Stories

kanab12 copy.jpgIs uranium mining near the Grand Canyon safe? http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-best-reads/2017/03/08/uranium-mining-near-grand-canyon-safe-answer-may-water/98816536/

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Is a gondola ride in the Grand Canyon’s future? http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-best-reads/2017/04/12/gondola-ride-grand-canyons-future-project-stirs-concerns-threats-cultural-natural-resources/99699958/

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The last defiant act of Ed Abbey. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/best-reads/2015/04/17/edward-abbey-last-act-defiance/25930091/

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My piece of the border project, which won a Pulitzer for explanatory reporting. https://www.usatoday.com/border-wall/story/us-mexico-border-history/510833001/

New York Times Vows story. Rebecca and Bennett were amazing people and it was a pleasure to meet them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/fashion/weddings/rebecca-mackinnon-bennett-freeman-marriage.html
Gila trout, Whitewater Creek, New Mexico. No, you probably won’t catch one this big, but fishing for Gila trout is pretty cool. Here’s the story. https://www.newmexico.org/nmmagazine/articles/post/tales-of-the-gila-trout/
A Backpacker story. My first. Another writer got the byline in the print version. Well, stuff happens. https://www.backpacker.com/trips/find-your-way-through-canyon-country
About six months ago I made the jump from print to radio, taking up a reporting job at KJZZ, an NPR affiliate. Most of my work has been in news — with a pandemic and election going on, there has been a lot of it. But every now and then I work on a feature, like this one on craft beer.

https://kjzz.org/content/1631717/arizona-craft-beer-finds-its-way-during-pandemic

A meadow along Canyon Creek, Tonto National Forest. https://www.kunc.org/ron-dungan