August - 2015

Occasionally, I write.

My time is mostly spent shooting stills and especially shooting and editing short documentaries for the web. But, sometimes they let me write. I've been assigned to write stories before, but what I've included here are things that I found on my own. When I write, I've often found myself also being the photographer, video shooter and video editor. More frequently, I am a contributor to writers' stories with quotes and facts when I'm the shooter.

Talking race, faith 2 weeks after Sam DuBose killing

I reported and wrote this story as a daily the Sunday after Samuel DuBose's funeral, after the bodycam video was released showing University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shoot and kill DuBose during a routine traffic stop. This was also the same week that Tensing was indicted on murder charges by a grand jury. I had covered all of these events on this week, and talk of race was prevalent in columns and comments. This piece was originally published as the page one