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From The Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism’s “Acts of Witness,” my piece on Hurricane Katrina

May 21, 2013
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If you’re not familiar with The Dart Center and the Ochberg Society for Trauma Journalism, check them out. They’re a great resource for any journalist. They recently asked me to write a piece reflecting on covering, and recovering from, Hurricane Katrina. It appears here.

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The Joy of a Mother-Daughter Book Club — in The Philadelphia Inquirer

April 17, 2013
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I was able to hang with a great group of women while writing this story. Check it out here, before the pay wall locks you out, here.

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Taking Tidiness to its Most Obsessive

March 13, 2013
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My interview with artist Ursus Wehrli appears in today’s “Philadelphia Inquirer.” Wehrli, who is also a comedian, likes things neat. His new book, “”The Art of Clean-Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy” shows how he’d clean up everything from the universe and all those...

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Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network

February 18, 2013
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New day, new client. This exciting new website is now up and running and I’m thrilled to be writing for them. Check out my first story, on the mess...

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Political dating

November 8, 2012
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This ran the day after Election Day. It was interesting trying to figure out how to write it without knowing who won: http://articles.philly.com/2012-11-07/news/34974498_1_new-websites-political-junkie-facebook-friends Also, I did another fun story...

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Michelle Ortiz Profile

October 24, 2012
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Hello! Sorry for the radio silence. I have a lot of articles that’ll be published in the next few weeks, but I’ve just been quietly working on others. Today’s...

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