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Journalism: EMS, disaster, medical issues, mental health, crime, courts, prisons, the military, foreign affairs, education, fire, hospice, death, chronic pain, gambling, drugs, source documents...
I’ve worked on stories under contract and/or as a staff writer and/or had pieces killed (or have had to abandon them) for Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Spin, The Village Voice, Esquire, APBNews.com, Vibe, Sports Illustrated, US Magazine, Texas Monthly, Z Magazine, City Limits, NY Press, The Dallas Observer, The Fader, and KoreaWebWeekly (Kimsoft.com).
7 1/2 DAYS
Reporter Kevin Heldman spent seven days undercover in the psychiatric ward of a public hospital in one of NYC’s
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WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN?
In and out of Texas psychiatric wards 46 separate times. He's coming out for the 47th time, and the state's got a plan to
keep him out |
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ON THE TOWN WITH THE U.S. MILITARY
The world of soldiers stationed overseas -- an in-depth view of every aspect of Army life before embedding, Buffalo Soldiers,Iraq, support our troops, etc.
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SLEEPING ROUGH
There are times when compassion is not condescension and pity is overcome by respect. Our Reporter spent two months living in a London homeless shelter, exploring the boundaries of benevolence |
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EXTREME GRAFFITI
Xanax and dust 40 feet up, inside NYC subway tunnels, and "fucking up the city" |
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REHAB AS SKINNER BOX, BOYS TOWN AND HOGAN'S HEROES
Attempts to Turn Burnouts, Gangstas and Misfits into Dale Carnegie Through Scrubbing Floors, Wearing Diapers, and Sitting Motionless on a Bench for a Month
(And Finding Out What Happened to These People Many Years Later)
WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
Texas teenager Rudy Meinecke was tortured for three days and nights. His alleged tormentors included hustlers, drag queens and drug dealers. They were all children of the Montrose
THIS IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN SOMEONE
YOU LOVE DIES IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES
(with everlasting gratitude to The Rosalynn Carter Fellowship)
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