Nearly everything I write gets attributed to others. Below are two exceptions: texts written by me and published under my name.
It Was My Job to Tell the Truth About Jails, 7/25/2019
I used to be the “press liaison”—later director of media relations—for the New York City Department of Correction. For nearly three years, whenever reporters thought they had a story involving the city’s jails, including about Rikers Island, I was the person they called.
Having spent the preceding decade working around criminal-justice advocacy groups, I thought I knew a few things about jails.
Opinion: School overcrowding among issues awaiting next Baltimore County superintendent, 3/7/2023
Following years of declining student performance and increasing demoralization among teachers and staff, Baltimore County’s newly constituted Board of Education faces the all-important responsibility of recruiting a new school superintendent. The county is at a critical inflection point that will determine the trajectory of local public education — and the health of our community overall — for years to come.