NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCE  

Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2008 -- PRESENT

• News Reporter: Covering Camden, NJ, and the surrounding communities
• Special Project: The Promise & The Price, a four-part special report on the unprecedented state takeover of Camden: philly.com/takeover

Courier-Post, Cherry Hill, N.J., December 2002—May 2008

• News Reporter: Covering politics, crime, courts and sprawl. Current focus is on education, particularly the Camden City school district and the ongoing issues involving missing funds, cheating scandals and widespread violence.
• Multimedia Duties: Shooting and editing news and feature video; taking still photos for print and online; preparing and narrating audio slideshows. Multimedia work is often done simultaneously with written coverage.
• Nationally Syndicated Columnist, June 2003 to April 2007: "Gender Lines," a weekly light-hearted look at the changing relations between the genders in politics, work, technology, marriage and my own life. Formerly called "The Bachelor Pad," a first-person dispatch from the front lines of dating and the only newspaper dating column by a male writer in the U.S. Published in more than 50 newspapers nationally; the most widely used column syndicated by Gannett.
  
• Enterprise Writing: A series told the story of a 22-year-old mother's final weeks fighting cancer; "State Secrets" exposed the military's cover-up of a 1948 plane crash; articles about a disabled flood victim chronicled the rebuilding of his home; weeks of reporting told the story of homeless people living in tents next to the on-ramp of a highway.

Daily Record, Morris County, N.J., July 2000—November 2002

• Municipal Reporter: Covered the county seat; promoted twice from two smaller town beats.
• Lead Reporter/Columnist: Based in New York City during the Sept. 11 World Trade Center attack and its aftermath.
• Enterprise Writing: Package about working poor in motels landed families in homes; articles about the offensive "Redskins" name led a high school to change its nickname and sports mascot.

Gannett News Service, Arlington, Va., September—December 1999

• Regional Reporter: Covered Capitol Hill and White House for Gannett's Washington Bureau.

The Washington Times, Washington DC, September—December 1998

• Feature Reporter: Wrote articles about religion, education, medicine and technology for the Culture sections.

AWARDS
Newspaper Public Service: Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2005

• As a temporary reporter at the Pensacola News Journal covering Hurricane Ivan on behalf of Gannett News Service.

Column Writing: Philadelphia Press Association Honorable Mention, 2006

• For the Bachelor Pad column, "The Ex, The Ax"

Breaking News: New Jersey Press Association Third Place, 2004

• For coverage of charges filed against alleged terrorists who sought to attack military personnel at Fort Dix.

News Writing Portfolio: New Jersey Press Association Third Place, 2003

• For various articles, including "No Words Were Spoken," about a ceremony at Ground Zero.

Feature Writing Portfolio: New Jersey Press Association, First Place, 2002

• For various articles, including a profile of trailer park residents after their campground was bought by the town.

First Amendment Award: New Jersey Press Association First Place, 2002

• For continued coverage of a school board that repeatedly tried to conceal public information from the press.

Rookie-of-the-Year Robert M. Kelly Award: New Jersey Press Association, 2001

• For the most accomplished reporter after one year in the profession.
  

EDUCATION
The George Washington University, Washington DC, August 1996—May 2000

• B.A., Political Communication [Interdisciplinary Program of Journalism and Politics]

Hebrew University, Rothberg International School, Jerusalem, January—June 1999

• Studied International Politics, Political Communication and Hebrew