Radio Documentary for the BBC I reporter about Beats Not Bullets, a Baltimore non-profit that aims to reduce gun violence through self-expression.

One Remarkable Teacher's Response To Freddie Gray And The Unrest

I reported this story the day Baltimore City Public School’s eighty thousand students headed back to classes follow the 2015 unrest in West Baltimore.

Dr. Gregory Thornton, CEO of City schools, sent a press release to families thanking the many students who got home safely and encouraging parents to talk with their children. He also pledged that students who engaged in rioting would be prosecuted. 

I went City Neighbors High School in Northeast Baltimore to get a sense of how students and teachers were processing the social unrest.

First Ladies of the Goodman League

Short radio documentary produced and reported with Emily Friedman profiling three vocal basketball fans.

When you walk through the gates of the Goodman League, sneakers squeak across the court and cheers erupt from the seats and all eyes are glued on the basketball court. But there's another presence at the game. Along the midline of the court, three women, sometimes four, cheer and holler at nearly every game in foldout canvas chairs. They are called the First Ladies and they've been coming to the games for over 15 years. 

Radio Documentary about Beats Not Bullets, a Baltimore non-profit that aims to reduce gun violence through self-expression.

Reviving An American Icon: Saving Chestnut Trees to Reclaim Mined Mountains

An audio documentary on efforts to revive the blighted American chestnut and reclaim one of the world's oldest and most environmentally compromised mountain chains.