When I’m hungry (which is often), I update this blog:

• The Pinterest Palate

As managing editor at White Rock Lake Weekly, I covered community news and events:

• I wrote a farewell to my post as managing editor for WRLW
• Christmas spirit comes much too early
• An annual ‘Boot Scoot’ raises funds for a local tornado victim
• East Dallas is pretty great, after all
• Troop 64 welcomes its newest Eagle Scouts
• Katie Couric Ponies Up!
• 2011 Run the Rock a Big Crowd Drawer
• Get your spook on at Thrillvania

While at The Dallas Morning News, I primarily covered breaking news and community feature stories:

• North Texas dogs facing euthanasia are given a second chance
• Volunteers team up to beautify local public schools for Earth Day
• A. Maceo Smith High School wins Frito Lay’s “Score for Your School” contest
• New housing offers safety and community to South Dallas
• Former roommate of man charged for murder recalls the plans to carry out the crime
• Local elementary school receives praise for its incorporation of the ‘Healthy Zone’ program
• Forest Hill Mayor and Councilman duke it out
• Baby born outside of Arlington strip club
• Marion Barber donates $500,000 worth of computers to DISD
• I contributed to the reporting of the fatal double-shooting at Burger Street
• Fires devastate an apartment complex during freezing Dallas weather

This spring, I took a technology reporting class. One of our assignments was to interview a journalist about how technology has affected their reporting:

• Tom Benning: An Overnight Social Media Connoisseur

The majority of my work has been for The Daily Campus. The following articles are from the fall 2009 and fall 2010 semesters:

• A girl is the victim of an off-campus sexual assault.
• A lesson not to jaywalk or to send text messages while driving.
• SMU’s Intrafraternity Council hosts its 12th annual Special Olympics volleyball tournament in the Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports.
• Students had the opportunity to contribute to the National Bone Marrow Donor Program at SMU’s homecoming tailgate.
• October was National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Read what local Dallas businesses did to support breast cancer research.
• Author Robyn O’Brien shares the scary secrets behind our nation’s food industry in her book, “The Unhealthy Truth.”
• Nothing can ruin my Christmas spirit faster than celebrating it too early.
• Texting while driving has proven to be just as dangerous, if not more, than driving while intoxicated.

I updated The Daily Campus’ police blotter with campus crime.

• Read about a student who set off a dorm fire alarm by microwaving a towel.
• See the end of semester total crime count.

Last semester, I was enrolled in a magazine writing class. I wrote four stories, two of which were published.

• George Rubio runs his own snowball business. He makes all of the ingredients from scratch.
• Cindy Brinker Simmons, the founder of Wipe Out Kids’ Cancer, shares her life of loss and faith.

I also worked for a semester as a copy editor for SMU’s online publication, the SMU Daily Mustang. During that time, I wrote one or two event stories and several features.

• After Tiger Woods cheated on his wife, I was compelled to find out what drives people to cheat on their significant others.
• SMU students learned how to make sushi at a Multicultural Greek Council event last April.
• The poor state of the economy has also taken its toll on family pets.
• The Dallas Mavs ManiAACs are the original male dance squad of the NBA.