Here are a few of my writing samples, ranging from human interest stories to business profiles to hard news reporting.
Eastern Tennessee is home to Knoxville, a big city with a small town heart that offers up the perfect mix of outdoor adventure, history, exciting places to v...
Zero to Adventure Rider in 96 Hours! “Clutch! Clutch! Clutch,” yells my coach as I begin rolling backwards. I’m 12 feet up a steep grade when I hear the or...
It was a fortune teller who informed 7-year-old Jasmine Dolores Careen Burchell of her future. In 1941, Jasmine had but a few coins to spend at a country fa...
CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS ABOUT GREAT WHITE SHARKS How South Africa's Shark Cage Dive Industry Drives Conservation, Despite Protests By Heide Brandes “SHAR...
Scotland, mid-19th century. An intruder has been spotted at night on the grounds of Lammermoor Castle, home of Enrico Ashton. Normanno, the captain of the gu...
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Father Stanley Rother, a priest with the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, knew his name was on a kill list. In 1981, Fr. Rother had spent 13 y...
Things You Need to Know Before Visiting Nicaragua That Guide Books Won’t Tell You By Heide Brandes The temperature was a thick and moist 90 degrees in Rivas...
This was a collaborative travel project with filmmaker Dennis Spielman of Uncovering Oklahoma where I played host to a travel piece. https://youtu.be/FtC2mVJ...
Part II of a collaborative travel piece with Uncovering Oklahoma.
LYNCHBURG, Tenn.- I’m not drunk, but I should be. Surrounded by millions of gallons of some of the world’s most famous Tennessee whiskey, I am as sober as a...
As the morning sun rose above the old cobblestone paths in Kaleici, Antalya — the old section of town in the Turkish city — I walked alongside the Roman Empe...
In ancient times, the Chickasaw Indians were revered as the “Spartans of the Lower Mississippi Valley.” An agrarian tribe, the Chickasaws boasted of a lively...
By Heide Brandes In 2012, more than 686,000 children in America were victims of abuse or maltreatment. Of those, 1,600 died from abuse and neglect, accordin...
When Steve Soroosh owned a used car dealership in 2012, he learned the hard way that even when a vehicle looks perfect, it can be fatally flawed. Buying car...
From 2008 to 2013, America was hooked on the AMC series Breaking Bad, a dark show about a chemistry teacher diagnosed with lung cancer who begins producing a...
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a three-part series on the growing field of genomics and bioinformatics in the Silicon66 region. Through this...
HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 18, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part IV of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes’ travels to and from California in Septembe...
HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 16, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part III of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes' travels to and from California in Septem...
HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 14, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part II of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes' travels to and from California in Septembe...
HEIDE BRANDES | OCTOBER 12, 2016 CATEGORY: SLICE O' LIFE This is Part I of IV of Red Dirt Report's Heide Brandes' travels to and from California in Septembe...
