Covering- mergers under review by authorities- Google's anti-monopoly cases- US antitrust policy

Covering anti-bribery and anti-corruption news for MLex news wire and consumer fraud issues for its companion publication FTC Watch.

Cover anti-bribery and corruption enforcement, policy and trends

Demonstrating important connections in the news by covering commodities, conflict and ecology.Using videos, interviews and computer-assisted reporting, GlobalResourcesNews.com covers the effect of supply, demand and prices changes on minerals, water and food in society.Stories have included an in-depth international political comparison of oil producers who export to the United States, the legislative profile of oil-producing and corn-growing states in the US Congress and a look at appropriate technology for cooking in the third world. The effect of prices on supply chain, environmental impacts and affordability are examined.Further, search engine optimization, social media engagement and proper CSS formatting of the Web site has enhanced the development, production and management of this Web site. The SEO work has included content inventory work and up-to-date Web formatting that immediately boosted traffic to the Web site.The social media engagement around this site has resulted in a growing number of high quality and well engaged Twitter followers. Also best practices and relevant postings and sharing of solution oriented content has garnered an increasing number of likes on the Facebook fan page.

Covering environmental news related to economic activity.Stories have included a look at the effect contaminated land has had on the bankruptcy of Detroit and an examination of deep-sea mining's historical roots in a cold war operation and its current potential impact on marine ecology.

Covered environmental news, especially related to water resources, as they are impacted by federal and state regulations and litigation. Covered Congress and federal legislation. Researched and wrote many breaking stories about legal decisions in the federal and state courts. Interviewed and wrote timely stories about local government and regional issues; the sources included non-profits, entrepreneurs, farmers as well as government officials. Published a three-part series on the role of big data in the development of environmental policy.

The media research group of the National Endowment for Democracy.Among the projects was extensive international comparison of media freedom throughout the the countries of the world and an examination of FOIA and right-to-know laws in various countries.

Provided extensive computer-assisted research and big database management for for an article about the trade in endanger and threatened species. Further stories covered extreme weather and the health conditions of Native Americans.

Researched international affairs for daily and enterprise stories- Provided newsroom research for teams of journalists who were covering - US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - The 9/11 attacks and the US government's response - The Rwandan Massacres - The civil wars of the Balkans - The 1991 Gulf War - The fall of the Soviet Union- Explained Post standards to readers, think tanks and foreign governments- Covered Business and Economics - Established a bankruptcy beat for the business desk - Covered local business stories - Assisted in the Enron and 2008 financial collapse stories - Wrote for the local real estate section- Wrote numerous stories for the local religion beat- Co-edited the Cybersurfing column during the early days of the Web- Assisted in joint projects with WashingtonPost.com- Provided research for a wide range of subjects as needed

The Raleigh News and; Covered the Chapel Hill and Orange County communities- Provided photography in support of stories and staff

- Provided intensive and quality news reporting, editing and photography - Supervised staff of reporter/photographers- Assisted in an early conversion to an electronic content management system