I make my liv­ing as a free­lancer. Here are a few clips, in links and PDF for­mat, of what I’ve been doing lately.

From the Wash­ing­ton Post, what you need to know about Indi­ana, printed the day of that state’s his­toric role in the 2008 Demo­c­ra­tic pri­mary. (Link may require reg­is­tra­tion. Sorry.)

From Slate, “Gone in 60 Sec­onds,” my account of how this very blog helped top­ple a pla­gia­rizer from a job in the White House. A tale of hive-mind, 21st-century jour­nal­ism and its consequences.

What hap­pens when per­sonal train­ers flex and tell? From Hour Detroit.

A pro­file of Susan Sherer, direc­tor of the Super Bowl XL Host Com­mit­tee. Also from Hour Detroit.

Some­times edi­tors want to know if I can write short. Sure can. The 2005 Hour Detroit hol­i­day gift guide rep­re­sents the biggest free­lance check I ever got for what was, in essence, three dozen cutlines.

But hey, I can write long, too — a very long essay on news­pa­pers, for the Indi­ana Pol­icy Review.

And I work in radio some­times: “Elmore Leonard’s mas­ter class on Detroit,” an essay for WDET, our local pub­lic sta­tion. And here’s another: “It’s a jun­gle out there.” Both require QuickTime.

A short pro­file, again for Hour Detroit, on a can­cer patient who has a really good oncologist.

More med­ical mir­a­cles — three of them, in fact — for Hour Detroit’s annual Top Docs issue.

Finally, what is a hyper­miler? Glad you asked.

All but the gift guide are fairly small files. They’re PDFs, so if you can’t read them, I can’t help you. Read, enjoy (or don’t enjoy), send feed­back or hire me.