Journalistic Writing Samples
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October 9, 2017
Boulevard of the Arts:
The sounds of 115 sighs became one in Market Square on Oct. 9.
Point Park University dancers and other students from the university came together for Boulevard of the Arts, a dance tribute to the victims of the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas.
September 26, 2017
New York Times Best Seller talks to Point Park University students
Rednecks, hillbillies, clay eaters, sandhillers, squatters, vagrants, waste people and trailer trash are all examples of names given to the poor white class.
Nancy Isenberg retells America’s history from the perspective of this inferior class in her book, “White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America.”
June 8, 2016
Olympic Medalist recalls 1972 Munich Games
It was the morning of the javelin competition at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. Bill Schmidt, now 68, realized that his transportation wasn’t going to arrive.
So he ran. Schmidt ran four miles to the Olympic stadium only to be told that he was too late for the javelin
competition, but he didn’t let that stop him...
June 16, 2017
Lending a Helping Hand
Individuals from the Uniontown ATF excitedly searched the park for their decorated rocks and were happy to announce that they couldn’t find any of them. As a part of the Kindness Project, individuals who volunteer at St. Vincent de Paul’s painted rocks and wrote a kind message or quote on them before hiding them in a park to be discovered by someone who may need those kind words. This is only one of the many projects/activities the individuals participate in as volunteers at St. Vincent dePaul’s.
“They’re always so excited to come back and tell you how many people they helped and what they did to help every day that they go to St. Vincent de Paul’s,” said Program Specialist Tara Comforti...
June 21, 2018
Fayette Resources supports individuals as they live "everyday lives"
In 2015, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Final Rule. This rule mandated inclusive settings and person-centered practices for individuals with disabilities nationwide. The CMS is expecting the HCBS Final Rule to help provide people receiving supports through Medicaid’s HCBS programs with “full access to the benefits of community living.”
In Pennsylvania, the final rule translated into Everyday Lives. At the center of it is the simple idea that, “People with disabilities have a right to an everyday life; a life that is no different than that of all other citizens.”
September 20, 2016
Pisula battles back from knee injury
With every minute that ticked off the clock, another fingernail was damaged.
Leslie Pisula, 57, fidgeted in her seat in the stands, biting her nails as she watched her freshman son, Tommy Pisula, get ready for kickoff.
“I was scared to death,” said Leslie remembering Tommy’s first high school football game. “Tommy was a lot smaller than some of those boys. I couldn’t stop worrying that he would get hurt.”
And after two healthy seasons of high school football, Leslie’s fear became a reality.