IN-DEPTH REPORTING

• PHOENIX NEW TIMES | The Lost Kids: A Three-Part Series about Kids and Mental Health (part one: Saving Alex; part two: Losing Erica; part three: Suicidal Tendencies)

• KJZZ (Phoenix NPR member station) | Pennies From Heaven: Arizona Mom Continues Legacy Of Son Who Died By Suicide

• PHOENIX NEW TIMES | HIV Transmission Rates Are Up in Arizona; Blame the 'No Promo Homo' Law

• PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Brush with Greatness: A troubling number of Arizona schools have eliminated arts from their curriculum

DISABILITY REPORTING

• ARIZONA CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING | A Place that Should Know Better

• NEW YORK TIMES PARENTING | The Right School Can Make All the Difference for a Child With Disabilities

• PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Speed, Waves & Wheelchairs

• PHI DELTA KAPPAN | How to quote more students with disabilities in education news

• THE GUARDIAN | Anger at Phoenix facility where incapacitated woman gave birth

• THE GUARDIAN | 'It could be any of us': Arizona patient's sexual assault reveals lack of protection

• PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Food, Flowers and Filth

• RAISING AZ KIDS | The language of disability: Words matter, but getting it right isn’t easy

• PHI DELTA KAPPAN | Writing better stories about students with disabilities

PERSONAL ESSAY

• PHOENIX MAGAZINE | Public School is Microcosm of Life

• PHI DELTA KAPPAN | Parents, here’s how to talk more effectively with reporters

• LIT HUB | Learning to Unsay the R-Word

• LENNY LETTER | Brave, My Daughter's Coming of Age with Down Syndrome

• LENNY LETTER | Faye and Me

• SALON | The Day My Daughter Told Us Her Disability is Love

• KJZZ | Overalls

• KJZZ | Sisters

• KJZZ | Making Our Way

• SALON | The secret life of Dad: He stood up to John McCain to protect me -- and never told me about it.

• SALON | A boy named Rover: What do you call the baby when all the good names have gone to the dogs?

• SALON | A Jew for baby Jesus: I can't help having myself a merry little Christmas.

POLITICAL REPORTING

• PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Opiate for the Mrs.

• PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Postmodern McCain: The Presidential Candidate Arizonans Know — and Loathe

• PHOENIX NEW TIMES | The Pampered Politician

TRAVEL/PLACE

• THE NEW YORK TIMES | 36 Hours in Phoenix

• PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Branded, Can Tucson Ever Live it Down?

• WASHINGTON POST | The Tucson shootings and Arizona's dangerous culture of isolation

• THE NEW YORK TIMES | A Beach Town Dr. Seuss Might Prescribe

• PHOENIX NEW TIMES | Phoenix Has an Inferiority Complex

RADIO

• WBUR| A Mom Laments Limited Employment Prospects For Daughter With Down Syndrome

• KJZZ | Detour Company Theatre's 'Rent' Puts Actors With Disabilities In The Spotlight

• WHYY/NPR | Hair and our Health: How our hair looks is related to DNA, to hormones, and to our immune system.

• KJZZ | Longtime State-Run Arizona Training Program In Coolidge Will Close After Last Resident Dies

• THIS AMERICAN LIFE | Too Soon

• THIS AMERICAN LIFE | Educated Guess

RAISING PHOENIX (A monthLy column for phoenix magazine)

• Love for Charlotte’s Web Reaches Nostalgic Apex in Phoenix: A longtime Phoenix creative tells Amy about his time with E.B. White.

• No Country for Young Women Current controversies aside, Amy will never leave Arizona. Her daughters might be another story.

• Will Today’s Cookie-Cutter Tract Homes Be Worth Preserving? Amy asks: What will happen when these homes are old enough to be considered historic? Will we scramble to save them? Will they be worth saving?

• Public School is Microcosm of Life: Are school-choice proponents using COVID to dismantle public schooling? Amy thinks so.

• Agonizing Over Lawn Irrigation: Amy wrings her hands over her irrigated lawn while enjoying its fruits.

• Can Kyrsten Sinema Get a Grip?: Washington could use more iconoclasts like Senator Kyrsten Sinema – but her recent pleas for attention cross the line.

• The Aftermath of an Infernal Election Season: Amy goes through boxes of notes, public records, audio tapes and clippings, a rough draft of Arizona’s history over the last 30 years.

• Can Kyrsten Sinema Get a Grip?: Washington could use more iconoclasts like Senator Kyrsten Sinema – but her recent pleas for attention cross the line.

• The Pandemic Intensified Our Love-Hate Relationship with Social Media: Social media has kept Amy tethered to Phoenix, and for that she’s grateful.

• No Santa This Year: The demise of her favorite Christmastime tradition puts Amy in a holiday funk – and makes her fret over the future of local business.

• Why Getting Rid of Problematic Art Isn’t as Easy as the Swipe of a Brush: Amy explains why getting rid of problematic art – or artists – isn’t as easy as the swipe of a brush.

• What to Do When Your Favorite Artists Break Bad: Amy needs to find my parents a replacement present for the gift she gave them last Christmas – a print by the Fortoul Brothers.

• Rwandan Immigrants Self-Publish Racially Sensitive Coloring Books: Young Rwandan artists etch lines of acceptance and purpose

• Semester at Sea?: Valley kids are going back to school, except if they aren’t

• Flower Deficit: A disruption in the decorative-plant supply chain launches Amy into COVID-19 self-analysis.

• Dispatches from the Mart: Amy sweats the small stuff in this reverie from the early days of the coronavirus outbreak – all of four weeks ago.

• Resist. Agitate. Embroider.: She just wanted a hobby. Instead, she found her voice – one valentine and jump-stitch at a time.

• Lost in Juvie: Evaluating the grim scene at Arizona’s lone remaining lockup facility for juvenile offenders.

• Yesterday’s News: Raised on newspapers, Amy ponders the election-season news cycle in a print-deprived world.

• Gone, Baby, Gone: Amy bids adieu to her college-age child – and reassesses her own identity as a Phoenician.

• New Body, Old Soul: A Phoenix artist embarks on a journey of transition – and discovery.

• Thumb, Meet Green: In the land of year-round sunshine, a deadbeat plant parent finally finds her inner farmer.

• Hand-to-Mouth Lawmaking: Considering a run for the Arizona Legislature? Prepare to be paid like a lifeguard.

• Dancing Queen: Late Valley dance teacher Frances Smith Cohen leaves behind a legacy of pirouettes, pliés and full hearts.

• Home-Care Woes: The Hacienda HealthCare tragedy underscores the need for home-care options for people with disabilities – but in Arizona, resources are sorely lacking.

• How Amy Silverman Fell in Love with Phoenix: In Amy Silverman’s debut column, Raising Phoenix, she explains how she fell in love with her neighborhood.

EDITING PROJECTS

Amy has more than 15 years of editing experience. She’s edited two winners of The Livingston Awards and is a contributing editor for the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. She is available for editing projects on a limited basis.

• NATIONAL CENTER ON DISABILITY JOURNALISM | Updated Style Guide (2018)

• EDITED FEATURE FROM THE CHICAGO READER | Pangea has taken thousands to eviction court. The story of an apartment empire