Opinion
The imposter and me
This past Friday, my friend Adrienne and I were making our way home from dinner in Ashland, discussing our career accomplishments, scholastic hopes an...
New laws against sugar sweetened beverages
In 2015, the city of San Francisco passed an ordinance requiring advertisers of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) to include a warning that SSB contribu...
Because Media Representation of People with Disabilities Matters
“Born This Way,” Me Before You, and now the latest, “Speechless,” are among the TV shows or movies going a different route in ...
Providing support for the cause
As many of us know and acknowledge, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a reporter, I have had the opportunity to write two news stories abou...
A mother of “Times”
As parents we want the white picket fence and to see the joyous faces stepping down from the bus as we wait for children at the door with dinner in pr...
We’ve Got to Make Something Happen
“We’ve Got to Make Something Happen.” Those were the words the late Commissioner Doug Coleman frequently said everyone around the co...
Honoring an Ohio legend, Thomas Edison
There have been a lot of remarkable Ohioans in our history: eight presidents, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn and 22 other accomplished astronauts, Jesse O...
Visiting the National African American Museum
On Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, I was blessed to walk into the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in our Nation&#...
September 29th, 2016 updated: October 1st, 2016. |
Becoming Media Literate
Millions are expected to vote in the U.S. presidential election this November. Elections and voters are crucial to any democracy and an informed elect...
Many thanks
In serving the community as Executive Director of Main Street Portsmouth, I’ve made many friendships and partnerships with community leaders, mo...
