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Raising Montana (PDF) I wrote and edited the UM Foundation’s spring 2010 newsletter. |
I have written news releases, feature articles, profiles, editorials, personal essays, news briefs, email and web copy, product reviews, speeches, advertising copy, signage and other marketing materials. I am also a longtime blogger and user of social media.
My writing has been recognized with a gold award from CASE District VIII and a first place for best in-depth reporting from the Montana Newspaper Association.
Select Published Writing
Through a Glass, Briefly: My Experience Renting a Lens
(PhotographyREVIEW.com, April 2011)
Digital Camera Guide for Regular Folks
(PhotographyREVIEW.com, April 2010)
Building UM: Private Support Transforms Campus, Montana’s Future (PDF)
(Raising Montana, spring 2010)
The Joy of Giving: Two Alumni Remember Inspirational Professors (PDF)
(Raising Montana, spring 2010)
Living Legacy: UM Inaugurates Esther England Funds, Concert Series (Montanan, winter 2010)
Where The Big Fish Lie: UM’s Creative Writing Program among the country’s elite
(Montanan, winter 2010)
Murky Movement: Milltown Dam removal releases sediments
(Vision 2009)
Three UM Students Head To Denmark For Climate Change Conference
(News release, University of Montana, November 2009)
UM Visit To Tribal Schools, Colleges Strengthens Bonds
(News release, University of Montana, October 2009)
Camera Review: Kodak EasyShare Z980
(PhotographyReview.com, September 2009)
Faculty Member Receives Prestigious Fulbright Award
(News release, University of Montana, August 2009)
Company Offers Custom Photo Shower Curtains
(PhotographyReview.com, June 2009)
Caleb Shields, Phyllis Washington To Receive UM’s Highest Honor
(News release, University of Montana, May 2009)
Camera Review: Sony Cybershot DSC-H50
(PhotographyReview.com, March 2009)
Nikon Ups the Superzoom Ante with Coolpix P90
(PhotographyReview.com, February 2009)
Apple Announces iPhoto ’09
(PhotographyRevew.com, February 2009)
Camera Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5
(PhotographyReview.com, January 2009)
Flickr and Getty Images Launch Partnership
(PhotographyReview.com, January 2009)
Official Presidential Portrait Goes Digital
(PhotographyReview.com, January 2009)
Free Software Transforms Ordinary Photos Into Polaroid Lookalikes
(PhotographyReview.com, January 2009)
A Monumental Man (PDF)
Rafael Chacon examines A.J. Gibson’s contributions to Montana architecture
(Montanan, Fall 2008)
Camera Review: Olympus E-420
(PhotographyReview.com, October 2008)
Hooters in Missoula
More than a mouthful, still not quite enough
(New West, August 2008)
Camera Review: Sony Cybershot DSC-W150
(PhotographyReview.com, July 2008
Dads and Grads Digital Camera and Photo Gift Guide
(PhotographyReview.com, June 2008)
Montana On Her Mind
Susan Gibson wrote Dixie Chicks’ hit “Wide Open Spaces”
(Montanan, spring 2008)
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
(PhotographyReview.com, May 2008)
Photo Books: A How-To Guide
(PhotographyReview.com, May 2008)
Camera Review: Casio Exilim EX-Z77
(PhotographyReview.com, April 2008)
The End of an Era: Polaroid Ceases Film Production
(PhotographyReview.com, March 2008)
Camera Review: Olympus SP-560 UZ
(PhotographyReview.com, January 2008)
In a New York Minute (PDF)
Broadcast alum shines in national news anchor spot
(Cover story, Montanan, spring 2007)
When Speech Wasn’t Free (PDF)
UM project produces pardons for seventy-eight sedition convicts
(Montanan, fall 2006)
Gold award, feature writing*
A Return To Justice (PDF)
UM helps win pardons for 78 convicted of sedition
(Research View, summer 2006)
Floods, Flora and Fauna (PDF)
Exploring the natural history of Glacial Lake Missoula
(Montana Naturalist, fall 2006)
Water That Was (PDF)
Unearthing the many secrets of Glacial Lake Missoula
(Pleistocene Post, June 2006)
University earns 78 pardons for citizens convicted of sedition
(Main Hall to Main Street, May 2006)
Core Issues: Flathead Lake research reveals secrets in sediment
(Research View, spring 2005)
Archivist Offers Advice On Preserving Photographs, Materials
(News To Use, February 2005)
Return to Black Mountain
Less than a year after fire, nature thrives
(Vision 2004)
Partnership: Harvesting Community
(University of Montana President’s Report, 2004)
Higher Education (PDF)
Rising tuition, decreasing state funding, students graduating thousands of dollars in debt …
(Cover story, Montanan, spring 2004)
Silver award, feature writing*
Water That Was (PDF)
Unearthing the Many Secrets of Glacial Lake Missoula
(Vision 2003)
Excellence on the Air
Montana Public Radio and PBS Bring Award-Winning Programs to Big Sky Country
(Vision, 2002)
Cool Idea
College of Technology Paves Way for Hydrogen Energy Revolution
(Vision, 2002)
DNA Discoveries
UM Junior Amanda Ng Explores B. Burgdorferi
(Vision, 2002)
News to Use (PDF)
New strategies help break bad habits, create healthy new behaviors
(Published in newspapers statewide, December 2002)
Sedimental Journey (PDF)
Following the Path of Glacial Lake Missoula’s Flood Waters
(Cover story, Montanan, winter 2001)
Diva in Her Own Right
Students Sing the Praises of Esther England
(Cover story, Montanan, fall 2001)
Bronze award, feature writing*
Rocky Mountain Getaway
From Ancient Glacial Lake to Urban Frontier, Missoula’s Always Evolving
(East Oregonian, July 2001)
The Price of Education
Increased Legislative Funding Would Allow More Students to Stay in Montana
(Editorial, Missoulian, Billings Gazette, April 2001)
Back Roads Fever
(Montanan, spring 2001)
The HeART of Montana
UM’s Cultural Outreach Across the State
(Vision, 2001)
Number One
UM Team Wins National Moot Court Championship
(Barrister, 2001)
C’est Missoula Vie
(Montanan, spring 2000)
Coat of Many Colors
Christine Milodragovich Stitches It All Together
(Montanan, winter 1999)
Harvest Moon
A Chinook Ranch Helps Troubled Teens
(Montanan, fall 1999)
Bronze award, feature writing*
Talking Ted
Media Mogul Discusses Business, Journalism with UM Students
(Main Hall to Main Street, June 1999)
Bringing Government Home
J-School Service Keeps Communities Informed
(Research View, 1999)
Favorite Places
Shopping, Dining and Entertainment at South Florida’s Hot Spots
(Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, summer 1998)
Go Guide
Getting From Point A to Point B in South Florida
(DigitalCity South Florida, summer 1998)
Get Ahead With Higher Ed
A Guide to Florida Colleges and Universities
(DigitalCity South Florida, summer 1998)
Dolphin Encounter
(Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, summer 1998)
University of Montana Professor Finds Clues to Crimes in Bones and Bodies
(Helena Independent Record and others, November 1997)
Barbara Larsen Acts Up!
An Interview with This Versatile Star
(Radiance, summer 1997)
Bigfoot or Big Joke?
Residents Come Forward with Sasquatch Stories
(Whitefish Pilot, June 1995)
Who Killed Bigfoot? (PDF)
Careless Hunter Does in Sasquatch in Whitefish, Weekly World News Reports
(Whitefish Pilot, June 1995)
Self Talk (PDF)
How to Navigate Your Way Through Life, Love and Lust in the Nineties
(Radiance, summer 1995)
Freak Storm Nails City
Power Lines, Trees Take Beating During Heavy, Wet Snowfall
(Whitefish Pilot, June 1995)
Honorable mention, best spot news reporting**
Taking a Female Lead
Critic Jan Wahl Adds a Woman’s Perspective to the World of Film Review (Radiance, fall 1994)
A House Divided
Three-part series on domestic abuse
(Whitefish Pilot, July 1994)
Only in … Olney (PDF)
Three-part series on Olney, Montana, and its residents
(Whitefish Pilot, January/February 1994)
First place, best in-depth reporting**
* Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VIII
** Montana Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest