Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Posted in Portfolio | 2 comments FEATURE STORY PROJECT: Missed birthdays. Broken plans. Unrealized dreams. No one could have imagined that it was his last day with us; after all, he was only 26.
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Shades Of Blue For The Fan In You

Posted in Portfolio | 315 comments FEATURE STORY PROJECT: UNC-Chapel Hill Student Stores transform into a blurred, blue sea of fans waiting to plunk down gobs of green for the latest Tar Heel gear at each home game.
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Woody Durham: The Man Behind The Voice

Posted in Portfolio | 171 comments FEATURE STORY PROJECT: Woody Durham is the Rembrandt of college play-by-play. No paint-by-numbers here. The only numbers are the players numbers, whether on the football field or men’s basketball court. A canvas on which he paints with words. So well that many turn on their TV set, press MUTE, then turn up the sound on their radio to "see" the game through Woody's eyes. Asked about this, he smiles and says, clearly so, "I'm flattered."
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Chocolate Cockroaches, Sweet and Crunchy

Posted in Portfolio | 217 comments FEATURE STORY PROJECT: The presentation was adorable: miniature Chinese take-out containers sitting on colorful tissue paper wrapped in cellophane and neatly tied together with a golden cord and note that read: “Please enjoy a taste of the Palmetto State.”
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With You Everyday

Posted in Portfolio | 1 comment SPEC AD COPYWRITING PROJECT: Smartphones have become an ubiquitous extension of so many of us. What would we do withouth them? After all, if you need to do something, there's probably an app for that.
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Heirloom Flooring

Posted in Portfolio | 102 comments SPEC AD COPYWRITING PROJECT: Sometimes you see ad copy that needs a little tweaking. This was one of those times. The rewrite offers three different options, each with a unifying tagline.
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It’s A Hand Up

Posted in Portfolio | 3 comments MULTIMEDIA PROJECT: Dress for Success is a problem solver. It's more than a hand out; it's a hand up. For six weeks, I followed one woman on her journey to improve her life. This is the story of one woman's experience and represents my final project for a UNC-Chapel Hill photojournalsim class.
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They Waited How Long?

Posted in Portfolio | 187 comments MULTIMEDIA PROJECT: What do you get when you mix a 96-degree, Durham day with an early adopter’s desire to own the coolest, newest Apple iPhone on release day: Thursday, June 24, 2010?
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