Some sample work
Award-winning stories
Recognition is always nice, and my writing and work I have edited have won statewide and regional awards throughout the years. Here are some recent examples:
Housing and Land-Use Reporting, Division 5
2nd Place - California Journalism Awards, 2025
Coverage of Youth and Education, Division 5
George F. Gruner Awards, 2023
1st Place - Best Sports Story (weekly newspapers)
Honorable Mentions (weekly newspapers) :
Best News Story: Tehachapi man, 84, shocked to learn home was sold because taxes weren’t paid
Best Column: Covering news in the ‘olden days’
Best Writing: Elk in Tehachapi, some people love them — others have come to hate them
George F. Gruner Awards, 2022
1st Place - Features Story (weekly newspapers)
Recent multi-outlet work
Searles Valley Minerals bankruptcy filing
Article about Mojave Desert mining company
The Bakersfield Californian: Searles Valley Minerals files for bankruptcy, plans court-supervised sale
Tehachapi News: Searles Valley Minerals files for bankruptcy, plans court-supervised sale
The Daily Independent: Court-supervised sale planned for Searles Valley Minerals
Memorial for world's first commercial astronaut
Article about memorial service at Mojave Air and Space Port for Mike Melvill, known as the world's first commercial astronaut
The Bakersfield Californian: Mike Melvill touched space, but friends remember the man who rescued a hummingbird
Tehachapi News: Mike Melvill touched space, but friends remember the man who rescued a hummingbird
The Daily Independent: Friends, aerospace community remember Mike Melvill, world’s first commercial astronaut