- Wrote editorials every day with the aim of informing and persuading readers on a range of important issues including energy, the environment, state and federal legislation, ethics and health. - Interviewed members of Congress, state lawmakers, education and business leaders and advocates to learn more about the issues.- Met regularly with other board members to shape The Courant's editorial positions.

- Edited staff-written and wire stories, wrote headlines and laid out news pages for two of The Courant's nine local editions. - Oversaw production of pages.

As an editorial writer, covered state and local issues with special emphasis on municipal reforms affecting the City of Bridgeport, CT. Won seven in-house writing awards.As an editor, oversaw follow-up news coverage of the L'Ambiance Plaza apartment building collapse in Bridgeport, one of the nation's worst construction disasters. Duties included orchestrating 20 reporters and photographers covering simultaneous press conferences in Bridgeport and Washington, D.C., announcing federal findings on the cause of the collapse. Coverage won first-place award for general-news reporting in New England News Executives Association's largest circulation category. Also served as chief editor for award-winning supplement commemorating the anniversary of the L'Ambiance Plaza disaster.As a reporter, wrote investigative series exposing serious deficiencies in Bridgeport's municipal ambulance service. Project won first-place award from New England Associated Press News Executives Association for investigative series. Ambulance service was disbanded days after the series was published.