March 1996 - Present Freelance Journalist and Photographer Journal Newspapers, The Washington Post, Associated Press, The Baltimore Sun
Writing and photographing news events for publication in above-named publications.
May 1996 - September 1996 Staff Writer The Montgomery Journal Rockville, Maryland (Link to Web Site)
Writing news and feature stories on a wide variety of topics including breaking news,
government, human interest, investigative and court cases.
October 1993 - April 1996 News Editor, Associate Editor, Staff Writer The Diamondback / Maryland Media, Inc College Park, Maryland (Link to Web Site)
Management of beat reporters for 30,000-circulation daily newspaper.
Editing and writing copy. Also held positions of Associate Editor, Assistant Sports Editor,
and Copy Editor. Covered police/fire and city council beats. Page design and layout.
September 1991 - June 1992 President's List With Honors Oak Hill Academy Mouth of Wilson, Virginia Link to Web Site
4.0 grade-point-average. Head Manger of nationally second-ranked varsity basketball team. Social Studies Student of the Year.
June 1987 - Present Fire-EMS Sergeant / Fire Marshal / Webmaster
Public Information Officer Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Hyattsville, Maryland (Link to Web Site)
As Fire-EMS Sergeant, responsible for station and personnel management during emergency and non-emergency operations. Responsible for completing and compiling data for county and state
reports as Fire Marshal. Also work with fire prevention staff to coordinate organization of all fire prevention events, including annual Open House and other
public station activities.
Plan, coordintate and manage budget for several department projects. Work to continually improve department's image through the media, including promotion of department's programs and relaying information about fire/rescue incidents.
Design and manage department's World Wide Web site, one of the most popular fire service sites on the internet.
Nationally-certified Fire Officer I and Maryland-certified EMT-A. Automatic External Defibrilation certified. Emergency vehicle operator. More than 3,000 career responses over 7 years.
January 1997 - Present Photograpgher / Editor Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department Maryland (Link to Web Site)
Photograph emergency incidents, special presentations and events for large combination metropolitan fire department. Maintain information about PGFD on the internet. Plan for upcoming newsletter project. Coordinate placing articles/photos in regional fire service publication.
April 1996 Regional Third-Place Winner, In-Depth Reporting Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards (Link to Web Site)
March 1996 and March 1995 Outstanding Achievement in College Print News - First Place Maryland Press Club Baltimore, Maryland
January 1991 County Fire Chief's Award Winner Prince George's County Fire Department(Link to Web Site)
September 1988 - Present Numerous Department & Response Awards Hyattsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Hyattsville, Maryland (Link to Web Site)
Awards include 1988 Special Achievement Award; 1990 Rookie of the Year; 1993 Top Fire/EMS Responder
Award-winning journalist and photographer for a wide-varitety of publications covering news, sports, investigative stories and features. Use of Associated Press style. 
