From 2001-2009, she was projects director for Associated Press Managing Editors and led nation-wide programs to address news credibility and training for journalists. She is the author of Building Trust in the News, a guidebook for editors; Janie Shores: Trailblazing Supreme Court Justice, a biography for young readers; and is currently collaborating on a collection of columns by H. Brandt Ayers, a crusading editor and publisher in Anniston, Alabama.