EXPERIENCE
2000 – Present: Freelance Journalist ⁄ Editor ⁄ Women's Health Writer
2005 – Present: Contributing Writer ⁄ Editor for Current Psychiatry; Women's Health Today; Practical Strategies for Women's Health; Sexuality, Reproduction & Menopause; OBG Management supplements; Contemporary Surgery supplements
2000 – Present: Brass Tacks (Newspaper) Design: Contributing Writer/Editor
2004 – Present: PortFolio Magazine: Investigative pieces on Pat Robertson's Regent University and Smithfield Foods
2003 – 2005: Virginia Business: Hampton Roads Correspondent
2003 – present: Dominion Enterprises (Trader Publications)
1988 – 2000: The Virginian–Pilot, Senior Writer
1988: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Correspondent

AWARDS
1999: Nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes by The Virginian–Pilot. (Abuse of power by a state legislator; death row series.)
1995: JCPenney and University of Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award. Best Single Story, first runner–up. (Feature on Virginia's death row, “a painful and powerful discussion … a harrowing view of death by electrocution.”)
1994: Law and Justice Award. First Place. Virginia Press Association. Overall excellence. (Reprint of articles on DNA databases requested by U.S. Congress for distribution.)
1994: National Association of Black Journalists. Distinguished Writing Award. First Place. (Stories achieved release of innocent man from jail.)

EDUCATION
Bethany College, Bachelor of Arts Degree, English