WRITING
Writing has been a major component of my academic and professional career. Below are writing samples from the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center and Kevin Harris Architect, LLC. Each publication is separated into one of four writing categories: technical, feature, event and reflection, and hyperlinked for convenience.
TECHNICAL WRITING
Throughout my career, I have been given the opportunity to write stories explaining complex topics and ideas to general audiences. By writing these articles, I have experience interviewing experts, researching medical articles and industry reports filled with technical jargon and reformatting the material to make it comprehendible for casual readers.
Medical Physicists: Calculating Cancer Care
I had the opportunity to interview Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center's Chief Quality Officer, Koren Smith, and one of her residents, Addie Barron, on the field of medical physics during the summer of 2019. The goal of the article was to inform target publics, such as patients seeking treatment facilities and potential medical physics residents, about the award-winning program at the Cancer Center.
FEATURE WRITING
One of the reasons I love being a communicator is because of my deep desire to tell other's stories. In writing articles like the one below, I have learned the art of conducting a formal interview and how to write with specific audiences in mind.
How Access to Specialized Radiation Changed An Appraiser’s Life
During the summer of 2019, I assisted the communications coordinator of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in interviewing Brent Loupe about his battle with a pituitary tumor. During this interview, he described his battle with his diagnosis, how he underwent a Gamma Knife Icon radiation treatment and why he never gave up hope. This article was written to look into the lives of Cancer Center patients, inform the public about Gamma Knife Icon and assist patients undergoing treatment in knowing that they are not alone in their fight.
EVENT
Events have become the sweet spot of my career. I have experience writing press releases and blogs to both promote and review events of all kinds. In my career, I have written articles on Diocesan events, community health events, foundation fundraisers, hospital anniversaries and architectural lectures/drawing workshops.
Diocese to Celebrate "60 Years in the Year of St. Joseph" (Press Release)
Geaux Yoga at LSU Raises More Than $20 Thousand for Local Cancer Patient Care (Press Release)
Geaux Yoga at LSU to Raise Funds for Local Cancer Patient Care
Geaux Yoga is an annual fundraising and outreach program created by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center. Both press releases were written to target local media and inform the public about the event and its sponsors. The post-event release also focused on recapping the event and informing target publics of how much money was raised at the event.
Celebrating a Decade of Advanced Cancer Care in Ascension Parish
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center celebrated its tenth year in the Gonzales area. A press release was written about the milestone, along with a blog post chronicling the history of the Cancer Center and the impact it has made on the Gonzales community. The target audiences of the article were stakeholders of Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center Corporate and cancer patients and survivors in the Gonzales area.
Louisiana classicist group to host architect responsible for U.S. Capitol dome restoration (Press Release)
Robert Baird visited Baton Rouge in 2018 to discuss the restoration of the U.S. Capitol dome and his passion for metalwork. This press release was written for news organizations, members of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, architecture professionals, architecture students and metalworkers.
The press release was featured in The Advocate on March 3, 2018.
REFLECTION WRITING
In lieu of being unable to host in-person events due COVID-19 pandemic, the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry created a weekly reflection series called The Well to encourage young adults across the Diocese of Baton Rouge. Other than contributing to this reflection series once a month, I assigned reflections to contributing writers, edited their submissions and created social media graphics/copy to accompany the reflection.