By Diana DiGangi and Gillian Bullock for Capital News Service NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in December, 2017. You can also read it here. When we think about where our loved ones will spend their golden years, most of us don’t picture … Continue readingDozens of Virginia nursing homes fined for violations
At the Richmond International Film Festival, which celebrates and showcases music as well as films, the influence of art and culture in the twentieth century was never more than a breath away, even when the influences themselves were unexpected. Jesse Vaughan is influenced by Hitchcock; … Continue readingPhoto essay: Circles of inspiration at RIFF
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in February 2016. RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Commonwealth University’s Siegel Center on Tuesday hosted the eighth annual Capitol Square Classic basketball games, as members of the governor’s office faced off against lobbyists and delegates faced off against … Continue readingGovernment officials face off at Siegel Center
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in April 2016. You can also read it here. RICHMOND, Va. — In a panel at the VPA/SPJ Region 2 Conference, newspaper editors Paige Mudd and Steve Gunn had an inspiring message for the journalists in the … Continue readingSPJVPA16: Editors optimistic about journalism’s future
FILE PHOTO: Justice Antonin Scalia, courtesy of the Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in February 2016. You can also read it here. RICHMOND — Virginia political analysts say Republicans in the U.S. Senate … Continue readingAnalysts: GOP may regret gridlock over Scalia replacement
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in October 2015. HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Several altercations between Donald Trump supporters and protesters broke out at Wednesday evening’s rally at the main exhibition hall at Richmond International Raceway. After Trump addressed immigration issues in his … Continue readingTrump supporters and protesters clash at Richmond rally
NOTE: This piece was originally published in July 2016. You can also read it here. RICHMOND, Va. — On Monument Avenue, amongst statues of long-dead Civil War generals, one piece stands out: a bronze sculpture of famed tennis player and Richmond native Arthur Ashe, Jr. … Continue readingThe last thing Arthur Ashe told the man who made his monument
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in February 2016. You can also read it here. It was a requested follow-up to this story. RICHMOND, Va. – “For fifteen years of my life, I experienced unwanted same-sex attractions,” Christopher Doyle said. Doyle grew up … Continue readingConversion therapy, explained: by a practitioner and a victim
My mother’s parents both died in July 2015. The lead-up to their deaths was exhausting and painful for both me and my parents. For the most part, I stopped taking photos for a while. When I felt up to it I would shoot a little … Continue readingPhoto essay: The weight of elder care
NOTE: This piece was originally released for publication in February 2017. You can read it here as well. RICHMOND, Va. — Ever since Monroe Park shut down for renovations in November, the conversation around homelessness in Richmond has grown more urgent, and some say more productive. Monroe … Continue readingRichmond service groups try to help homeless after Monroe Park closure