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Van den Broek leverages partnerships for Huxley & Hiro’s early downtown success
10/23/24: First place winner from the Delaware Press Association and from the National Federation of Press Women in the Business Writing category
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Wilmington’s office-to-housing conversions add energy to city
12/13/23: First place in the Delaware Press Association’s 2024 Professional Communications Contest and second place from the National Federation of Press Women.
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My Journey Back to Joy
6/27/25: Self-reflective article for RestlessUrban.com, the premiere wellness blog and marketplace for mid-life adults who want to live healthier, happier, and more fulfilling lives.
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It's time to get rid of your brand garbage
A blog post that outlines my approach to refreshing and redesigning the brand messaging of companies and individuals.
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101 HBCUs get nearly 7 times less money than 1 other school. That must change.
6/17/22: GHOSTWRITING with Dr. Tony Allen, president of Delaware State University, for the Washington Post.
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Let's Hear It for Moderate Republican Women
GHOSTWRITING: Op-ed for the Washington Post by Sarah Chamberlain that generated nearly 1,400 comments.
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Kim Mulkey: In Her Own Words
GHOSTWRITING (OF SORTS): Baylor’s iconic women’s basketball coach opens up about life on and off the court in a Spring 2017 cover story in the Baylor Line. I took a slightly different approach, conducting an extended interview and then organizing it in a similar fashion to an approach Inc. magazine takes to focus purely on the interview subject without distractions.
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Face With Loss, Kate Lyons Stepped Up to the Challenge
GHOSTWRITING (OF SORTS): Profile for the Delaware Business Times about Kate Lyons who took over her husband’s insurance business shortly after his sudden death. Another approach to my periodic In Her Own Words features.
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New UD Biz School Dean Has Big Plans for Fintech, Other Areas
2/2/24: Another in a series of Q&As for the Delaware Prosperity Partnership, this one focusing on expanding research and digital tech initiatives and increasing student experience opportunities and programming in high-demand market skills.
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How Agilent’s Resolve handheld raman spectrometer is saving lives around the world
September/October 2025 cover story for Delaware Business magazine on the winner of the Coolest Thing Made in Delaware contest — Tech That Protects
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Where Have All the Baptists Gone?
Winter 2016 cover story for the Baylor Line looking at the reasons behind a sharp decline in enrollment among Baptists attending Baylor University. This was the first in a series of stories that looked at real issues facing the University rather than just writing puff pieces.
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The Coolest Thing Made in Delaware
Sept/Oct. 2024 article for Delaware Business magazine on The Coolest Thing Made in Delaware -- a mammogram machine
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Q&A with Wistar's Heather Steinman, Ph.D., MBA
As Wistar’s SVP for Business Development and executive director of Technology Transfer, Heather A. Steinman forges new strategic partnerships with industry, nonprofit, and local academic institutions and advances Wistar’s growing pipeline of biomedical research discoveries. The interview is helping Wistar generate ideas for media pitches.
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Nemours' Yvette Santiago Leads With Intentionality
Online profile for the Delaware Prosperity Partnership of the hospital’s community engagement director.
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Hope Center plans to face budget questions with facts
As homelessness increases in Delaware and COVID-related support dries up, the New Castle County Hope Center will roll out its new long-term sustainability strategy with a companion dashboard in January demonstrating the shelter and former hotel’s impact..
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Chase CEO Jamie Dimon tours Zip Code Delaware
Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took some time to talk to me for the Delaware Business Times in August 2019, touching on such topics as the changing education paths for the people JPMorgan Chase is hiring, the bank’s growth in Delaware, and the threat of cyber security
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Not At Baylor? The Surprising Issue of Student Hunger
Spring 2017 story for the Baylor Line looks at how Baylor faculty and staff are leveraging local resources to address the issue of student hunger on campus and to raise the awareness of stakeholders.
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Peter Osborne on Communications Post-Mortems
Post for Spin Sucks, the world’s No. 1 PR blog with 50k subscribers. Column advocates for introducing a project “post-mortem” process to assess what went right, what didn’t, and what can be learned for future programs.
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Delaware Dives Deep into the Blue Economy
5/22/24 article for DPP about all the economic activities related to the coastal and marine environment. This includes everything from transportation and shipping goods to aquaculture, fisheries, offshore wind and mineral resources.
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Dr. Eric Kmiec, Gene Editing Institute at Christiana Care
One of a series of Q&As for the Delaware Prosperity Partnership economic development organization where I highlight Delaware innovators and translate technical concepts for a mainstream audience.
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Biocurie Finds Delaware Ideal for Innovation.
Story on software startup that is offering the ability to get it right the first time” to biopharmaceutical companies spending hundreds of millions of dollars and several years developing each cell and gene therapy.
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Erica Nemser and Compact Membrane Systems
Erica Nemser and her team at Compact Membrane Systems are searching for the chemical equivalent of the Holy Grail.
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ANP Technologies Excels at Rapid Diagnostic Tests.
ANP is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that is also developing pharmaceuticals for treating different types of cancer, including head and neck cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatic cancer, and non-small cell lung careers.
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PAG Develops Nationwide COVID Interactive Dashboard.
Predictive Analytics Group (PAG) has created a nationwide COVID-interactive dashboard with overlays that are more “predictive” than the standard view.
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In the Business of Making Memories
March/April 2022 cover story for Delaware Business magazine celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Wilmington Blue Rocks.
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Arts Organizations Take Different Paths to Surviving the Pandemic
My last article for the Delaware Business Times in August 2020 (before my pandemic-related layoff), focusing on the struggles facing arts organizations in the wake of donors contributing to other types of nonprofits.
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Stress Test: How Much Debt is Too Much?
I talked to some of the growing numbers of students leaving Baylor with more than $100,000 in student debt in the Fall 2016 issue. How are they — and their families — coping? An early discussion of a topic that is a much more visible issue today.
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The Comeback Kid
Profile of Dallas filmmaker Kjehl Rasmussen, who had seen a lot of career ups and downs. Written for D Magazine in August 1990.