Co-leading digital Communities Initiative as the NewsHour expands coverage of changing regions outside the national spotlight. Fundraising, partnerships, cross-platform reporting, manage and edit correspondents, daily breaking news, occasional writer.

Author, "Boys Come First" novel (Belt, 2022); “How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass,” nonfiction (Belt Publishing, 2015); anthology editor, “The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook,” (Belt, 2017)Freelance: Contributor to "This American Life," bylines in Jalopnik, The Atlantic, Reuters, CNN, LEVEL, Forbes, Thrillist, Foreign Policy, BuzzFeed, The Root, Columbia Journalism Review, Belt Magazine, Detroit Free Press, New Michigan Media (Detroit Jewish News, The Michigan Citizen… Show more Author, "Boys Come First" novel (Belt, 2022); “How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass,” nonfiction (Belt Publishing, 2015); anthology editor, “The Detroit Neighborhood Guidebook,” (Belt, 2017)Freelance: Contributor to "This American Life," bylines in Jalopnik, The Atlantic, Reuters, CNN, LEVEL, Forbes, Thrillist, Foreign Policy, BuzzFeed, The Root, Columbia Journalism Review, Belt Magazine, Detroit Free Press, New Michigan Media (Detroit Jewish News, The Michigan Citizen, Arab-American News, Michigan Korean Weekly, Latino Weekly), Bridge Magazine, Crain's Detroit Business, Next City, The Architect's Newspaper, IXITI, Ebony.com, SoulTrain.com, Model D, more. TV/radio appearances: "All Things Considered," "Here & Now," "Marketplace," "On the Media," Australian Broadcasting Company's "News Breakfast," BBC, Al-Jazeera, Al-Jazeera America, Deutschlandradio, Israeli Public Radio, WDIV, WJBK, WXYZ, WDET, Michigan Radio, TapDetroit.com, WWJ, WJR, WCHB, 910-AM, WEXL, WILS, several podcasts, more. Works published in "A Detroit Anthology," "Voices from the Rust Belt," "Black in the Middle," "Sweeter Voices Still" (anthologies); The Periphery, Transmission (journals)Interviewed/quoted in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Governing, Le Monde, la Repubblica, American City and County, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Cities, POLITICO, Publisher's Weekly, theHUB, The Detroit News, Michigan Chronicle, Grist, Yahoo, Fast Company, Gawker, Vanity Fair, Mass Appeal, The Undefeated, Deadspin, Axios Detroit, elsewhere.Major speaking appearances and keynotes: TEDxDetroit (2015), South By Southwest (2018), frank (Gainesville, FL, 2018), REMIX Summits (NYC, 2018), Creative State Summit (Melbourne, 2018), Torinostratosferica (Turin, 2018), Government Social Media Conference keynote (Denver, 2018), Talks at Google (Detroit, 2018); University of Michigan Police Brutality in America Teach-Out (2020) Show less

Founding director of nationwide initiative to support and sustain Black media outlets across the U.S. Oversaw launch of first-of-its-kind Black media directory and map. Held events for Black media publishers and editors. Networked Black media outlets with leading journalism organizations.

One of 19 mid-career professionals selected for 10-month residency at Stanford University to research and innovate solutions in journalism. Topics of study: Using revenue streams from public entities to fund independent newsrooms; curbing spread of misinformation and disinformation among Black news consumers.

Mayoral appointment as City of Detroit's first chief storyteller -- a first for city government in the U.S. -- to create new platforms for Detroit residents to share dialogue citywide. Editor of city news site TheNeighborhoods.org. Oversight of programming on one of four city cable channels. Community engagement through event programming. Marketing strategy for city departments and agencies.

Editor-in-chief of 35,000-circulation monthly magazine covering Black life, arts and culture in Metro Detroit. Increased visibility of magazine among readers and advertisers. Grew site traffic from 1,000 monthly users to 50,000 monthly users with no ad spend. Organized and hosted magazine-branded events. Managed staff and freelancers.

Covered Fiat Chrysler, Daimler and automotive suppliers for slate of automotive industry trade publications, including Ward’s AutoWorld, Ward’s Automotive Reports and Ward’s Dealer Business. Reviewed new models. Blogged on industry happenings.

Founding staffer of MLive Detroit. Reporter on Detroit education and entertainment. Used HTML-editing software to build content pages. Managed event submissions for entire site. Used social media accounts to expand profile of site. Use analytics software to track site traffic and audience trends. Grew site from No. 7 in Detroit region to No. 3 with continued monthly growth.

Copy editor for Lansing State Journal's daily Life section and weekly What's On entertainment guide, and one of two columnists for weekly "Quarter-Life Crisis" feature geared toward 20-something readers. Wrote a weekly nightlife column on local bars, clubs, dives and watering holes.