Here are a few of my writing samples, ranging from human interest stories to business profiles to hard news reporting.
Fully Automatic Fridays Written by Heide Brandes in the February 2012 Issue Standing in a dark cubicle with an actual 1928 A1 Thompson Submachine Gun – or ...
From Fame to Faith Written by Heide Brandes in the February 2012 Issue God comes to people in deep and mysterious ways, and sometimes He arrives in a stamp...
Births, weddings and deaths are the three recession-proof events in most people’s lives. http://okc.biz/oklahoma/article-5693-wedding-belles.html
Parking woes Seven state parks are slated to close, but several communities are banding to operate them on a local level When the Oklahoma Tourism Departmen...
Want to save the environment? Try throwing back a few. Heide Brandes April 20th, 2011 Drinking vodka may not save the rain forest, but choosing the most env...
Super wheat Although a $25 million grant for wheat development may help create crops that feed more people while using fewer resources, economists in Oklaho...
How do they do that? These days, $200 doesn’t get you much. A pair of Jimmy Choo shoes costs between $525 and $2,000. A set of all-weather tires averages ab...
Jerry Hunter leans in close to the computer monitor, pointing at a red-outlined vehicle traveling some highway in some city in Ohio. The satellite image trac...