Writing Samples
Features Writing
- “Come for the pizza, stay for the fun.” The Lance. 82.14, pg. 10. November 18, 2009.
- “PostSecret unites us through shared secrets.” The Lance. 82.9, pg. 10. October 7, 2009.
- “Windsor’s gonna get a hurt, real bad.” The Lance. 82.7, pg. 10. September 23, 2009.
- “Forget CDs: a return to music’s vinyl roots.” The Lance. 81.22, pg. 12-13. January 28, 2009.
- “Jon Lajoie’s transition from online to stage.” The Lance. 81.18, pg. 10. December 3, 2008.
- “Finger Eleven: taking advantage of technology.” The Lance. 81.11, pg. 12. October 15, 2008.
- “‘Weird Al’ talks accordions and The Simpsons.” The Lance. 81.4, pg. 10. August 8, 2008.
- “Sum 41: the Underclass Heroes bounce back.” The Lance. 80.28, pg. 15. March 19, 2008.
- “Here comes They Might Be Giants.” The Lance. 80.26, pg. 14. March 5, 2008.
- “Cut and paste: zines, ezines, and zine culture.” The Lance. 80.26, pg. 13. March 5, 2008.
- “Canadians fighting for their right to read.” The Lance. 80.24, pg. 13. February 13, 2008.
- “Bedouin Soundclash gears up for Windsor.” The Lance. 80.18, pg. 13. November 28, 2007.
- “The cult of NaNoWriMo.” The Lance. 80.13, pg. 13. October 31, 2007.
- “Walk like a zombie: the zombie horde takes over.” The Lance. 80.12, pg. 13. October 24, 2007.
- “Blogging on a time budget.” The Lance. 80.9, pg. 9-10. October 3, 2007.
- “The cheapskate’s guide to trendy shopping.” The Lance. 80.8, pg. 8-9. September 26, 2007.
- “Almost famous: Your guide to becoming an Internet celebrity.” The Lance. 80.7, pg. 9. September 19, 2007.
- “What I didn’t do on my summer vacation: Fighting procrastination.” The Lance. 80.6, pg. 10. September 12, 2007.
- “The culture of tattoos: Permanently marking the skin.” The Lance. 80.5, pg. 10. August 29, 2007.
- “Beyond the funny pages: the evolution of comics.” The Lance. 80.4, pg. 8. August 8, 2007.
Arts Writing
- “Toronto’s Paint hoping to win our hearts.” The Lance. 83.5, pg. 8. August 31, 2010.
- “School of Music welcomes ninth Director.” The Lance. 83.4, pg. 9. August 3, 2010.
- “Windsor Fringe Festival takes over downtown.” The Lance. 83.3, pg. 9. July 13, 2010.
- “Home of the largest unfinished subway.” The Lance. 83.2, pg. 8. June 15, 2010.
- “High energy performance on the way from The Paperbacks.” The Lance. 83.2, pg. 9. June 15, 2010.
- “Movement’s biggest show ever.” The Lance. 83.1, pg. 8. May 18, 2010
- “Riding the GravyTrain into Canadian cult status.” The Lance. 83.1, pg. 9. May 18, 2010
- “The Schomberg Fair provides fresh rock ‘n’ roll.” The Lance. 82.26, pg. 10, March 24, 2010.
- “The Balconies aren’t your typical band geeks.” The Lance. 82.25, pg. 10. March 17, 2010.
- “Jean-Paul De Roover vs. 600 Band-Aids.” The Lance. 82.24, pg. 11. March 10, 2010.
- “Ghostkeeper keeps it colourful.” The Lance. 82.24, pg. 12. March 10, 2010.
- “Shadows Fall setting new business model.” The Lance. 82.23, pg. 10. March 3, 2010.
- “Retro rockers Yukon Blonde promote debut album.” The Lance. 82.22, pg. 11. February 24, 2010.
- “Coke under examination in new doc.” The Lance. 82.21, pg. 10. February 10, 2010.
- “Vicious Guns not so vicious afterall.” The Lance. 82.21, pg. 11. February 10, 2010.
- “Leif Vollebekk celebrates label release of Inland.” The Lance. 82.18, pg. 10. January 20, 2010.
- “Big year for Windsor: 2009 arts in review.” The Lance. 82.17, pg. 10. January 13, 2010.
- “Moneen talks vinyl and winter cows.” The Lance. 82.16, pg. 10. December 2, 2009.
- “The Dudes brave the winter for their tour.” The Lance. 82.16, pg. 11. December 2, 2009.
- “Two Hours Traffic offers a more mature sound.” The Lance. 82.15, pg. 10. November 25, 2009.
- “Wax Mannequin’s theatrical show.” The Lance. 82.13, pg. 10. November 11, 2009.
- “Zemeckis re-imagines A Christmas Carol.” The Lance. 82.12, pg. 10. November 4, 2009.
- “Queen’s Daughter coming to a screen near you.” The Lance. 82.12, pg. 12. November 4, 2009.
- “NaNoWriMo makes 50,000 the magic number.” The Lance. 82.11, pg. 10. October 28, 2009.
- “Rumrunners book recalls the Detroit-Windsor Funnel.” The Lance. 82.10, pg. 11. October 21, 2009.
- “Rah Rah, more fun than your 6th birthday.” The Lance. 82.10, pg. 10. October 21, 2009.
- “Said the Whale tours in support of new album.” The Lance. 82.9, pg. 12. October 7, 2009.
- “Award win nice, nice, very nice for Dan Mangan.” The Lance. 82.8, pg. 10. September 30, 2009.
- “Fast Romantics on the road and eating pie.” The Lance. 82.6, pg. 10. September 16, 2009.
- “Hot Panda does it up Paul Newman style.” The Lance. 82.5, pg. 10. September 9, 2009.
- “Celebrating Sandwich through art.” The Lance. 82.5, pg. 13. September 9, 2009.
- “Cake Wrecks: under neat that, put article.” The Lance. 82.4, pg. 10. August 26, 2009.
- “If Orsen Welles and J.J. Abrams made babies…” The Lance. 82.3, pg. 10. August 5, 2009.
- “Dead and Divine strive for greatness, not laundry.” The Lance. 82.3, pg. 11. August 5, 2009.
- “Warped Tour brings Alexisonfire to Detroit.” The Lance. 82.2, pg. 12. July 8, 2009.
- “Misery Signals on tour in support of Controller.” The Lance. 82.1, pg. 11. June 3, 2009.
- “Propagandhi: politically hardcore.” The Lance. 81.29, pg. 10. March 25, 2009.
- “Knowing: not just another disaster film.” The Lance. 81.28, pg. 12. March 18, 2009.
- “Ford Pier talks vinyl albums and rock shows.” The Lance. 81.28, pg. 17. March 18, 2009.
- “United Steel Workers of Montreal’s new release.” The Lance. 81.27, pg. 12. March 11, 2009.
- “Rotaract Windsor uses a night of fashion to fight polio.” The Lance. 81.25, pg. 13. February 25, 2009.
- “The Bitchin’ Kitchen is not your mother’s cookbook.” The Concordian. February 17, 2009.
- “Theset puts themselves in peril for their fans.” The Lance. 81.24, pg. 12. February 11, 2009.
- “Push showcases super human powers.” The Lance. 81.23, pg. 12. February 4, 2009.
- “Year in review: a look at the arts in 2008.” The Lance. 81.20, pg. 12. January 14, 2009.
- “Don’t call it a comeback.” The Lance. 81.20, pg. 16. January 14, 2009.
- “Comic artist Rachel Olsen is too real for you.” The Lance. 81.18, pg. 12. December 3, 2008.
- “FemBots and their evolving junkstruments.” The Lance. 81.16, pg. 10. November 19, 2008.
- “Idling is better than sleepwalking through life.” The Lance. 81.15, pg. 15. November 12, 2008.
- “Cock’d Gunns: struggling to be the biggest band ever.” The Lance. 81.14, pg. 16. November 5, 2008.
- “The Night of the Living Dead comes alive.” The Lance. 81.12, pg. 13. October 22, 2008.
- “The Waking Eyes stay true to themselves on new release.” The Lance. 81.11, pg. 13. October 15, 2008.
- “The Awkward Stage: brighter, bigger, better.” The Lance. 81.10, pg. 11. October 8, 2008.
- “Watch out for Random Acts of Poetry.” The Lance, 81.9, pg. 13. October 1, 2008.
- “fiftywatthead releases their new album, Fogcutter.” The Lance. 81.8, pg. 13. September 24, 2008.
- “Nick Shields talks tumours, vids and flicks.” The Lance. 81.8, pg. 15. September 24, 2008.
- “Rotary LaSalle gives a little bit of art and soul.” The Lance. 81.7, pg. 13. September 17, 2008.
- “Elliott Brood touches base with their Windsor roots.” The Lance. 81.6, pg. 17. September 10, 2008.
- “Eye on the Arts: Marianthi Evans.” The Lance. 81.5, pg. 16. August 27, 2008.
- “Author examines white people and the stuff they like.” The Lance. 81.4, pg. 11. August 6, 2008.
- “The Joys: not fluffy pop.” The Lance. 81.4, pg. 11-12. August 6, 2008.
- “Eye on the Arts: Katie Kerr.” The Lance. 81.3, pg.11. July 9, 2008.
- “Eye on the Arts: Explode When They Bloom.” The Lance. 81.2, pg. 11. June 18, 2008.
- “Are You There, Vodka? Handler’s cocktail for a successful book.” The Lance. 81.1, pg. 12. May 14, 2008.
- “CD Review: Doe Deere is Supernatural.” The Lance. 81.1, pg. 13. May 14, 2008.
- “Kike Like Me examines Jewish identity.” The Lance. 80.30, pg. 13. April 2, 2008.
-“A celebration of poetry.” The Lance. 80.30, pg. 14. April 2, 2008.
- “Blogs, the final frontier.” The Lance. 80.29, pg. 15. March 26, 2008. Reprinted in the Brock University Press, April 1, 2008.
- “Rent-a-Goalie: the whack jobs of hockey.” The Lance. 80.29, pg. 12. March 26, 2008.
- “Shark mafia, attempted murder, and espionage.” The Lance. 80.28, pg. 16. March 19, 2008.
- “Media City 14 set to hit Windsor.” The Lance. 80.25, pg. 14. February 20, 2008.
- “Eye on the Arts: David Cavan Fraser.” The Lance. 80.24, pg. 14. February 13, 2008.
- “Poverty Without Borders rocks without borders.” The Lance. 80.23, pg. 16. February 6, 2008.
- “Tay Zonday’s cherry chocolate reign.” The Lance. 80.23, pg. 13. February 6, 2008.
- “Hail The Villain brings evil to Windsor.” The Lance. 80.22, pg. 13. January 30, 2008.
- “Mayor finds solution for engineering building debacle.” The Lance. 80.21, pg. 14. January 23, 2008.
- “UWindsor President swallows wieners to ‘Support the Stiffy’.” The Lance. 80.21, pg. 14. January 23, 2008.
- “Casper and Billow: using T-shirts as art.” The Lance. 80.20, pg. 13. January 16, 2008.
- “Rivait’s rejects: 2007 edition.” The Lance. 80.19, pg. 16. January 9, 2008.
- “Arts in review: the bipolar year of 2007.” The Lance. 80.19, pg. 13-14. January 9, 2008.
- “Online comic tycoons rile up readers for charity.” The Lance. 80.18, pg. 15. November 28, 2007.
- “Eye on the Arts: TRP.” The Lance. 80.16. pg. 14. November 21, 2007.
- “Hunter Valentine brings attitude to Windsor.” The Lance. 80.16, pg. 13. November 21, 2007.
- “Scot teaches lessons in self-acceptance.” The Lance. 80.15, pg. 14. November 14, 2007.
- “Variety truly is the slice of life.” The Lance. 80.14, pg. 14. November 7, 2007.
- “Student aims to make connections.” The Lance. 80.11, pg. 15. October 17, 2007.
- “Every end is a beginning.” The Lance. 80.10, pg. 16. October 10, 2007.
News Writing
- “Campus throws Life Line to students.” The Lance. 80.7, pg. 5. September 19, 2007.
Business Writing
- “Fresh approach key to revitalization.” In Business. 22.8. August 2010.
- “Windsor International Air Show helps Windsor’s economy soar.” In Business. 22.8. August 2010.
- “Downtown Windsor: the next chapter still evolving.” In Business. 22.7. July 2010.
- “Beyond the Dragons’ Den.” In Business. 22.6. June 2010.
- “Aerospace industry soars in Windsor.” In Business. 22.6. June 2010.
- “Running against the wind.” In Business. 22.5. May 2010.
- “Border policy stifles Windsor tourism.” In Business. 22.3. March 2010.
- “Mentoring entrepreneurs for success.” In Business. 22.3. March 2010.
- “Love is in the air.” In Business. 22.2. February 2010.
- “Profile: Renko Carpet Cleaning Service.” In Business. 22.2. February 2010.
- “Building your business in 140 characters or less.” In Business. 22.1. January 2010.
- “The lowdown on the HST.” In Business. 22.1. January 2010.
- “Ontario leading the way for accessibility.” In Business. 21.12. December 2009.
-“2009 year in review: region at the turning point.” In Business. 21.12. December 2009.
- “Pelissier cleaning up its act.” In Business. 21.11. November 2009.
- “Solar sector becoming an economic beacon.” In Business. 21.11. November 2009.
- “Servicing a niche – key for small business success.” In Business. 21.10. October 2009.
- “Creating jobs now to move Windsor forward.” In Business. 21.10. October 2009.
- “Air cargo potential flies high for Windsor International Airport.” In Business. 21.9. September 2009.
- “Bob-Lo’s luxury transformation.” In Business. 21.7. July 2009.
- “The Red Bull Air Race returns to revive downtown Windsor.” In Business. 21.6. June 2009.
- “Leading the way for women business owners.” In Business. 21.5. May 2009.
- “The Women’s Auxiliary serves up 75 years of dedicated service.” In Business. 21.5. May 2009.
- “Marketing the region as a retirement community: The Windsor-Essex Peninsula.” In Business, 21.3. March 2009.
- “Hot Logic redefines lunch breaks.” In Business, 21.2. February 2009.
- “The secrets of Georgina’s kitchen.” In Business. 21.1. January 2009.
- “Local Blogs and the Changing Media.” In Business. 20.11. November 2008.
- “Brentwood Home Lottery.” In Business. 20.10. October 2008.
- “The Greening of Essex County.” In Business. 20.9. September 2008.
- “The Shores of Erie Wine Festival.” In Business. 20.8. August 2008.
- “Active Body Physical Therapy.” In Business. 20.7. pg. 24. July 2008.