This story got the most engagement of any other I've done in quite some time. It originated with a Facebook post by the Shenandoah Police Department (a suburb north of Houston). It detailed an officer's actions when he and others got a call about an 11-year-old girl on the freeway. She sat atop a barrier on an overpass and threatened to jump. We requested an interview with the officer and also got his body camera video. It helped me tell a very compelling story that resonated with thousands on social media and elsewhere.
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
One-On-One With A Future NASA Astronaut
My latest assignment at NASA's Johnson Space Center was for an introduction of the latest astronaut candidate class. It's the first to have six women on a team of 10. One of them is a Houston native with whom I got to do a one-on-one interview. Like other astronauts (or future astronauts) I've interviewed, Anna Menon had no reservations about potentially going into space. In fact, she told she would love to be the first woman to step foot on the Moon and, perhaps, the first human on Mars. She will likely be part of future Artemis program missions. This story was one of several over the course of three days at JSC focused on the upcoming Artemis II mission.
Monday, September 8, 2025
Demolition Looms For Landmark Houston Theater
This is a story that I was particularly interested in given my love of architecture and history. It concerns the fate of the 1949 Granada Theater in the Eastex-Jensen neighborhood of North Houston. The long-vacant building sits on a larger site that's set to become a large-scale Catholic Charities family service center. The organization claims that saving the theater is not feasible. But that isn't stopping community members and others who held a protest the day I turned this story. I used the event as a backdrop for my live shot.
Mom Gets Emotional Over Daughter's After-School Attack
This is a story that was the result of someone contacting us via our "newstips" email. We often get story ideas through this method. In this case, a mom was concerned after her 13-year-old daughter was attacked on her walk home from school. Video of the incident was shared online. That's something that upset the mother even further. We had to consult our station attorney regarding usage of the video since we didn't know the original source other than it likely being another student. I had to make sure I carefully worded the script to be transparent about the video. We also blurred it since juveniles were involved. The mom had a particular dramatic message for other parents.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
When a sad story becomes even more tragic
So, this is my first post in a while.. But I wanted to include this powerful story from last Summer in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. Many in the Houston area dealt with power outages and we covered issues across the region. I was dispatched to a condo complex in Houston where I interviewed several people who had contacted us about a lack of AC. We noticed a Houston Fire Department crew pull up in the middle of one of my interviews. Sadly, a neighbor was found unresponsive inside her apartment. My photographer and I quickly followed the first responders and captured dramatic reactions from neighbors as the woman was pronounced deceased. It was a very emotional scene as we did our jobs while showing compassion.
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Stepping back into Texas history
I haven't been able to update my blog in a while because of technical issues. But here's a story from the not so distant past. I got to escape every day news and crime and take a short trip to Washington on the Brazos. It's an historic site in the midst of a major renovation. It's a nice change of pace to get out and cover something related to history which is a passion of mine.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Inside a NASA habitat meant to mimic Mars
It's always fun to get to visit Johnson Space Center. There are so many interesting stories. This is is about a program designed to measure the psychological, physiological and other impacts of isolation and confinement similar to what future astronauts might experience on Mars. Four astronaut-like volunteers will soon spend a year inside the habitat which includes a "sandbox" filled with red-colored sand that looks a little like Mars's surface. I did a stand-up in the middle of the story standing in the sand.
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