MICK DOHERTY
Versatility: Writing Samples


One of the 20th century's great creative minds, Walt Disney, once said, "Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation."

Though it's not preceisely what ol' Walt had in mind, I can safely say my writing experience displays enough versatility to earn the description — in every possible way — animated.

 
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Additional samples in each category — and in other categories — are available from my time (2005-2010) with Texas Health Resources here.

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Press Releases
No longer available on AA.com; link leads to story republished on ITravelMag.com
* Tribe's Belliard Captures Second Annual Andujar Award* (for Batter's Box, 2004)
* Don't Be a Copycat: Use the Adoption Option (for Feral Friends, 2003)
* Dallas Introduces New Web-Based Marketing Concept (for the Dallas CVB, 2000)
* Kairos Revamps Staff, Board for 1997-98 Academic Year (for Kairos, 1999)

Public Service Announcement (Radio)
* Feral Friends Silent Auction and Mardi Gras to Support the "Race to Reduce Litters"

Long Magazine-Style Features
* Is Writing for a Web Audience Different? (for The Editorial Eye)
* America's Hockey Capital (for Miscellany)
* It's Deja Vu All Over Again: New York Yankees 2004 Preview* (for Batter's Box)

Short Magazine-Style Features
* A Dan-dy Story of "Why You Fly" (for American Way)
* Ronnerman a Winner in the Long Run (for Flagship News)

Profiles
* So Long, Dr. Dave (for Jetnet)
* Star's Stars Step into Da Box* (10-part series for Batter's Box)
* Ask Spike: Newest Jay Takes to the Web (Again)* (for Batter's Box)
* Tom Landry: The Passing of a Dallas Icon (for About.com)

News
* Strong Third Quarter Boosted By "Unprecedented" Load Factors (for Flagship News)
* Dallas Puts the 'Wow' into International Pow Wow 2000 (for About.com)

Academic Essays
* Marshall McLuhan Meets William Gibson in Cyberspace* (for CMC Magazine)
Re-published in Talon de Aquiles as "Marshall McLuhan se encuentra con William Gibson en el Ciberespacio"
* Kairos: Layers of Meaning* (for Kairos)

Speeches & Presentations
* Keeping an Eye on the E-Merging Marketplace (written for Jorge Herrera, Dallas CVB Senior VP)
* Netoric, Technorhetoric and Syllawebs-R-Us (presented at Computers & Writing 11)

Editorial Columns
* Dallas Tells a Story (commentary for About.com)
* Personal "Adds"—Stuff That Really Matters* (Editor's Note for Kairos)
* Weekend Snapshots (commentary for The Catholic Chronicle)
* A Presidential Songfest (humor column for The BG News)

E-mail Newsletters
* HeAAds Update! (On-demand AA managerial news update publication)
* WRP Newsletter (Quarterly developed for Addison, Wesley, Longman Publishers)

Reviews
* High Neyer Act* (Book review for Batter's Box)
* Life's a Pitch* (Book review for Batter's Box)
* Now, McLuhan is the Message* (Book/CD-ROM/Web site review for CMC Magazine)
* Atravesando Fronteras* (Conference review for CMC Magazine)

Odds & Ends
* I wrote 64 game recaps for the backs of a special collector's set of Cotton Bowl Trading Cards.
* I spent more than two years as a fantasy baseball columnist for ESPN.com.
* I am both a huge baseball fan and fascinated by "aptonyms," so have developed a long-running series called "Baseball's Hall of Names" for Batter's Box.


Additional samples, or copies of print-only material
such as book chapters, are available upon request.

© 1994ff., Michael E. Doherty, Jr.