Writing Clips

In addition to the personal writing you'll find from me on the blog, here are samples of stories I've written through the years. Enjoy. 

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GENERAL NEWS STORIES

When a local sheriff booked a member of Motley Crue:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2013/09/general-news-feature-sheriff-books.html

On the anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins, Jesse Jackson remembers:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2010/01/general-news-jesse-jackson-remembers.html

Forty years after stealing a car, a fugitive returns to the scene of the crime:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-north-carolina-fugitive-returns-to.html

GENERAL NEWS FEATURES


Readers wrote us about driving pet peeves. So we followed a driver's ed teacher who has seen it all: http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2010/11/general-news-clip-readerss-pet-peeves.html

Three women who nearly died of heart disease share their stories, and their common cause:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5Da1eyyf710OEpvMkFtR2pyN0U/edit?usp=sharing 

An eccentric doctor creates a special space outside her home:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2013/09/general-news-feature-open-air-art.html

Habitat for humanity goes green in a big way:
http://www.news-record.com/triad_homes/article_78583d6a-2ac3-11e3-9591-001a4bcf6878.html

Samples from the (now defunct) The Scenic Route blog:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2011/07/revisiting-scenic-route-sampling-of.html

TRAVEL FEATURES

A portrait of Castaway Cay and other Disney Cruise Line gems:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2002/12/travel-feature-cruisin-with-disney.html

An option for honeymooners:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2000/10/travel-feature-honeymooners-take-to-seas.html

100 Years of Magic and tidbits from Disney Legends:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2001/12/travel-one-on-one-with-disneys-brass.html

Meet the first kids who ever stepped foot into Disneyland - with Walt himself:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2005/07/travel-happiest-homecoming-brings-back.html

COLUMNS

When a colleague disparages my happy place, I had to offer a rebuttal:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2004/12/column-lend-me-your-ears-why-i-think.html

Building a home from scratch isn't for sissies:
http://jbrportfolio.blogspot.com/2004/11/column-what-shape-is-your-commode.html