Writing Portfolio

A sampling of content and copy, including press releases, published feature stories, social media posts, news columns, ad copy, blog posts, and more.

Press Releases

Earned media: Coverage in the Hartford Courant, the New Britain Herald, and WTNH. A team-produced video explaining the budget process can be viewed here, where it received over 10,000 views on Facebook.

Earned media: Coverage in the New Britain Herald, Hartford Courant, the Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce, and the CT Mirror.

Earned media: Coverage of the downtown development was picked up by the New Britain Herald, NBC30, the Hartford Courant, and the Hartford Business Journal.

Op-Ed

2020 Goals: Written for the mayor’s monthly column in the New Britain Herald.

Published Works

Shaken to the Roots: A year later, images, emotions linger for emergency workers.

Journal Inquirer, August 2, 2011.

MANCHESTER — Town Fire Chief Robert W. Bycholski had just finished his cup of coffee when the voice of dispatcher Robin Turner came over the airwaves at 7:26 and broke the early morning silence of Aug. 3, 2010.

Active shooter.

Journal Inquirer, March 15, 2012: ‘An American classic:’ Shady Glen cheeseburger makes list.

MANCHESTER — The culinary tastemakers at the prestigious James Beard Foundation have put Shady Glen on the organization’s 2012 “America’s Classics” list.

Since 1948, “families in the fertile dairy country of central Connecticut have made pilgrimages to the sandwich counter, soda fountain, and booths of Shady Glen,” the foundation said in a statement announcing its selection this week.

While the restaurant, which is owned by William and Annette Hoch, has house-mixed sodas and locally produced ice cream, the real draw is the Bernice Original: several pieces of yellow, crispy American cheese on top of a hamburger patty. Read more here.

For more stories, visit my archive on the Journal Inquirer website here.

Social Media

An example of a monthly column I wrote for the mayor that appeared in the New Britain Herald.

Promotional Copy

Produced in support of the 2020 New Britain Visitors Guide.
Produced in support of the 2020 New Britain Visitors Guide.

Ad Copy

Blog Post

An example from my music-centric blog, the Red Eyed Flight.