A professional review of my writings and stuff for 2017 so far

-I've judged the 2017 Arlington Film Festival in an expanded role.

-I wrote two articles on the Titanic for How Do You Know and Top Tenz for the 105th anniversary of the sinking, a long-time interest of mine
http://www.toptenz.net/10-incredible-stories-people-survived-titanic.php

-I've been writing long-form essays on television and film culture for the American Conesrvatives involving a lot of synthesis and research that has enabled me to get a voice in the cultural conversation that is occurring now

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/orrinkonheim/
-I've started working for the Falls Church News Press and wrote five stories for them in the human interest vein. A particularly challenging one was to weave together the three stories of the three moms on City Council into one coherent thread. Another one was the delicate topic of a play about Alzheimer's featuring a speaker who had just lost her husband for Alzheimer's. The third story was about a restaurant that's evolved into a hub for veterans on Memorial and Veteran's day, and is possibly the oldest restaurant in Fairfax County as it has stood there for seven decades

https://fcnp.com/author/orrin-konheim/
https://fcnp.com/2017/05/26/kaleidoscope-nancy-scott-discusses-late-husbands-battle-alzheimers/
https://fcnp.com/2017/06/30/tysons-corner-residential-appeal-eludes-areas-commercial-hub/
https://fcnp.com/2017/06/30/tysons-corner-residential-appeal-eludes-areas-commercial-hub/

-I'm reporting for the Skagit Valley Herald for the 3rd year in a row on the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This is one of the most fun events on my calendar. Reporters get the royal treatment (there's even a spread in the media room!) and it's so much fun watching these kids and their families be treated to a luxury weekend

http://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/la-conner-girl-competes-at-national-spelling-bee/article_75959794-47ac-59fb-b75d-9da7c3cf7573.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/in-va-a-shop-rooted-in-a-couples-global-policy/2017/06/20/79493486-40a4-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html
-I've been writing for a real estate firm in Tyson's Corner Virginia, and have contributed press releases and artists profiles to Agora Art Gallery in New York.

-I got an article into the Washington Post for their street scene
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/in-va-a-shop-rooted-in-a-couples-global-policy/2017/06/20/79493486-40a4-11e7-adba-394ee67a7582_story.html

-I authored two articles for Cracked including one in which I wrote all of the entries. One of them was my first solo article.  I'm also working on two other articles at the moment that are making their way through the editorial rounds.
http://www.cracked.com/article_24743_the-5-most-cartoonishly-spoiled-moves-by-famous-billionaires.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_24725_5-cultural-icons-that-were-originally-just-advertisements.html

-Lastly I interviewed the world's greatest Olympic historian for RunBlogRun in advance of the 2017 World Track and Field Championships and in response to the 2016 Olympics for RunBlogRun.com. The written interview was actually composited from two oral interviews.
http://www.runblogrun.com/2017/07/-david-wallechinsky-speaking-to-the-best-selling-writer-of-the-history-of-the-summer-olympics-and-co.html
http://www.runblogrun.com/2017/07/-david-wallechinsky-speaking-to-the-best-selling-writer-of-the-history-of-the-summer-olympics-and-co.html