Telling the stories of vibrant communities
As director of communications at UAB Family & Community Medicine, I tell compelling stories about the physicians and staff who serve our community, working to address gaps and disparities in health care and change Alabama’s health trajectory.
Formerly, as associate editor of UVA Today at the University of Virginia, I planned, wrote and edited stories for UVA Today, a daily publication that earned 7.8 million pageviews in 2020.
I have continued to freelance for UVA Today and also write fiction in my spare time.
Profiles and Interviews
Q&A: Leslie Odom Jr. Offers Advice & New Year’s Resolutions
Melody Barnes on the White House, UVA, Monticello and Jefferson
Meet A.D. Carson, UVA’s Professor of Hip-Hop
Jia Tolentino on Journalism, Career Tips and the Worst of the Internet
Health & Science
Research That Saves Lives: COVID-19 Therapies Tested at UVA
The Microbiome: Tiny Bacteria, Lifelong Impact
What Actually Happens When Your Mind Wanders?
More Health & Science stories:
Exercise is Medicine Program Helps Patients Move Toward Healthier Lifestyles
The Pandemic is Increasing Intimate Partner Violence. Here’s How Health Care Providers Can Help.
One Year In, UVA Doctor Reflects on Fighting the Pandemic at VA Department of Health
What Is Interoception and Why Are Neuroscientists so Fascinated by It?
Arts, Culture & History
The Untold Story of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Time at UVA
The Rembrandt That Wasn’t: Mysterious Painting Sparks Research Quest
The Making of Sasheer Zamata
‘Blow the Safe and Get It.’: Nixon’s Response to the Pentagon Papers
More Arts, Culture & History stories:
‘A Mountaintop Moment’: Professor’s Met Exhibition Sparks Discovery of Lost Painting
Data Analytics Shows How Individualism Complicates America’s Coronavirus Response
A British Playwright, a Trip to Berryville and the Untold Story of JFK’s Valet
Amid the Devastation of Hurricane Harvey, a Miracle Delivery
Business & Entrepreneurship
Q&A: Will Work From Home Last Beyond the Pandemic
Murder Mysteries, March Madness & an MBA
Architecture Faculty Weigh in on Amazon’s Arlington HQ
Two Blind Brothers, One Bold Vision
Athletics: Live Coverage & Features
UVA Wins 2019 Men’s Basketball National Championship
My Road to the Final Four and the Orange Bowl
A Tale of Two Mamadis
Email Newsletters
UVA Daily Report
I was part of the core team planning, writing, editing and building the UVA Daily Report, an email newsletter that goes to more than 100,000 inboxes each weekday.
I plan and send the UAB Department of Family & Community Medicine Weekly Report, an internal newsletter going to hundreds of faculty, staff and physicians each Monday.
UVA This Month
I planned and wrote UVA This Month, a monthly email that goes to more than 300,000 alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and other audiences.
I plan and send the Department of Family and Community Medicine monthly newsletter, going to hundreds of internal and external audience members.