Writing Samples
Having worked in various capacities, I have developed a number of writing styles. Below are samples of my writing, on a variety of topics. To view a pdf of the entire piece, click the provided link.
Press Release: CU-Boulder advertising students win seven awards at top international competition
A press release I wrote for distribution by CU-Boulder's media relations staff to local press.
"Thirteen students from the University of Colorado Boulder’s advertising program have won seven awards in a major international advertising contest, the most collected this year by any four-year university."
Read more (CU-Boulder Website)
Spotlight: Leysia Palen
A profile of the Chair of CU's Department of Information Science I wrote for the College of Media, Communication and Information's new website.
"She used both social and computer science training to understand how pilots in commercial airliners analyzed and shared critical safety information during flight. 'I came to appreciate that people make sense of the world in creative and adaptable ways,' she says."
Read more (CU-Boulder Website)
Media Advisory: Innovation in Information Technology Workshop
A media advisory for an upcoming workshop at the National Academies.
"Leading academic and industry researchers and industrial technologists will convene on March 5 to share first-person narratives that illustrate how government investments in research help to create new information technology industries."
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Building a better computer out of diamond
A news article describing a new advance in electronic circuits, which I wrote for Vanderbilt's student newspaper.
"Almost every electronic device of the past thirty years has had silicon circuits at its core. Now, Vanderbilt researchers are hoping to overcome certain weaknesses of silicon using an unusual material: diamond."
Read More (PDF)
Bill Howley Profile: Making Electricity Local
A profile of an advocate of distributed power generation I wrote for the publication Appalachian Voices.
"In 1974, a trip to West Virginia changed the course of Bill Howley’s life. The recent Yale graduate was immediately entranced by the taste of blackberries, the view of receding ridgelines and the smell of Appalachia in June."
Read More (Appalachian Voices website)
The Materials Game
An interactive matching game pairing materials science discoveries with the products they enabled. I wrote the copy for this game and oversaw its development by an outside vendor.
"The information in computer hard drives is stored in memory bits, like tiny compass needles that can be switched between pointing north and pointing south. To increase the speed and data capacity of computer memory, computer engineers seek to make the bits smaller and more tightly packed."
Play the Game (National Academies website)
Hunting for alien worlds
A feature-length article on recent discoveries of alien planets, especially in the Vanderbilt astronomy department, which I wrote for InsideVandy.com's science section.
"Whether scrutinizing a few distant stars for the tiny dimming of an earth-like planet, observing the atmosphere of a gas giant orbiting a nearby star, or hunting for hot Jupiters across large sections of the night sky, exoplanet hunters are redefining our view of the Universe. 'Itʼs one of those sexy science things,' explains Rudi Kuhn, of the KELT-South team. 'We might not be alone in Universe, after all, and I think thatʼs the big driver of these programs.'"
Read More (PDF)
Press Release: CU-Boulder advertising students win seven awards at top international competition
A press release I wrote for distribution by CU-Boulder's media relations staff to local press.
"Thirteen students from the University of Colorado Boulder’s advertising program have won seven awards in a major international advertising contest, the most collected this year by any four-year university."
Read more (CU-Boulder Website)
Spotlight: Leysia Palen
A profile of the Chair of CU's Department of Information Science I wrote for the College of Media, Communication and Information's new website.
"She used both social and computer science training to understand how pilots in commercial airliners analyzed and shared critical safety information during flight. 'I came to appreciate that people make sense of the world in creative and adaptable ways,' she says."
Read more (CU-Boulder Website)
Media Advisory: Innovation in Information Technology Workshop
A media advisory for an upcoming workshop at the National Academies.
"Leading academic and industry researchers and industrial technologists will convene on March 5 to share first-person narratives that illustrate how government investments in research help to create new information technology industries."
Read More (PDF)
Building a better computer out of diamond
A news article describing a new advance in electronic circuits, which I wrote for Vanderbilt's student newspaper.
"Almost every electronic device of the past thirty years has had silicon circuits at its core. Now, Vanderbilt researchers are hoping to overcome certain weaknesses of silicon using an unusual material: diamond."
Read More (PDF)
Bill Howley Profile: Making Electricity Local
A profile of an advocate of distributed power generation I wrote for the publication Appalachian Voices.
"In 1974, a trip to West Virginia changed the course of Bill Howley’s life. The recent Yale graduate was immediately entranced by the taste of blackberries, the view of receding ridgelines and the smell of Appalachia in June."
Read More (Appalachian Voices website)
The Materials Game
An interactive matching game pairing materials science discoveries with the products they enabled. I wrote the copy for this game and oversaw its development by an outside vendor.
"The information in computer hard drives is stored in memory bits, like tiny compass needles that can be switched between pointing north and pointing south. To increase the speed and data capacity of computer memory, computer engineers seek to make the bits smaller and more tightly packed."
Play the Game (National Academies website)
Hunting for alien worlds
A feature-length article on recent discoveries of alien planets, especially in the Vanderbilt astronomy department, which I wrote for InsideVandy.com's science section.
"Whether scrutinizing a few distant stars for the tiny dimming of an earth-like planet, observing the atmosphere of a gas giant orbiting a nearby star, or hunting for hot Jupiters across large sections of the night sky, exoplanet hunters are redefining our view of the Universe. 'Itʼs one of those sexy science things,' explains Rudi Kuhn, of the KELT-South team. 'We might not be alone in Universe, after all, and I think thatʼs the big driver of these programs.'"
Read More (PDF)