As a business reporter I've covered everything from mergers and acquisitions, financial reports and personal investing to taxes. Lately I've been employed as a reporter covering small businesses both nationally and locally. It's been a pleasure and an education talking to entrepreneurs - they have such a fresh outlook on life and a true passion for what they do. Below are highlights of my work. Capital Business, a weekly local business magazine from The Washington Post Adding home-delivery creamery business has kept Frederick area family farm alive Harnessing women's spending power to help the environment Interest in learning about wine turned her into the Wine Coach Firm that sells home security systems started with a domain name NeoSystems founder finds persistence pays off Paper salesman finds niche with white board substitute Where We Shop: Specialty shops a hot spot in Fairlington Helping other firms make a name for themselves CranialTap taps into the Second Life craze Where We Shop: An electric mix of specialty stores, restaurants draw customers to Arlington's Lee Heights Shops 3Greenmoms Finds a Greener Way to do Plastic Sandwich Bags From Pharmacists Association to Pharmacy Owners Start-up Helps Connect Firms with Prime Internet Real Estate BroadbandBreakfast.com, a Web site tracking the nation's broadband debate Global Broadband Group Calls for Making Access to High-Speed Networks a Basic Civil Right FCC Seeks Input on How to Treat Specialized Services, Mobile Broadband Experts Express Concerns Over Broadband Plan to Small Business Committee Consortium Aims to Spur Small Business Adoption of Broadband Appeals Court Deals Network Neutrality Blow to FCC FCC Readies Plan to Bring Affordable Broadband to 100 Million Homes, Dubs Plan 'Connecting America' FCC Chief Discusses Agency Role in Merger Review Process Affluent Minorities Embrace Broadband, But Gap Remains New NTIA Data Show Broadband Growth but Disparities Remain CNNMoney.com Super Bowl Vendors Vie for a Piece of the Big Game Stimulus Billions Fund Rural Broadband Internet Toymakers Fight Complex New Safety Rules Emergency Small Business Loans Coming in June The New York Times Small Business Guide to Getting Government Contracts Building a Company on Government Contracts Science Careers, from the journal Science Working to Increase the Food Supply in the Developing World Grist.com You Don't Have To Be Big To Go Green Intellectual Property Watch, www.ip-watch.org, a trade publication focused on IP and related issues published out of Geneva, Switzerland. ICANN Head Sounds Policy Alarm On Rapidly Shrinking Internet Space United States Moves To Promote Internet Freedom, 'Knowledge Commons' Bilski Impact On Biotech Seen As Minimal; Experts See Court Shift Financial news site MainStreet.com and its sister site TheStreet.com The Best States to Start a Business Should a Small Biz Have Its Own iPhone App? Incubators Make Small Biz Growth Easy How to Get Your Invention in CVS Small Biz Credit: Chase Exec Introduces New Cards Small Biz: Getting Into the Export Game How to Prepare Your Business for Flu Season When Is It Time for Temps? How Personal Credit Affects a Business Loan 6 Ways to Boost Small Biz Morale Feds Launch Free Small Biz Consulting Program Talking Trends with Dell's VP for Small Biz Can a Pop-up Store Make Your Brand ... Pop? Small Business Questions Answered Small Business: How to Recruit the Best Talent Small Business: Are Association Memberships Worth It? How Small Business Owners Afford Vacations How to Sell Your Small Business Small Biz Growth Secret: Creative Partnerships Small Biz Loans: What Banks Really Want How to Avoid a Small Biz Cash Crunch 8 Free Resources to Grow Your Small Biz And here are some samples of my work for washingtonpost.com's Small Business Blog. All articles are owned by The Washington Post Co. so please don't reprint them without attribution. For the blog, I wrote a variety of articles, including a "How Do I" series, profiles of entrepreneurs and I covered the House and Senate small business committees and the Small Business Administration. Entrepreneur Profiles Absinthe Made His Heart Grow Fonder And for His Next Trick.... Organic Beer Dub Me Now Turns Business Cards into Bits and Bytes Entrepreneur Creates Workplace for the Disabled Fueling the Future, One Student at a Time It's Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other Learning to Reap What You Sew Menominee Indian Finds Key to Success in Contracting Agents of Social Change North Star Aims to Shoot the Moon 'It's a Wrap' Is a New Beginning for Serial Entrepreneur Savvy Auntie - It's Not Your Mother's Web Site A Pitch From the Heart: Student Entrepreneurs Compete For Funding MusiKids Strikes a Chord with Families Green Conferencing Is Smart Business for Va. Firm A Cup of Constant Comment Government/News Hill Hearings Scrutinize SBA for Not Implementing Programs Tight Credit Squeezing Small Businesses SBA's 'Goodwill' Leaves Bad Taste for Small Businesses Spending Bill Halts Women's Contracting Plan Federal Contracting Progam Suffers from Fraud, Abuse Landrieu Outlines Priorities, Pushes for SBA Cabinet Seat Obama Expected to Name Karen Gordon Mills to Lead SBA Fed Member Offers Sober Note to Small Businesses Personal Finance Tax Changes for 2008 Online Tax Chat with National Association of Self-Employed Tax Expert How Do I...File for a Tax Extension? SBA Warns Firms of Bank Letter Scam IRS Releases List of Top 10 Tax Scams for 2008 IRS May Push for Tax Compliance in Virtual Worlds How '07 Changes Affect Small Business "How Do I..." Do I Need a Board of Advisors? How Do I...Get a Patent How Do I (and do I need to)...Hire a PR Firm? Venture Capital - Not Just for Tech Firms Anymore How Do I...Stick With It? 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