March 10, 2003.

Web headlines from USATODAY.com

Feature story on celebrities who design their own eyewear.

Review of the disaster movie.

Fascinating, fun story about a book on the most influential fictitious characters from TV and film.

A theater review for the widely panned musical "The Pirate Queen."