Lifestyle: Personality profiles, arts and culture, and the way we live
White Oaks: an estate tale: Rare antiques, Colonial architecture and modern curators: How Furman University, its president, David Shi, and his family are living in and preserving the president’s notable home. G, The Magazine of Greenville.
Forging the Way: A Western North Carolina blacksmith preserves and promotes his artistic craft. WNC Magazine.
King of the Outdoors: A North Carolina native wins third straight total outdoorsman challenge. NC State Alumni Magazine.
Joyous Heirlooms: Melding family and tradition in one Greenville (SC) family’s holiday home. G, The Magazine of Greenville.
Jonathan Trotter: A young North Carolina musician tries to make a mark in reggaeton. NC State Alumni Magazine.
Running classic cars on alternative fuel: How Asheville drivers are melding a love of old Mercedes with modern-day alternative fuels. Asheville Citizen-Times.
Home Grown: A profile of a Greenville, S.C., couple and the home they’re building together. G, The Magazine of Greenville.
A Family Retreat: How a daughter-and-father pair built a not-so-big home to big enough to hold the family. WNC Magazine. This story was also featured on the website for Apartment Therapy, LA.
A Natural Side: North Carolina’s climate and landscape makes it a popular destination for second-home buyers. This piece looks at communities and developments catering to luxury homeowners, their families and the burgeoning North Carolina second-home lifestyle. Luxury Living.
Enterprise: Investigative reports, trends and research in science and education
The Businessman and Congressman: The first in-depth investigation of then-US Congressman Charles Taylor’s dealings with the Russian banking system, including his role as the first private owner of a private Russian bank. Asheville Citizen-Times.
Waiting for help: A look at the North Carolina’s underfunded, subsidized childcare system and why it can hurt both families and childcare providers. This story and subsequent reporting led to the North Carolina state government saving childcare for hundreds of families. Asheville Citizen-Times.
CNR: I wrote all the news and feature stories in NC State University’s College of Natural Resources inaugural magazine, which included reports on new trends and research in alternative energies, particularly biofuels and biomass.
Remaking the Grid: NC State researchers are developing ways to improve the power grid, paving the way for more homegrown, green energy production. NC State Alumni Magazine.
Online: Writing and photography
Our Home is in Heaven: A multimedia team journalism project profiling the rise of the Moldovan immigrant community in Asheville, N.C., published online. For the complete project, visit Redefining Home and click on the “Heaven” tab. UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Writing and photos by Angie Newsome:
See Asheville by horseback: Exploreasheville.com.
Asheville yoga: Exploreasheville.com.
Culinary tourism and u-pick farms: Exploreasheville.com.
The Mountain Landscapes Initiative: Information, photographs and slideshow about an initiative to boost collaborative regional planning in several Western North Carolina mountain counties. The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.
You may also find sets of my photographs here.