SU Jazz Ensemble swings the joint in Luhrs performance
Shippensburg University’s Jazz Ensemble hosted its yearly concert in the Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Monday, April 15.
Writing Samples
Explore my writing samples from The Slate and WSYC 88.7 FM.
The Slate
Published Stories
As a staff contributor for our student newspaper, I primarily contributed photography coverage of events. On occasion, I did step out of my wheel house to do written coverage of Music Department events.
WSYC 88.7 FM
News Scripts
As news director, I wrote certain sections of each week's broadcast. In addition, I compiled and edited the content contributed each week by my staff. In each script, the parts highlighted in blue were written by me.
News Stories
Before I was news director, I was part of the few students to join in the station's attempt to revive the news program. These are the stories I wrote for the weekly broadcasts.
Cheeseball Man
OVER THE YEARS, MANY PEOPLE HAVE USED PARK SIDEWALKS TO STAND ON A SOAPBOX AND DELIVER A MESSAGE TO THE MASSES. ON SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, A MASKED MAN MADE HIS APPEARANCE ON A STOOL IN UNION SQUARE PARK FOR A FAR DIFFERENT PURPOSE: EATING AN ENTIRE JAR OF CHEESEBALLS.
New Jersey Earthquake
THIS PAST FRIDAY MORNING A 4.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK NEW JERSEY. WITH AN EPICENTER FOUR MILES NORTH OF WHITEHOUSE STATION, NEW JERSEY, THE QUAKE WAS FELT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA AND EVEN AS FAR AS PHILIDELPHIA AND BOSTON. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AN AFTER-SHOCK READING AT 3.8 ON THE REICTER SCALE HIT IN THE AREA AROUND GLADSTONE NEW JERSEY
Russian Defector Killed in Spain
THIS PAST FEBRUARY A RUSSIAN DEFECTOR WAS
MURDERED IN VILLAJOYOSO, SPAIN. AFTER MUCH
INVESTIGATION, SIGNS POINT TO IT BEING A RUSSIAN HIT
SQUAD. WHETHER IT WAS OR NOT, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT
THE MEN WHO KILLED MAKSIM KUZMINOV WERE SENDING
A MESSAGE. BACK IN AUGUST 2023, KUZMINOV TOOK OFF IN
A RUSSIAN HELICOPTER WITH TWO FELLOW RUSSIANS ON A
CARGO DELIVERY TO ANOTHER RUSSIAN BASE.
MURDERED IN VILLAJOYOSO, SPAIN. AFTER MUCH
INVESTIGATION, SIGNS POINT TO IT BEING A RUSSIAN HIT
SQUAD. WHETHER IT WAS OR NOT, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT
THE MEN WHO KILLED MAKSIM KUZMINOV WERE SENDING
A MESSAGE. BACK IN AUGUST 2023, KUZMINOV TOOK OFF IN
A RUSSIAN HELICOPTER WITH TWO FELLOW RUSSIANS ON A
CARGO DELIVERY TO ANOTHER RUSSIAN BASE.
Kansas City St. Patrick's Day Parade
IT HAS BEEN ROUGHLY A MONTH SINCE A SHOOTING INTERUPTED A RALLY IN KANSAS CITY CELEBRATING THE CHIEFS' SUPER BOWL VICTORY. WHILE THIS IS STILL IN RECENT MEMORY, MANY STILL WENT OUT FOR THE CITY'S ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE.
Famine Projected for Northern Gaza
THE WAR IN GAZA HAS CAUSED AN ACUTE FOOD SHORTAGE AND IT HAS BECOME SEVERE ENOUGH TO SAY THAT A “FAMINE IS IMMINENT” AND THAT THE ENCLAVE IS ON THE EDGE OF A “MAJOR ACCELERATION OF DEATHS AND MALNUTRITION.”
