There is still a place for the humble inverted pyramid. But with the hot breath of competition on our collars we must do more to illuminate the invisible communities our readers live in. Despite what cynical J-school teachers say, the public will read beyond the jump if we recognize the suspense and intrigue indigenous to daily stories – allowing each story line to live with greater vibrancy. Only then will our bundled papers hit the street each morning with greater local impact than any 40-second sound bite can muster.

Health issues will continue to be The issue in upcoming news cycles. Media sources that do not devote greater air-time and page inches to the knowledgeable dissemination of this subject will sacrifice clients. As this is a specialized area, requiring specialized education, stories churned out by just any available reporter will not carry authority. Rip-and-read coverage will fail -- or be worse than no coverage at all.

On this website are several clips that I hope reflect these sentiments. They include examples of analytic, feature, enterprise, medical and spot-news writing.

Most of all, I hope they’re a good read.