Long-form and investigative stories that dig beyond the surface level of issues like racial inequity, college crime reporting laws and stormwater flooding.
Alabama’s Superfund and PFAS pollution sites (Southern Science): ‘A sad way to live’ (Sept. 19, 2022) | Birmingham’s pollution ‘master class’ (Sept. 19, 2022) | Fighting ‘forever’ (Sept. 19, 2022) | When ‘forever’ is everywhere (Jan. 21, 2023
Solar power in Alabama (Southern Science): Not-so-sunny prospects (Feb. 25, 2022) | Incapacitated: Federal court case to determine whether Alabama Power capacity fees hamstring solar customers (Feb. 25, 2022) | Power up: UAB still has long path to reach 2025 energy goals (Feb. 27, 2022)
The Legacy of Race (a team reporting project for BirminghamWatch). My contributed articles: Health care disparities, Part 1 (July 12, 2020) | Health care disparities, Part 2 (July 13, 2020) | An unequal inheritance: The generational wealth gap (July 27, 2020) | Minority entrepreneurship (July 31, 2020) | De-escalation and implicit bias training (Dec. 7, 2020) | Predictive policing (Dec. 14, 2020)
What’s the difference? (The Samford Crimson, Oct. 22, 2014)
West Homewood sewage odor issues (The Homewood Star): Dec. 14, 2015 | Jan. 25, 2016 | March 7, 2016 | Sept. 12, 2016 | Sept. 20, 2016 | Oct. 27, 2016 | Jan. 30, 2017 | June 5, 2017 | Sept. 21, 2017
Drainage dilemma (The Homewood Star, Oct. 19, 2018)
Taking the lid off (The Homewood Star, March 22, 2018)