CLIPS & PROJECTS

Reporting and Writing

ARTS & CULTURE :

I interviewed David Cross for BUST’s Oct / Nov 2010 issue about his IFC series The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret.

REUTERS: “MOOZ-lum” depicts challenges for black US Muslims (Sep 2010)

REUTERS: “Waiting to Exhale” gets a sequel (Interview with Terry McMillan)

REUTERS: New film explores the decline in female rappers

I interviewed Chrissie Hynde and collaborator JP Jones about their new group JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys for the August / September 2010 issue of BUST. They were really nice and smoked a lot of Bali Shag.

I spoke with Jill Scott for BUST’s 2010 Music Issue. She called herself a “character singer.” She takes on different personas in her songs.

ESSENCE.COM: Kelly Price, Deborah Cox and Tamia Form Supergroup (Nov. 2009)

ESSENCE.COM: Angie Stone’s New Album and Lifestyle (Nov. 2009)

ENTERTAINMENT / CELEBRITY

PEOPLE.COM: Susan Sarandon Having a Great Time Not Planning Daughter’s Wedding (Feb. 2011)

PEOPLE.COM: Jane Seymour Knows What Kate’s Going Through on DWTS (Apr. 2010)

PEOPLE.COM: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz Sees The Beauty in Sis Jessica (Jan. 2010)

NEWS:

NY Post: Shot Boy Too Afraid To Go Out (Jul. 2010)

NY Post: Naked Cowboy In Legal Rangle With Naked Cowgirl (Jul. 2010)

LIFESTYLE & CULTURE:

REUTERS: For Better or Worse, But With A Prenup (Sep. 2010)

NY POST: Biological Crock – 1 in 5 gals in her 40s have no kids (Jun. 2010)

PEOPLE PETS: Baxter the Therapy Dog Brings Calm, and Joy, to the Very Ill (August 2009) and the sad follow -up, Baxter’s Obituary (October 2009)

PEOPLE PETS: Church for Dogs (October 2009)

PEOPLE PETS: Bowlingual Claims It Can Translate Your Dog’s Barks (August 2009)

WIRETAP MAGAZINE: Youth Activism 2.0 (picked up by TheNation.com) (May 2007)