He began his journalism career at The News American in Baltimore and then became press aide to the late First District Representative William O. Mills. Following that was a nearly 30-year career as news anchor and reporter for news-talk radio station WBAL in Baltimore. He retired from that position in 2002 and moved to the Eastern Shore and lives just outside of Chestertown. He has been fascinated by Chesapeake Bay steamboats and other ships from a very early age, and is co-author of Majesty at Sea, a history of the four-funneled passenger liners of the early 20th Century. He is also co-editor and co-ghost writer of Night Boat on the Potomac: A History of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company. He is also past editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America.