My Journalism Portfolio

ARKANSAS TIMES
STATE INVESTIGATING NORTH LITTLE ROCK OVER REJECTION OF ADULT CARE HOME
House of Three project undermined by bureaucracy, according to owner
Arkansas Times/May 22, 2014

OP-ED PUBLICATIONS

WALL CRUMBLING? MEDICAID EXPANSION GAINS IN THE SOUTH Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/July 2019
OPPOSITION TO MEDICAID EXPANSION MAY BE RETREATING Gainesville (Fla.) Sun/July 2019
COAL-MINE CANARY: KENTUCKY RACE MAY BE 2020 PREVIEW Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/June 2019
LEFT IN A HOLE: TOO ‘PROGRESSIVE’ FOR THE SOUTH Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/December 2018
ON THE DEFENSE: GOP FACING BATTLES IN THE SOUTH Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/October 2018
DEMOCRATS AND THE TROUBLESOME SOUTH Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/July 2017
TRUMP SPEEDING SOUTH’S DEMOCRATIC DECLINE Gainesville (Fla.) Sun/ March 2017
ELECTION CARNAGE: VOTE BRING FOR SOUTH’S DEMOCRATS Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/November 2016
GRIM RESULTS FOR DEMOCRATS IN THE SOUTH Gainesville (Fla.) Sun/November 2016
IN THE SOFT SOUTH: MINORITIES COULD HOLD ELECTORAL KEY Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/September 2016
WILL TRUMP FACE UNEXPECTED TROUBLE IN THE SOUTH? Gainesville (Fla.) Sun/September 2016
LIBERTARIANS GET THEIR DREAM TICKET, BUT DO THEY STAND A CHANCE? Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/June 2016
WILL VOTERS TAKE LIBERTARIANS SERIOUSLY? Gainesville (Fla.) Sun/June 2016
TRUMP, CLINTON’S SOUTHERN PRIMARY WINS EXPOSE FALL WEAKNESSES Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/March 2016
SOUTH’S CHANGING DEMOGRAPHY ERODES ATTACHMENT TO THE LOST CAUSE Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/July 2015
HILLARY CLINTON FACES STEEP GENERATIONAL CLIMB ON THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/May 2015
SOUTHERN POLITICS 2014: A MUCH BETTER YEAR FOR REPUBLICANS THAN FOR REALITY STARS REVAMPED AS POLITICOS Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/January 2015
MIDTERMS WERE A SHOW OF WOE FOR SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/November 2014
FLORIDA DEMOCRATS HAVE PUT ALL THEIR EGGS IN CHARLIE CRIST’S (FLAWED) BASKET Gainesville (Fla.) Sun and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/September 2014
HILLARY CLINTON’S COY ROUTINE ABOUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT ISN’T FOOLING ANYBODY Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/July 7, 2014
PRYOR, COTTON ADS USHER IN SILLY SEASON IN ARKANSAS SENATE RACE Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/January 9, 2014

AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW
LIFE AFTER KOVACH
The switch of editors from Bill Kovach to Ron Martin has made the Atlanta newspapers tighter and brighter — less New York Times and more USA Today. Purists may wince, but circulation is up.
American Journalism Review/September 1992

ATLANTA MAGAZINE
IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE BOTH GAY AND CHRISTIAN?
Chris Glaser’s 30-year struggle to answer that question — for himself and for the church
Atlanta Magazine/November 1995
(Note: This story won the first place award for feature writing at the 1996 SPJ Green Eyeshade Awards, saluting excellence in journalism in the southeastern United States.)

THE DAY ATLANTA DIED
How the 1962 Orly plane crash, which claimed 115 Georgians, forever altered the city’s destiny
Atlanta Magazine/June 1992

LOVE IS A MONEY-SPLENDORED THING:
Want to cash in with the perfect romance novel? Keep your bodices unripped, avoid the “P” word and for God’s sake, give ’em a happy ending.
Atlanta Magazine/January 1992

CNN
JUBILANT IRAQIS CELEBRATE FALL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN’S REGIME
The CNN Wire/April 2003

CREATIVE LOAFING ATLANTA/VIEWPOINT COLUMNS

SHIITE REPUBLICANS ABANDON THE WISDOM OF BARRY GOLDWATER Creative Loafing Atlanta/April 2003
WHY IS ATLANTA’S DOWNTOWN BEGGING BAN EVEN CONTROVERSIAL? Creative Loafing Atlanta/September 2003
LET’S JUST NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT EUROPEANS THINK ABOUT PRESIDENT BUSH Creative Loafing Atlanta/June 2001

ABA BARRISTER MAGAZINE
“I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY MORE CASES”
How Atlanta public defender Lynne Borsuk rebelled after being overwhelmed by hundreds of cases a year
ABA Barrister Magazine/Winter 1991-1992

SOUTHERN VOICE
STARS, BARS AND HOMOPHOBIA
How the battle to preserve Confederate heritage is fueling a anti-gay political movement
Southern Voice/March 31, 1994

RICH SHUMATE

Educator/Researcher/Author/Political Journalist/Blogger/Innovator

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