Arizona PBS - Cronkite News • April 2021

Travel nurses, staffing industry pushed to the limits by COVID-19

On one of her first days working in an Arizona hospital, Kelsi Shawd placed the bodies of COVID-19 patients into cadaver bags. For months, Katherine Hall watched her patients suffer, not sure whether they would die or recover enough to go home.

Cowboys & Indians Magazine, April Issue 2017 • August 2017

Native Perspectives

In the exhibition As We See It, contemporary Native American photographers portray a gamut of subjects with a common underlying theme: the vitality and perseverance of their people and cultures.

Island Soul Magazine • September 2021

Beach Town Tranquility, Meet Big City Thrills

Every year, millions of people travel down Interstate 45 and cross the causeway to visit Texas’ beloved Galveston Island. They come for a relaxing weekend away from busy city lives, or to board cruise ships headed south.

October 2020

Phoenix Psychic Uses Social Media To Boost Business During Quarantine

She shuffles the cards with her eyes closed. “Just a few more times until it feels right,” she says. First, she asks you to cut the deck into three piles. Then, she advises you to re-stack them in any order you would like.

YouTube • November 2020

Russ Johnson, President of the Phoenix Herpetological Society

Character Profile for ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism

YouTube • November 2020

Non-Profit Go With The Flow Works to End 'Period Poverty'

For Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Course: MCO 502

Dallas Observer • August 2016

A French Photographer Is Visiting Dallas to Document What It's Like to Live with Blindness

Intimacy, perception of space and self-esteem are obvious things affected by being born blind. But how would the lifelong absence of images affect your brain’s ability to conjure dreams? Would...

Dallas Observer • August 2017

We Stayed in North Texas' Coolest Hotel Room, 16 Feet Above a Lion Enclosure

Science says a lion’s roar is audible from five miles away, but at the Center for Animal Research and Education in Bridgeport, all that stands between you and two big...

Dallas Observer • September 2016

10 Best Texas Weekend Getaways, 2016

No matter how much you love your 9 to 5, chances are you’ll always live for the weekend. Make the most of those precious days off and start scheduling time...

November 2020

Whitehouse ISD Joins More Than 300 Texas Districts in Arming Educators

After a 2018 shooting in Santa Fe, Texas that left 10 dead and 13 others wounded, schools all over the state rushed to prepare for future violent acts. One way they’ve done this is by arming teachers.

North Texas Daily • August 2017

Texas implements controversial voter ID law

A new Texas law requires state-issued photo identification before voting, and opposing political groups argue whether the law was created to prevent voter fraud or to control the vote. The...

February 2021

The Viral Opportunity

As unemployment in Arizona went up, so did the number of new business applications. Here’s a look at the pandemic, through the eyes of 3 economics experts and 4 local entrepreneurs

Dallas Observer • June 2018

Meet La Zona, Fort Worth's Spanish-Style Cafe, Bar and Churro Stand

Dallas has its fair share of Mexican food, but authentic Spanish cuisine can be harder to come by. Enter La Zona, a new Fort Worth restaurant, bar, coffee shop and churro stand offering all things España.

Dallas Observer • March 2017

Brie Underhill Makes Comics That Encourage You to Be Your Own Hero

Comics have always been a family affair for Dallas artist Brie Underhill. Her grandfather helped shape her love for the art form by introducing Calvin and Hobbes, The Wizard of...

Dallas Observer • April 2017

Kevin Laroy Defied His Mom to Start Tattooing, and Now He's a Star of Black Ink Crew

Kevin Laroy had a constant case of what he calls "swamp hands" while competing on the most recent season of Spike TV’s Ink Master. Sweating palms may seem like a...

November 2020

Council and Community Collide Over Police Accountability Efforts

In the Oct. 13 Phoenix City Council policy session, Councilman Sal DiCiccio received backlash from other members of the council and community for requesting that new OAT staff be ineligible for employment if they have previously engaged in activism.

Dallas Observer • November 2018

Alejandra Camargo Escaped Venezuela and Is Now a Thriving Artist in Dallas

After almost being kidnapped in Venezuela nearly four years ago, Alejandra Camargo and her husband moved to Dallas to escape a social and economic crisis.

Dallas Observer • August 2016

Just Outside Dallas, You Can Sleep in a Treehouse and Wake up to the Scent of a Lavender Farm

I awoke to the fluting of Texas songbirds and the morning sun on my legs. The wind blew lightly through the canopy net enclosing the bed. Moments after I removed...

October 2020

Objectivity, Privilege and How to Report on Protests

A lot has changed in the journalism industry over the last 50 years, but many things have stayed the same, said ProPublica Data Reporter Ellis Simani during the 2020 Investigative Reports and Editors (IRE) Conference.

October 2020

Ad Hoc Committee Presents Final Plan for New Latino Cultural Center

The final recommendations for a downtown Latino and Cultural Arts Center were made to the Phoenix City Council during a policy session last month. An ad hoc planning committee, created by former Mayor Thelda Williams in 2019, was a key step towards the completion of a project 19 years in the making.