(See audio journalism here.)

“Hero Worship: How the B-52s’ Southern New Wave and Dial-Up Internet Saved My Life,” Paste, Sept. 21, 2023

“Good Neighbors,” Full Grown People, December 23, 2021

“Why Wordy Ballot Language May Leave Ga. Voters Puzzled,” WABE 90.1 FM Atlanta, Sept. 27, 2016

“DeKalb Medical May Ban Water Births, Other Measures,” WABE 90.1 FM, Aug. 29, 2016

“Proposed BeltLine Transit Tunnel Gets a Plan B,” WABE 90.1 FM, Aug. 26, 2016

“New Group Wants Atlanta To Prioritize ‘Good Urbanism,’” WABE 90.1 FM, July 28, 2016

“Programs Try To Tackle Georgia’s Summertime Child Hunger Gap,” WABE 90.1 FM, July 12, 2016

“Deliberate Non-Vaccination Substantial Cause Of Measles,” WABE 90.1 FM, Mar. 21, 2016

“Atlanta School Tackles Elementary Reading In Preschool,” WABE 90.1 FM, Mar. 14, 2016

“The Big Idea Behind The Oakhurst Porchfest Music Festival,” WABE 90.1 FM, Sept. 11, 2015

“Hard-Rocking Headbangers Have Happier Outcomes, Study Finds,” WABE 90.1 FM, July 16, 2015

“The Mall of the Future…on Buford Highway?” WABE 90.1 FM, Dec. 15, 2015

“Spend a Day with the Dead,” Atlanta Magazine, Apr. 15, 2015

“Oakland Cemetery Gets a New Greenhouse,” Atlanta Magazine, June 23, 2015

“Winds of Change: Oakland Cemetery, One Year After the Tornado,” Atlanta Magazine, Jan. 2015

American Afterlife: Encounters in the Customs of Mourning (UGA Press), March 2014

“Memorial Tattoos: Getting Inked and Letting Go,” Utne Reader, Jan. 2014

“Deep Blue Sea,” Oxford American Magazine, Mar. 17, 2014

“Mad Dash: An Ode to the Dick Lane Velodrome,” Oxford American Magazine, January 2011

“A Kind of Change” Oxford American Magazine, June 2008 (Full text here and here)

Communications Writing (select)

Propel ATL (March 2023-present, select)
Edited and co-wrote “38 Reasons Why” report on Atlanta’s traffic fatalities
”Building community, one bike rack at a time: Q & A with Two Wheel Valet’s Matalina Jordan,” Propel ATL blog (March 2024)
Interview survivors of those lost to pedestrian accidents and write advocacy profiles

Tenderfoot TV/I Heart Media (June 2022-March 2023)
Wrote scripts for popular podcast

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (May 2023)
Regeneron Science Talent Search (Dec. 2022-Jan. 2023)
Worked with a team to write and edit descriptions of complex science research projects and biographies of exceptional young people for two leading international and national science research competitions

Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (Oct.-Nov. 2022)
Interviewed and wrote 11 profiles of Georgia residents living with developmental disabilities for GCDD advocacy work

WebMD - Write medical articles, available upon request

Communications writing and copy editing for a number of organizations — Details available upon request (2022-present)

East Point Plants a Vibrant Future with “Locally Grown” Agriculture Plan,” What’s Next ATL Blog, ARC, Nov. 16, 2021

“Jonesboro Looks to the Future by Building on its Past,” What’s Next ATL Blog, ARC, July 6, 2021

“How Arts & Culture Can Build a Better Community", What’s Next ATL, June 22, 2021

“These New Projects Aim to Create a More Vital, Connected Metro Atlanta” What’s Next ATL, May 4, 2021

“The Pandemic Has Made Social Isolation in Older Adults Worse. How Can We Address It?,” What’s Next ATL, Mar. 29, 2021

“The Revamped Future of Two Metro Atlanta Malls,” What’s Next ATL, Feb. 17, 2021

“Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio Regional Commissions to Hold Sustainability Summit,” What’s Next ATL, Oct. 8, 2020

“Metro Atlanta Survey Results: Adios, Traditional Work Week,” What’s Next ATL, July 28, 2020

“Services Supporting Older Atlantans Kick into High Gear During COVID-19,” What’s Next ATL, May 8, 2020

“Three Cool Projects Driving Georgia into the Future,” What’s Next ATL, Mar. 9, 2020

“Kennesaw Finds Its Hippest New Greenspace…in the Cemetery,” What’s Next ATL, Jan. 31, 2020

“Data Dive: Who Are Metro Atlanta’s Renters?” What’s Next ATL, Dec. 31, 2019

“What’s a Lifelong Community? And How Can We Get More of Them?” What’s Next ATL, Jan. 30, 2019

“See Updates to Chattahoochee River Plan and Help Shape its Future,” What’s Next ATL, Oct. 31, 2019

“LINK Recap: What Metro Atlanta Leaders Learned from a Trip to the Steel City,” What’s Next ATL, June 4, 2019

“Metro Atlanta Leaders to Visit Pittsburgh on LINK trip. Here’s What They’ll Find,” What’s Next ATL, May 9, 2019

“Beyond the BeltLine: 4 Innovative Projects on the Bike-Ped Scene,” What’s Next ATL, Apr. 1, 2019 (co-authored)

“A New, ‘Shared’ Vision for Peachtree Street,” What’s Next ATL, Mar. 22, 2019

“How 3 Innovative Atlanta Parks are Transforming Their Communities,” What’s Next ATL, Mar. 18, 2019

“How Zoning (Don’t Yawn!) is Helping Atlanta Deal with Population Boom,” What’s Next ATL, Feb. 28, 2018

“Paycheck to Paycheck: How Many Metro Atlantans are Living on the Edge?” What’s Next ATL, Feb. 12. 2019

“Parks of the Future…Built Atop Highways?” What’s Next ATL, Jan. 18, 2019

“How Shopping Malls are Reinventing Themselves for 21st Century,” What’s Next ATL, Jan. 3, 2019

“Metro ATL, a Region of Transplants, Has Fallen Hard for Atlanta United,” What’s Next ATL, Dec. 4, 2018

“A New Career Behind the Wheel Changed Her Life,” What’s Next ATL, Nov. 5, 2018

“Small ATL Development Has Big Ideas for Improving Walkability, Housing Diversity,” What’s Next ATL, Nov. 2, 2018

“Plannerisms: Today we Learn About…Placemaking,” What’s Next ATL, Oct. 31, 2018

“These are the Hottest Jobs in Metro Atlanta over the Next Decade,” What’s Next ATL, Oct. 12, 2018

“7 Ways Metro Atlanta Transportation is Going High-Tech,” What’s Next ATL, Aug. 6, 2018

“This Bridge is Built for Walking. And Biking. And Driving,” What’s Next ATL, Oct. 7, 2018

“Data Dive: Metro Atlanta’s Latino Population Fast-growing, Young, and Diverse,” What’s Next ATL, July 24, 2019

“Data Dive: Evictions Down in Region but Rising Again in City of Atlanta,” What’s Next ATL, July 24, 2018

“Decatur Narrows a Road to Improve Bike-Ped Options. Take a Virtual Ride!,” What’s Next ATL, July 21, 2018

“Report: Affordable Housing Out-of-Reach to Minimum Wage Workers,” What’s Next ATL, July 18, 2018