HARRISBURG — A deal to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike “will not see the light of day,” vowed the chairman of the House Transportation Committee yesterday. That would effectively kill Gov. Ed Rendell’s proposal to enter into a $12.8 billion, 75-year lease with a consortium comprising the Spanish multinational Abertis Infraestructuras SA and Citi Infrastructure Investors, [...]

I contributed to today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report that a state budget deal was reached and signed last night. I also cut an audio clip of Gov. Ed Rendell speaking on the budget, which the Post-Gazette put on its Web site: hooray for New Media! Alongside Rendell is House Appropriations Chairman Dwight Evans, D-Philadelphia, and House [...]

Today I turn over my keys to 3333 North Park Avenue in the Lower Tioga neighborhood of North Philadelphia near Temple Hospital to my landlord. I have spent better than 18 months living there. It has become the first place I could ever really call home outside of my parents’ watch. Indulge me in some photos. I’m [...]

I HAVE BEEN IN South Dakota since last Monday, though this blog has been running on forward posts since. I first met the group I’m visiting now back in 2006. With some other Temple University students, I did some community work in White River – a town of 600, nearly half of whom are American Indian [...]

No one needs to remind a self-aware student journalist about the dangers of satire. Every April brings with it new stories of high school and college publications biting it hard after trying their hand at April Fool’s Day issues. Most usually, the beef comes about with expectations. Young journalists try their best to be as [...]

Yesterday, for The Temple News, I went with a staff photographer to the campus of the University of Pennsylvania to see former President Bill Clinton give a speech. I wrote a quick summary, grabbed a photo and had it on our site before any other media. Number of Views:102

I spent a semester living and studying in Tokyo, Japan last fall. While there, I  blogged, photographed and videotaped my experiences for the pilot season of an online-only show by NBC called JYA, Junior Year Abroad. I just got word from the show’s producer that it has been posted on a new NBC  digital media Web site, Hulu.com. [...]

I uploaded video of my brief appearance on the Fox 29 morning show last Tuesday. Give it a look. Number of Views:82

In the travel portion of my Web site, I posted two brief videos that I finally uploaded to my Youtube. See me and two friends in Niagara Falls, Canada this past June See what video of Italy I could grab after my camera was returned from being lost by Air Canada last March Number of Views:78

Last May I interviewed Ike Johnstone, a mentor of mine. A former police officer, Johnstone now runs Belmont Stables in Philadelphia’s West Fairmount Park. In the summer he hosts summer programs for North Philadelphia kids. See the interview, edited by myself and filmed by another mentor of mine, Eugene Martin. Number of Views:76