Just finished a story for Notre Dame Magazine that will hit stands this summer. The piece, which will be in the front-of-the-book news section, details the university’s push for more scholarly achievement from its undergraduate population. This includes research projects - often studying abroad - the completion of a senior thesis and more. I spoke [...]

Here’s the link to my article about the university’s efforts to commission original works in the performing arts that appears in the Spring issue of the magazine. Here’s an excerpt:
Since the 2008-09 Visiting Artist Series, the University has showcased eight new commissioned works by such artists as the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man, [...]

I recently finished two stories for publications at the University of Notre Dame that will be coming out soon. The first is a piece on the Kronos Quartet and their upcoming performance of “A Chinese Home” in ND Works. The second is a look at the University’s commitment to commissioning new works in the performing [...]

My article in the Winter issue of Notre Dame Magazine is now on the magazine’s site. Click here to read my story on Notre Dame’s new Center for the Study of Languages. Here’s an excerpt:

Lance Askildson grabs a black-and-white photograph from a shelf.
The image of a row of stark, empty carrels filled with little [...]

Welcome to 2010.  Now that we’re in a new year, I’ll soon be updating my portfolio with some of my favorite pieces  from 2009. Be sure to check back in the coming weeks for those updates. Also be on the lookout for my story on the language arts program at the University of Notre Dame [...]

My article in the Autumn issue of Notre Dame Magazine is now on the magazine’s site. Click here to read my story on the university’s ever-expanding Shakespeare program. Here’s an excerpt:

In 2000, Paul Rathburn, a professor in Notre Dame’s English department, founded Summer Shakespeare (now known as the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival). The idea was [...]

Be sure to check out the Autumn issue of Notre Dame Magazine to read my story on the university’s ever-expanding Shakespeare program. The work that is going on there is really quite impressive.

Since May 20, 2009, I’ve been writing features and arts and entertainment for The Herald-Palladium in Saint Joseph, Michigan. The newspaper covers all of the Southwest Michigan lakeshore and is about a 30-minute commute from our home in South Bend. Look for my work in the Entertainment section, which comes out each Thursday, or the [...]

If you are looking for a writing coach to help with your summer interns or need someone to help guide those cub reporters I may be able to help. During my 17 years as a newspaper writer and editor, I’ve spoken at a number of schools, including the University of Notre Dame and my own [...]

For the past 17 years, I’ve worked as a newspaper writer, editor and occasional designer for a number of publications. I was a Feature Writer/Television Columnist for the South Bend Tribune for a little over four years until I got caught in the most recent flurry of downsizing that is decimating the industry. As a [...]