Theresa Vargas (2025)

07/09/2025

"People called him 'Sunshine' as a kid. In high school in Virginia, he and his best friend, Stephanie Bruno, whom he would later marry, were jointly named 'Most Likely to Brighten Your Day.' But the lack of answers, let alone solutions, for his debilitating pain fed a darkness that seemed to be devouring the life he loved, including his songwriting. Sometimes it felt like he couldn’t come up with a single line."

A lovely, powerful story that I'm proud to have played an editing role on. I recommend listening to it, instead of reading it.

Mike Frazier had no idea that the source of his stomach pains and mental health struggles was a condition that affects tens of millions of people worldwide.

25/02/2025

As the local enterprise editor, I work with a team of reporters. I also get to work with reporters across the Metro desk on deeply reported pieces that explore lives, expose wrongdoing and delve into complex issues. These are not easy stories to tell but they are important. In the last few weeks, I worked with two teams of thoughtful and talented reporters on stories that ended up running on the front page. I'd be grateful if you took the time to read them.

One offers an up-close look at what first responders experienced after the deadly plane and helicopter collision near Regan National Airport (free link below).

The other shows how a Maryland crematory was allowed to keep operating for years despite officials seeing red flags (free link in the comments).

After American Eagle Flight 5342 and an Army helicopter collided, firefighters, boat operators and others from D.C., Maryland and Virginia went into action.

31/12/2024

I used to share my columns here, but since it's been a year of change, I want to take a moment before the year ends to share some of the highlights of being an editor.

I'll start with this story:

Four years ago, I wrote a column about how an injury forced a man (who looks a lot like Santa) to let his award-winning lights display go dark.

Every year that followed, I checked back with that man to see if maybe that would be the year the lights returned.

But 2021 passed without his display. Then 2022. Then 2023.

Well this year, a reporter on my team, Mike Laris, wrote this beautiful piece:

After an injury, Bill Vaughan couldn’t put up his award-winning Christmas display in 2020 or in the years that followed. Would 2024 see the lights return?

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