Clips
Here you'll find some of examples of my writing. Scroll to see recent work, award winners, features, game stories and breaking news stories. At the very bottom you'll find links to author pages from each outlet worked for. You can read the highlighted stories by clicking on the linked headlines.
Best of October 2024
This story highlights the Norfolk State defensive back Terron Mallory. The Connecticut native had a chance to return home and play Sacred Heart, his first college stop, in October .
A feature from Hampton men's basketball media day on Kyrese Mullen and Dan Banister, the Pirates' lone returners from last year's team.
The Pilot was the first outlet to report this news the night before the official press conference. This story is the breaking news story that was then written through after the official press conference.
Award winning stories
This story about how a small local HBCU football program is faced with building despite minimal resources and a season canceled by COVID won second place for a sports story in the 2022 S.C. Press Association news contest and the Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 Mark of Excellence Award for ports writing.
During the first full capacity game since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the student entrance at Williams-Brice Stadium became so crowded that many students got injured. This story won first place sports story in the 2021 South Carolina Press Association’s news contest
The creative media team is loved and adored by South Carolina Athletics fans across the country. After its content output was effected by a hiring freeze I interviewed key members of the team to see how they were adapting. This story won third place for a sports story in the 2020 S.C. Press Association news contest.
Features
Shadasia Green started boxing because she wanted a way to condition in high school that didn't involve track. Flash forward a decade later, she's gone from a successful college basketball player to an undefeated professional boxer
Antoine Bethea is building a community center in his hometown of Newport News. It's just the latest example of the Super Bowl champion's efforts to give back to the community.
Norfolk State head coach Robert Jones won his 200th game this season. The landmark was extra special for a someone who never thought coaching was his calling.
