Fire School

It’s not often you have to don full fire gear to shoot a story- but I did for this one. I followed the Youngstown Fire Cadets as they went through training and state testing to become the city’s newest firefighters. For this story, I used two cell phone cameras, GoPros and a JVC. PREVIEW   … More Fire School

Rolling Investigation – New Beginnings Health Care

I discovered one of our local nursing homes was on a special Medicaid watch list. I started looking into it and found state inspection reports which found seniors living in conditions where there wasn’t enough food for them, they were being left in their own waste for days and  were living in absolutely deplorable conditions. … More Rolling Investigation – New Beginnings Health Care

Field Fronting

I discovered that one district in Youngstown has one of the highest concentration of children living with elevated levels of lead in their blood in the state. I met with a family who lived in the area whose son had high levels, talked to the property owner and met with heath officials. Then, I presented … More Field Fronting

Cause… and Effect

I’ve developed some memorable stories out of city fire departments. From enterprise to day-of turns, emergency services present highly visual, compelling stories that resonate with viewers. In this case, I realized that our downtown area had experienced a 1000 percent population growth in about five years as several new apartment buildings were renovated or built. … More Cause… and Effect