I began my career in writing in the late ’80s, when I became a photojournalist in the U.S. Marine Corps. I served for five years, working in the public affairs offices on Marine bases in Okinawa, Japan, and Parris Island, South Carolina. Upon separation from the military in 1992, I began my new civilian career on the copy desk of the Savannah Morning News, but I quickly realized that newspapers weren’t the right fit for me.
I began interning for, and eventually working at, Rodale’s Scuba Diving magazine, an international scuba diving and travel magazine. For 15 years, I traveled the world in search of underwater adventures, writing about destinations from Brazil to Borneo, the Caribbean to Canada, the Great Barrier Reef to the Galapagos, the Maldives to Mexico, and beyond.
In 2008, I pivoted into television, where I wrote, produced and even hosted a series called Into the Drink for three seasons. Our team traveled in search of aquatic adventure in far-flung corners of the globe, from Ecuador to the Maldives, Australia to Greece. Since then, I’ve also written several freelance pieces, and also edit copy. I’m currently editing a title called Dive Atlas of the World for Fox Chapel Publishing.