Low Nicotine Tobacco for the New York Times

Spent a while last week on the campus of NC State with Dr. Michael Moynihan, the 22nd Century Group, looking at experimental tobacco plants that his company, in partnership with the university, is developing to help smokers quit by reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes by as much as 97%. An [...]

NC Teaching Fellows for the New York Times

Went back to 5th grade last week for the NYT, it still smells the same, antiseptic fear, for a story about the NC Teaching Fellows program, which gives high achieving high school students free in state college tuition in exchange for a 4 year commitment to teach in the public [...]

The Commercial Campus for the NYT

In an old and revered journalistic tradition, with a modern twist, I spent move in day on the campus UNC-CH. The twist was that the focus of the article would be the rise in corporations hiring students to help them promote their products on campus. At UNC, American Eagle had [...]

Irene Outtakes

Myrtle Beach, before the storm hit

Here it comes

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Irene at the Coinjock Marina

Strangely enough, the whole thing started in Charleston, SC at a GOP political rally. I had been asked by the New York Times to go to Charleston, photograph the rally and then head up the coast to see what was happening, if anything, with the hurricane known as Irene. This [...]

Vocational Education for the NYT

Spent a couple days in Greensboro for the New York Times photographing what has become a bit of a battlefield in the college or not wars.

Many high schools have cut back on their vocational training classes over the last few years as the push to get all [...]

Wilmington for the New York Times

It would be fair to say that it is hard these days to get multiple days to work on an assignment, especially from a newspaper. Add to that, a rather complex story involving city budgets, state government spending, cutbacks, city services and a council that has to balance in all and you have [...]

Tornado Damage for the NYT

Reggie Turner works on his aunt’s house which was heavily damaged by a tornado, Raleigh NC

Headed out to Raleigh last week for the New York Times to cover some of the heavy damage from the series of tornados that devastated many areas of the state. It had [...]

Ancient Apples for the New York Times

Lee Calhoun has spent over 30 years collecting old southern apple varieties and planting them in his orchard in hopes of sustaining the breeds. Around the Japanese style house he built 40 years ago with his wife and son, he has planted and sustained many types of apples long forgotten, [...]

Brian OliverSmith for the NYT

Just before the holidays, I spent a bit of time with Brian OliverSmith, the ceo of Urban Planet Mobile, for the NYT business section. His company offers language and SAT prep classes to clients worldwide via text message. Everyday they will send you a text with a link to your [...]