Journalism

Flint, Michigan: 

• 5 Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in Flint Water Crisis (New York Times)

• A Potent Side Effect to the Flint Water Crisis: Mental Health Problems (New York Times) 

• As Amir Hekmati Sat in an Iranian Prison, Michigan Supporters Kept His Name in the News (New York Times) 

• Anger and Scrutiny Grow over Poisoned Water in Michigan City (New York Times)

• Champion for Children: Dr. Mona continues her fight for Flint's Children as Water Crisis Continues (Hour Detroit)

• The Flint River Can Still be Part of Flint's Master Plan (Next City) 

• This City Runs on Donations (Next City)

• Of Bibles and Body Slams: The Story of Leo "Father Time" Napier (Belt Magazine)

• Whitey Morgan Battles for the Soul of Country Music, One Gig at a Time (Belt Magazine)

• In Good Times and Bad, Pastor Bobby is Flint's Water Man (Belt Magazine)

• Still the Vehicle City: Back to the Bricks Reminds World of Where Auto Industry was Born (Belt Magazine)

• Lost Orphans: How One Woman Found the Forgotten Students of Michigan School for the Deaf (The Flint Journal)

• The Shop Bars's Last Stand: Exploring Flint's Forgotten Watering Holes (The Flint Journal)

• Almost Famous: The Rise and Fall of the Flint Band that Nearly Made It (The Flint Journal)

martial arts/fitness:

• Why Men Fight, and How Modern Masculinity Adds a New Twist to It (The Guardian) 

• Conor McGregor and the Origin of the Perfect Knockout (Vice Fightland)

• Claressa Shields is the Greatest (Woman) of All Time (Hour Detroit) 

• Making the Case for a Less Sedentary Lifestyle (Hour Detroit)

michigan/great lakes culture 

• Pirates of the Great Lakes: The Tale of Roaring Dan Seavey (Hour Detroit)

• Inside the House of Truth, Launching Pad for Professional Wrestlers (Hour Detroit)

• Wasserman Projects: One Man Addition to the New Detrtoit...Whatever that Means (Hour Detroit)

WRITing:

• The Secret to Stronger Feature Articles (Writer's Digest) 

• The Art of Failing Well (Writer's Digest)

• Five Things Novelists Can Learn From Screenwriters (Writer's Digest)

Fiction: 

• The 100-year-old Birthday Girl (Hypertext)

• Between the Cities of the Living and the Dead (failbetter.com) 

• Carnival (Carve Magazine)

• Old Blue Hat (MidAmerica) 

• Fighting Ghosts (Old Northwest Review)