A story to remind you of the good in the world. One recent day, I headed out to Van Sant Airport to document Freedom’s Wings International’s inspiring work. It was a feature photo gallery and video package for the Bucks County Herald Newspaper. The group gifted free glider rides to several […]
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Affordable Housing: Out of reach
As market booms, affordable housing in Bucks County is in short supply. Marion Callahan Bucks County Courier Times/ USA Today Pennsylvania A cactus rests by the windowsill, perched above eight large plastic bins packed with most of Karen McDonald’s belongings. The plant, McDonald said, brings her peace as she moves through a revolving door of […]
Read MorePower of Forgiveness
By Marion Callahan Published in USA Today, The Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer. Ernie Gross learned to find hope and humor in the darkest of places. It was not an easy task for Gross, who from a very young age was known as “the boy who never laughed.” […]
Read More2020 Election Coverage USA Today
Covering elections means getting local and national in scope. That year, I captured presidential visits through photos and video, covered the polls, and wrote breaking-news stories.
Read MoreFoster Youth
Foster kids: ‘They are the forgotten children’ Marion Callahan Published in The Bucks County Courier Times & Intelligencer Andrew Smith knows how to file a tax return. He knows how to cook a steak, and at 18, he knows the cheapest place to buy one. But he doesn’t know why […]
Read MoreLife isn’t simple, and neither are its choices
There I was at Manhattan Bagel frantically tearing up bite-size pieces of my bagel so my then 9-month-old would stop trying to arch his way out of the high chair. Meanwhile, my 2-year-old stood wobbling on his own chair, licking butter off his toast while testing my patience. Then she […]
Read MoreCovid Through the Eyes of an ICU Nurse
By Marion Callahan, USA Today Network, Pa. The words were not hers, but she delivered them as if they were. Doylestown Hospital ICU nurse Shumi Mazzacano had two daughters on a FaceTime call, eager to hear what they knew would be the last words from their mother, in the hospital […]
Read MorePower of Nature: May 2021
How the healing power of nature inspires resolve in recovery Marion Callahan Bucks County Courier Times / USA Today Network Bathed in the orange glow of the setting sun, Jose Ortiz-Nieves gazed at the horizon and then closed his eyes, taking in the cool mountain air from atop the observation […]
Read MorePower of Community
Perkasie community unites to help disabled man get to work, food pantry Marion Callahan Bucks County Courier Times/ USA Today Network For months since moving to Perkasie, John Gaskin focused on putting one foot in front of the other. Walking to find a job. Walking to lug groceries from the […]
Read MoreA story of hope
Story and Video by Marion Callahan and photos by my talented colleague Michele Haddon. By Marion Callahan Under the weight of a soaked blanket, Megan Cohen inched her way, on foot, along a stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia, the rain beating against her frail body. She wasn’t looking to be […]
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