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Writing Guru

My reporting career is a time in my life that I will always cherish. I'll never forget a cartoon on display in the newsroom at the Daily Pilot. It showed a person wearing a blindfold and about to throw a dart at a litany of topics taped to a bulletin board. The caption read: "Today I'm an expert in ..." And, that's exactly what reporting was like.

Here are some of my favorite stories.

Reporting Samples

a graphic used as a bullet   OC Supervisor Tom Riley’s Final Days Tarnished by Bankruptcy
      (Second place, Non-breaking News, Orange County Fair, July 1995)

a graphic used as a bullet   Mourning a Best Friend Who Died as His Passenger
      (First place, Non-breaking News, Orange County Fair, July 1996)

a graphic used as a bullet   Representation on Orange County’s Board of Supervisors Yet Another Classic North vs. South Battle
      (Second place, Non-breaking News, Orange County Fair, July 1996)

a graphic used as a bullet   FighterTown: Part Arcade, Part NASA Simulator

a graphic used as a bullet   New Edwards Theaters Light the Way

a graphic used as a bullet   Dueling Del Tacos

a graphic used as a bullet   Rape Outrages, Binds Community

a graphic used as a bullet   Moon Walker Pete Conrad Still Pushing the Envelope

a graphic used as a bullet   Developer Joins Flier Wars

a graphic used as a bullet   Bus Riders May Get Route Awakening

a graphic used as a bullet   Lost Gem Returned to Rightful Owners

a graphic used as a bullet   Three Escape Apartment Fire with Only Their Lives

a graphic used as a bullet   Riding Along with the Bike Patrol

a graphic used as a bullet   Doctor by Day, DUI Cop by Night

Marc S. Posner
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