A Morning Edition tape and copy story that I did about Jim Danoksy owner of a Bella Pizza in Allen Park, Mich., which is outside of Detroit, and how he let the Gomez family use his kitchen rent-free for six years while they started Detroit Salsa Company. Click here to hear their story.
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Stories that have been published on NPR
The Atlanta Braves are celebrating their World Series win with a pricey burger (NPR’s Morning Edition)
A Morning Edition tape and copy story that I did about the Atlanta Braves selling a new burger at Truist Park this season that costs $151. It comes with a replica World Series Championship Ring. Click here to hear more about this burger.
Invasive earthworms are taking over forests in parts of the U.S. and Canada (NPR’s Morning Edition)
A Morning Edition tape and copy that I worked on about how non-native earthworms are harming native species in the northern regions of North America. Click here to learn more about these worms.
Joro spider, first discovered in Georgia, makes its way to neighboring states (NPR’s Morning Edition)
A tape and copy story that I worked on about how Joro spiders have managed to make their way to the United States from Japan. Click here to learn more about these invasive spiders.
NRP Content Operations Training Video (2022)
An orientation video I created that introduces new NPR employees to the Content Operation Department.
March Madness is here and the NCAA brackets are out (NPR’s Morning Edition)
A Morning Edition tape and copy story that I helped produced about the Longwood Lancers men’s and women’s basketball teams making their first appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
Lost since 1915, Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance is found off Antarctica
A tape and copy story that I helped produce about the lost ship of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton being found — 106 years after the vessel sank. The wooden ship Endurance was remarkably still intact about 10,000 feet underwater off Antarctica. Click here to hear Charles Shackleton share what the discovery means to his family.
A first-of-its kind, a heart-thymus transplant, is a success (NPR’s Morning Edition)
A Morning Edition tape & copy story that I helped produce about a pediatric surgery team at Duke University successfully performing a heart transplant and a thymus tissue transplant from the same donor, one-year-old Easton Sinnamon. By transplanting both, the odds of rejection by the body may be reduced. Click here to hear what the lead surgeon and the Easton’s mother had to say.
South Carolina point guard Zia Cooke scores wins on and off the court (NPR’s Morning Edition)
A Morning Edition tape and copy story that I produced about South Carolina Gamecocks point guard Zia Cooke being chosen for a new campaign to support women college athletes in obtaining name, image and likeness sponsorship deals. Click here to hear Cooke’s thoughts on this historic endorsement deal.
The world’s sports leagues are issuing their own restrictions on Russia (NPR’s Morning Edition)
A Morning Edition tape and copy story that I helped produce about the sports world responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Including leagues such as the NHL and FIFA are pushing back. Click here to hear why one former Olympic athlete decided to take action.
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