POD: Day 263 | 5.4.12

Chancellor Philip Dubois announces that the UNC Charlotte 49ers are joining Conference USA during a press conference held in the student union on May 04, 2012. (read article)

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/05/04/3218602/charlotte-49ers-to-move-to-football.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy

POD: Day 238 | 4.9.12

The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library board hired former Arts & Science Council CEO Lenoir “Lee” Keesler Jr. as its new head (read more here)

Lenoir C. "Lee" Keesler, Jr., left, shakes hands with Ed Williams, who led the search, after being named the library's new CEO.

Sally Robinson, left, embraces Lenoir C. "Lee" Keesler, Jr., right, after he is selected as the Library's new Chief Executive Officer by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Board of Trustees at a special meeting today, April 9, 2012.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/04/10/3161638/keesler-named-new-library-ceo.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cp

POD: Day 212 | 3.13.13

Day two of internship was quite eventful. It started with a press conference at the Charlotte Immigration Court with Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill, speaking in support of Gabino Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant who is facing deportation. Several supporters and clergy stood with Sanchez and his family. After the press conference, Observer photographer Diedra Laird, took my cards, along with her own, to the office to edit and start putting them online. I stayed behind for the verdict of the hearing. Sanchez received good news: he was given two months to allow a lawyer to prepare his case. What a great day for my first assignment!
There was a slideshow of 20 images (view here) from the event and my photos were used as the centerpiece on 2A. These are the images that were used for print:

Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, left, spoke on the steps of the Immigration Court building in Charlotte next to Gabino Sanchez and his son, Royer, 6, right. They were surrounded by demonstrators and clergy.

Gutierrez embraces Sanchez after his hearing at the Charlotte Immigration Court. Sanchez's deporation was suspended for two months while a lawyer prepares his case. Gutierrez says he might return for May's hearing.

This is how it played in Wednesday's paper:

These two images were used for the story on the web: