Selected freelance work by R. Thomas Berner  

Most of these articles and photographs are as submitted, not necessarily as published.  Before I retired, I had published op-eds in the Allentown Morning Call, Baltimore Sun, Charlotte Observer, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sarasota Herald-Tribune. If you want an article that is not linked here, please send a request to JournProf@comcast.net and I'll send you a copy.

2008

2007

  • The photograph Triplets, which you can see in my Southwest Scenes gallery, received an honorable mention in New Mexico Magazine's 6th annual photo contest and second place in the New Mexico Press Women's 2008 Communicaton Contest. It's also featured in Getting High in Duke City and was reprinted in the New Mexico Vacation Guide 2008.

  • Getting High in Duke City, State College Magazine, February. (Honorable mention, feature story, New Mexico Press Women's 2008 Communicaton Contest.)

  • Fundamentals of Journalism: Reporting, Writing and Editing, a textbook that combines the best of previous textbooks and adds new material. Published by Marquette Books LLC (http://www.marquettebooks.org/), Spokane, Washington, March 2007.

  • (award) First Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, Individual Sweepstakes 2007. (See individual awards below)

  • National Basque Festival, Travel World International (http://www.natja.org/), May/June.

  • O'Keeffe to go: Shop offers variety of fun items to remember your visit, a Santa Fe New Mexican magazine devoted to 10th anniversary of the Georgia O'Keeffee Museum, June 24, 2007.
  • The Anthropologist of Food, State College Magazine, July.
  • Vanity of Vanities, Wild Blue Yonder, the magazine of Frontier Airlines, July/August.
  • The Cottontails and the Jackrabbits, a children's book written by R. Thomas Berner with cover by Paulette L. Berner. Published by Marquette Books LLC (http://www.marquettebooks.org/), Spokane, Washington, October 2007. (Second place, children's book, fiction, New Mexico Press Women's 2008 Communicaton Contest. Judge: While the text was informative, the dialogue didn't flow naturally. Phrases like 'did not speak as forcefully and directly' and 'thinks we need to reconsider our order' are not 'kid friendly.')
  • Student’s research trumped Penn State’s season of 1970, Centre Daily Times, October 28. (As submitted, not as published.)

2006

  • Tasmania Exposed, State College Magazine, February. (First Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, 2007. Judge: "Good use of detail written in an ambling, easy-to-read style. Nice photos.)

  • Chapter one. Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Jimmy Olson saves Las Vegas. Published Aventine Press, San Diego, California. (First Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, 2007. Judge: "A fascinating and informative snapshot of a pressroom through a budding newsman's eyes. Extra! Extra! is entertaining and Berner makes you care about the characters. The ending is a little weak but nonetheless satisfying.") (Third place, National Federation of Press Women) (Available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com)

  • Holy posole! A burrito in Beijing? The New Mexican magazine, March 26-April 1. (A supplement to the Santa Fe New Mexican) (First Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, 2007. Judge: "Berner's writing is easy to read. I got a kick out of the story of the Mexican restaurant in Beijing.")

  • A journey to Sky City, The New Mexican magazine, June 4-10. (A supplement to the Santa Fe New Mexican)

  • Say adios to a vibrant language, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pennsylvania, June 11. (Reprinted in the Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, June 13, and The Roadrunner/El Correcaminos, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October.) (First Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, 2007. Judge: "Nice way to make a point. Well written, made me think--the goal of any editorial.")

  • A smart eye in China, a 61-page photobook available only at lulu.com. Read the introduction. (Second Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, 2007. Judge: "A Smart eye is a clever, subtle book that shows sensitivity for a culture and place that the author knows as an outsider. The images aren't clichés and the short essays are humble and poignant.")

  • Feasting in Wellington, State College Magazine, July. (First Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, 2007. Judge: "Berner's writing is easy to read. I got a kick out of the story of the Mexican restaurant in Beijing.")

  • Introduction. The best times we spent together: Stories from China. Published by Aventine Press, San Diego, California. (First Place, New Mexico Press Women Communication Contest, 2007. Judge: "Berner has retained the language patterns used by Chinese people when the speak or communicate in English. People from a wide range of occupations and circumstances are described in authentic voices.") (Available at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com)

  • Photograph for Obit writers find that death becomes us, Toronto Star, August 6.

  • Magical violins: Artists have fun fiddlin' with their vision of music, New Mexico Magazine, September 2006.

  • A Conservator in New Mexico, State College Magazine, September.

  • Peeping Tom: The street photography of R. Thomas Berner, available only at lulu.com. Read the introduction.

  • One photograph of a crash scene in the Rio Grande Gorge published in the Journal Santa Fe (a zoned section from the Albuquerque Journal) on October 6.

  • The Song and Dance, State College Magazine, October.

  • The PC Revolution, on exhibit, Nov. 19-25 (A supplement to the Santa Fe New Mexican)

2005

 

2004

  • (book review) Stories on Stone. Rock Art: Images From the Ancient Ones, Native American Times, New Mexico Edition. January 4.

  • Casinos and Culture Change: How Native Americans Are Adapting, Native American Times, New Mexico Edition. January 15.

  • Resolutions for China's Year of the Monkey, Anniston (Ala.) Star, January 18.

  • Go West, State College Magazine, April.

  • Cover photo, State College Magazine, April.

  • Background photo for vertical banner, April.

  • Culture Shock, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pennsylvania. April 18. (Article and photographs chosen to introduce an upgraded travel section.)

  • Misunderstanding China (again), Centre Daily Times, State College, Pennsylvania. April 27. (Second place, New Mexico Press Women 2005 communication contest)

  • Never a dull moment, Santa Fe New Mexican, May 9.

  • In Spain, past events and current views may be driving response to terrorism, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pennsylvania. May 25.

  • Two photographs, "Plume," and "Madrid Door," were published in the juried edition of abqARTS, July 2004. They can be seen in my gallery, Southwest Scenes.

  • Bull run, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 25. (Honorable mention, New Mexico Press Women 2005 communication contest)

  • Navajo dressmaker shows her work in Russia, abqARTS, August. (First place, non-daily paper, New Mexico Press Women 2005 communication contest)

  • World traveler works the bugs out of learning online, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pennsylvania. September 19.

  • (book review) Suitable for students, editorial writers, The Masthead, Autumn.

  • Two photographs of a fatal crash at an air show were published on the front page of the Journal Santa Fe (a zoned section from the Albuquerque Journal) on October 3. They appeared on page 3 of the statewide edition. They are not graphic. (First place, New Mexico Press Women 2005 communication contest; first place, National Federation of Press Women, Inc., 2005 communication contest).

  • Jewel of the Southwest, The (Montreal) Gazette, October 9. (Republished in the Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen, and by three other CanWest newspapers.)

  • Lamentations of the decline of the electorate, Centre Daily Times, State College, Pennsylvania. November 3.

  • Old New Mexico mining town an artists' colony, Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pennsylvania. November 7.

2003

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