Here are some of the exciting things I’m up to — and the ways writers, journalists, and academics have used my work and showcased my clients: A photo I took was featured in a Q&A of Overbrook School for the Blind Horticulture Therapist Rich Matteo in the American Horticultural Therapy Association magazine. (08/2023)Pitched 6ABC this story on an Overbrook School for the Blind alum becoming the first blind and visually impaired President of the Board of Trustees for the school. (07/2023)Served as media contact between Overbrook School for the Blind and WHYY for the Emmy award-winning docuseries Movers and Makers episode “City of Soil.” I also pulled historic photos for the episode from the school’s archives. (04/2023)Facilitated communications between Overbrook School for the Blind and Metro Philadelphia to include school’s Executive Director and CEO in the paper’s “Education Power Players” list. (10/2022)A tweet I authored for The Red Hook Daily Catch was featured in a Twitter moment about the NPR story about The Daily Catch’s Ukrainian correspondent. (08/2022)Forbes listed an article I pitched and wrote as one of the reasons Healthy Rich is one of the best safe resources for LGBTQ+ financial education. (06/2022)My reporting on the Hannah Duston monuments for the Guardian was cited in Erin Thompson’s book Smashing Statues: The Rise and Fall of America's Public Monuments. (02/2022)I was interviewed by Poynter about LGBTQ visibility in religion reporting. (12/2021)My reporting on the confiscated gay wedding photos printed in Philadelphia was cited in Stephen Vider’s book The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity after World War II. (12/2021)A grant I wrote with Overbrook West Neighbors helped feed twenty families of students who attend Overbrook High School during Thanksgiving. (11/2021)I spoke with WURD about my reporting on the rally to save Carousel House, the country’s only city-funded recreation center for people with disabilities, in Philadelphia. (07/2021)I spoke with NewsBreak Creators on how to conduct the perfect interview. (07/2021) My piece on Beyond the Bell Tours won “Best Interview” in NewsBreak’s coronavirus reopening campaign. (07/2021) I helped start Overbrook West Neighbor’s Overbrook Emergency Fund with a grant from the Ascienzo Family Foundation. (06/2021)I was one of 50 freelancer selected for a competitive AARP Freelance Fellowship, which covers dues and attendance fees for NLGJA and their yearly convention. Read more about that convention here. (10/2020) My reporting on what it’s like to be an LGBTQ youth at school for Teen Vogue was cited by Charlie McNabb in their book Queer Adolescence: Understanding the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Youth. (09/2020)My article on the gay couple denied their wedding photos in 1957 was cited in this NBC Out article on why the hunt for the married couple in the photos was reignited. (07/2019)My story on how permanent campus thrift stores could help reduce Philly’s carbon footprint was added to the Solutions Journalism Story Tracker. (07/2019) With some of my colleagues at GLAAD, I rang the opening bell at NASDAQ in honor of Spirit Day, a campaign that takes a stand against anti-LGBTQ bullying. (10/2018)
