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My enterprise work dives into jurisdictional issues within Indigenous communities,  police surveillance backlash, the 2024 elections and sports-human interest stories. 

Cronkite News •

Women’s Final Four in Phoenix marks growth of women’s sports

PHOENIX – As Cheryl Miller, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, made the rounds in downtown Phoenix on Thursday, going from Final Four panels to fan festivals to countless conversations with people who stopped her for pictures or autographs, she paused for a long second to take it in.


“This is a-maz-ing,” said Miller, stretching her arms to the sky the way she once did during her legendary career when she led USC to two NCAA titles in 1983 and ‘84. 


Back then, the women’s F...
Cronkite News •

Before 100-point record, Fredonia's George McCormick held mark

FREDONIA – Somewhere north of the Grand Canyon and south of the Arizona-Utah border lies Fredonia, a small town known as the gateway to the North Rim. Coined in the 19th century to mean “land of freedom,” Fredonia for decades was also home to a longtime high school basketball record holder. 


That was until January, when George McCormick’s record was shattered.


McCormick scored 75 points in a basketball game in 1966 while playing at Fredonia High School. He held the Arizona high school reco...
Cronkite News •

Arizona workers, volunteers find balance when working with homeless population

PHOENIX — As the sun began to peak over the horizon, the roosters tested out their newly developed crows, signaling the new day to come to everyone on the Key Campus. 


But inside the St. Vincent de Paul Phoenix Dining Room, volunteers were already hard at work scooping peanut butter into small containers, filling coffee pitchers and placing fake flower arrangements on each table, prepping the room for the soon-to-arrive visitors. Among them, CJ Chavez too helped ready the room. He sported cuf...
Times of San Diego •

Automated license plate readers spark slew of privacy concerns in San Diego

Automated license plate recognition technology has long concerned San Diegans, especially when it comes to potential data breaches and who may be able to access the information.

The idea that federal law enforcement agencies could use automated license plate readers, or ALPRs, to target people for political speech, their immigration status or those seeking reproductive care, has heightened the alarm in recent weeks.

ALPRs collect data by capturing photos of license plates and scanning them int...
AZ Big Media •

ASU Health and Mayo Clinic investments fuel healthcare development - AZ Big Media

Healthcare facilities drive development in cities in numerous ways. Hospitals and health campuses need construction crews to build the campus, creating jobs in that sector. Once construction is complete, hospital staffing needs continue to increase employment as well. Beyond creating a powerful economic engine, these centers of healing provide hope to people when they need it most.


While the entire Valley is seeing a surge of medical infrastructure, the recently announced ASU Health Headquart...
Cronkite News •

Despite more funding and focus, missing and murdered Native women in Arizona are undercounted

WASHINGTON – Despite grants and numerous programs to help mitigate the issue, cases of missing or murdered Indigenous women continue at relatively high rates.

The extent of the problem is almost certainly underestimated.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System showed a dozen missing Indigenous women from Arizona as of mid-2020. They’d been missing, on average, for 21 years. But the Arizona-based Navajo Nation alone lists 22 missing women. Some of the cases date to the 1970s.

Advo...
Cronkite News •

2024 presidential election in Arizona: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump battled for crucial swing state

WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump has been reelected, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Associated Press called the race at 3:35 a.m. Wednesday, Arizona time, after a Trump victory in Wisconsin put him over the top.

The 45th and soon to be 47th president is the first convicted felon elected commander in chief. Grover Cleveland was the only other former president returned to office, in the election of 1892.

Arizona was one of seven battlegrounds this year and by the time Tru...
Cronkite News •

Arizona oil wells leak methane, tribes and ADEQ have grants to plug them

WASHINGTON – Many oil and gas wells across Arizona with no known owners leak methane into the environment, which tribal, state and federal agencies are responsible for cleaning up.

These wells – referred to as “orphaned” – are often not properly maintained and can lead to surface and groundwater contamination causing pollution, health issues and threats to wildlife.

“For over a century, oil and gas companies have set up their drilling operations across Arizona, taken what they wanted and then...