Writing

Writing Samples

Most of the writing I've done for the past 15 years has been for companies with whom I have a confidentiality agreement. It means I can't post those samples. However, I do have a small sample of features I've written over the years.

Tribute Article

The Man Who Moved Mountains
(November 21, 2016)

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS

I Do, I Do: Portrait of a Bigamist
(INSITE Magazine, February 1994, investigative report.)

Arsenic and Old Lakes
(PDF)
(INSITE Magazine, investigative report)

A Different Reality: A View From the Darker Side of Life
(PDF)
(INSITE Magazine, July 1992, investigative report)

Could It Happen Again? Brenham Explosion Sends Emotional Shock Waves
(INSITE Magazine, May 1992, investigative report)

FAMILY/YOUTH IN CRISIS FEATURES

The Changing Face of Families
(PDF)
(INSITE Magazine, November 1991, award-winning in-depth feature)

Mean Streets: Gangs in Brazos Valley
(PDF)
(INSITE Magazine, February 1993)

An Apple for the Teacher
(INSITE Magazine, November 1993)

THE ARTICLE THAT STARTED IT ALL

Memories from Behind the Wall: Former East Berliner Finally Free to Remember (PDF)
(INSITE Magazine, January 1990)

CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS, etc.

Gabriel Byrne on Artists Rights and maintaining the cultural identity in film.
(Artists Rights Report, October-December 1997)

Kevin Spacey on Artists Rights.
(Artists Rights Report, July-September 1997)

Robert Towne on Tom Cruise and Artists Rights
(Artists Rights Report, June-August 1998)

Ron Howard interview on working with Tom Cruise in "Far and Away" and both artists' devotion to the cause of artists rights

Artists of "Three Days of the Condor" Brought Together Again
(Artists Rights Report, June 1998-August 1998)

Altered States: Fred Zinnemann Protests Colorized Version of "The Seventh Cross" Telecast in Italy
(HTML version ) (PDF)
(Artists Rights Report, January 1997-March 1997)

Letter from Fred Zinnemann in response to my article (PDF)

Tom Cruise: 1998 John Huston Award Honoree
(Artists Rights Report, April-June 1998)

Tall on Talent: Lyle Lovett
(PDF)
(Hullabaloo Magazine, September 1990, Life After College cover story)

Evita Double-Take
(Artists Rights Report)

(Other videotaped celebrity interviews include Michael Douglas, Walter Matthau, Steven Spielberg, Milos Forman, and two with Oliver Stone)

Artists Rights Reports (complete issues)

Volume 1, Number 1 (PDF)

Volume 1, Number 2 (PDF)

Volume 1, Number 3 (PDF)

Volume 2, Number 1 (PDF)

Volume 2, Number 2 (PDF)