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I love my country — and the First Amendment rights it bestows upon me. Whether I’m celebrating the U.S. government or scrutinizing it, I’m well-versed in navigating its bureaucratic nooks and crannies to tell stories about everything from politics and policy to warfighting and intelligence to civil servants and military veterans.

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Article Archive

Article: “Culture Crashers”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Homeland Security
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: July 22, 2023
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Article: “Sights Set”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 3, 2020
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Article: “Taking Care of Business”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 3, 2020
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Article: “Nearly 30 Years After the ADA, the Nation’s Transit Agencies Report Successes and Shortfalls”
Publication: The Washington Post
Publisher: The Washington Post
Date: June 26, 2020
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Article: “Shake, Rattle, Respond”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: June 17, 2020
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Article: “Need for Speed”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Year in Defense
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Dec. 19, 2019
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Article: “Marine Makeover”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Year in Defense
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Dec. 19, 2019
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Article: “A Second Act of Service”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 10, 2019
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Article: “Higher Calling”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 10, 2019
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Article: “Liberating Limbs”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 10, 2019
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Article: “Fighting on New Frontiers”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q4 2019
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Article: “Cool Careers”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: May 31, 2019
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Article: “Leading by Example”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: May 31, 2019
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Article: “Pathways to Success”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: May 31, 2019
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Article: “An Open Frontier”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q1 2019
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Article: “Working State”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Year in Defense
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Dec. 20, 2018
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Article: “Unfinished Business”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 6, 2018
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Article: “At 60, It’s ‘NASA 2.0’”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Oct. 15, 2018
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Article: “We Need a Space Force, if Not a ‘Space Force’”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: NASA
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Oct. 15, 2018
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Article: “’Eyes’ Wide Open”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q4 2018
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Article: “Lives Beyond the Lens”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Echoes from Vietnam
Publisher: Gannett
Date: April 23, 2018
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Article: “Community Commemorations”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Echoes from Vietnam
Publisher: Gannett
Date: April 23, 2018
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Article: “The Algorithm Age”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q1 2018
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Article: “Tempests + Terrain”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q4 2017
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Article: “Soundtrack to an Era”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: ‘The Vietnam War’ Documentary
Publisher: Gannett
Date: Sept. 11, 2017
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Article: “Documenting Destruction”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: ‘The Vietnam War’ Documentary
Publisher: Gannett
Date: Sept. 11, 2017
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Article: “Carry That Weight”
Publication: MOVE Magazine
Publisher: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)
Date: August 2017
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Article: “Threats Come in Waves”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Transportation
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: July 2017
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Article: “Healing a Hospital Project”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: June 2017
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Article: “When Fantasy Becomes Reality”
Publication: MOVE Magazine
Publisher: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)
Date: March 2017
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Article: “Embracing the Enterprise”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q2 2017
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Article: “Banned No More: Pentagon Allows Transgender Troops to Serve Openly”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Dec. 22, 2016
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Article: “Combat for All”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Dec. 22, 2016
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Article: “A Heroes’ Historian”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 8, 2016
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Article: “More Than Meets the Eye”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
Date: Q4 2016
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Article: “Forward March”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Operation Desert Storm 25 Years Later
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: June 13, 2016
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Article: “GIS Comes of Age”
Publication: Government Computer News
Publisher: 1105 Media
Date: March/April 2016
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Article: “’Recalculating’ GPS”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q2 2016
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Article: “Security & Resilience”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q1 2016
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Article: “Holding Steady”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Year in Defense
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Dec. 22, 2015
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Article: “Underwater Balancing Act”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Year in Defense
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Dec. 22, 2015
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Article: “Diagnosis: Undecided”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: December 2015
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Article: “VSO 2.0”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 3, 2015
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Article: “Changing the Channel”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 3, 2015
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Article: “Social Service”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: Nov. 3, 2015
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Article: “Mission: Next”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: June 1, 2015
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Article: “Year One: Oakland Rising”
Publication: SYNC Magazine
Publisher: Guerrero Howe Custom Media
Date: Summer 2015
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Article: “Along for the Ride”
Publication: MOVE Magazine
Publisher: American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA)
Date: Spring 2015
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Article: “Hero: A Four-Letter Word?”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: November 2014
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Article: “Watching the Water”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q4 2014
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Article: “In Black Hawk We Trust”
Publication: New Patriot Magazine
Publisher: Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS)
Date: Fall 2014
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Article: “Super Helos”
Publication: New Patriot Magazine
Publisher: Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS)
Date: Spring 2014
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Article: “The Defining Decade of GEOINT”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q1 2014
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Article: “National Guard: A Force Always Ready”
Publication: USA Today Special Edition: Year in Defense
Publisher: Studio Gannett
Date: December 2013
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Article: “The View from Above”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Q4 2013
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Article: “GEOINT 3.0”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF)
Date: Aug. 13, 2013
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Article: “Mission: Mobile”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
Date: Spring 2013
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Article: “Location Nation”
Publication: Trajectory Magazine
Publisher: U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation
Date: Winter 2013
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Article: “End of an Era”
Publication: New Patriot Magazine
Publisher: Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States
Date: Summer 2012
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Article: “From Enlisted to Elected”
Publication: New Patriot Magazine
Publisher: Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States
Date: Spring 2012
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Article: “The Greening of the Guard”
Publication: New Patriot Magazine
Publisher: Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States
Date: Winter 2012
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