[3] During his school years, he interned at the Pacific Daily News and worked for the Newson as a reporter.

As a staff member, he worked for the Columbia Missourian, then joined the Jackson Citizen-Patriot and the Detroit Free-Press as a photographer.

[4] In 1986 Crisostomo co-authored the book "Main Street: A portrait of Small-Town Michigan".

[5] In 1987–1988 at the Detroit Free Press he worked for 40 weeks on a series about student life at Southwestern High School.

The photographs were supported with a 12-page article "A Class Act, the Life and Times of Southwest High School".