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Arlington, Virginia, United States

-Help manage team of eight remote regional correspondents covering state and federal courts. Serve as direct manager for four correspondents covering Delaware, Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio courts.-Coordinate with other desks and newsrooms within Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg News to assign coverage of state and federal court decisions and oral arguments.-Help edit daily newsletter on state legislative news and weekly newsletter on state legal developments affecting corporate in-house counsel.

Arlington, Virginia, United States

-Served as editor for federal tax team, primarily editing daily and enterprise stories on congressional tax policy and the IRS.-Lead strike team reporting on the Inflation Reduction Act's energy incentives.-Compiled Hill Tax Briefing newsletter, a daily newsletter aimed at a congressional and lobbying audience aggregating Bloomberg coverage of domestic tax policy and Capitol Hill tax and economic news.-Fulfilled numerous duties across all three desks within the tax newsroom, including editing daily stories on state, local, and international topics, as well as state and federal legal issues, and playing a major role in keeping the Daily Tax Report landing page updated and assembling morning email newsletters.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Was an editor for Hotline's twice-daily campaign newsletters, working with a team of staff correspondents and two other editors to condense the day's campaign trail news.-Edited feature stories on campaigns.-Was the sole editor for the front-of-the-book sections of National Journal's daily print publication, released when Congress is in session, featuring shorter stories covering on- and off-Hill events, legislation, and politics. I was responsible for assigning and editing stories, and on occasion contributing my own reporting.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Served as general assignment staff writer for National Journal Daily and Hotline, the only member of the newsroom to work primarily with both teams.-Wrote shorter, quick-turnaround pieces on Hill events and hearings, as well as policy- and campaign-focused feature stories, with an emphasis on government reform and House campaigns.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Served as primary researcher for CQ's databases of information on Members of Congress and 2016 election results. Queried data for various editorial purposes, as well as generate ideas for usage of the data for stories and graphics and collaborate on such projects.-Collected comprehensive biographical information for 140 congressional candidates in preparation for CQ's New Members Guide, a biennial publication highlighting the new members of the upcoming Congress. In addition, I conducted interviews with congressional candidates, with those interviews being condensed to capsule profiles and serving as the basis for longer profiles to be published on CQ.com.-Contributed to CQ Magazine, writing 300-500 word stories on a variety of topics, both assigned stories and original pitches (including a weekly feature called "In the Spotlight" on a member of Congress in the news). -Interviewed members of Congress for routine updates to their profile pages on CQ.com.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Served as a researcher for CQ's CapWiz and Knowlegis advocacy and engagement database products, in addition to supporting other advocacy and engagement products including CQ's popular Schedules and Transcripts products. Primary researcher for CapWIz's databases of congressional caucuses and congressional committee staff, as well as contributing to Knowlegis' databases of Congressional town hall events and press releases.-Contributed to annual update of CQ's Politics in America series, updating the profiles of a company-high 21 members of Congress with current biographical information and legislative focuses. Additionally contributed to data entry and fact-checking for CQ's Wealth of Congress project, which tracks the net worth of every member of Congress.

B.A., Political Science

Graduated in December 2013, one semester ahead of schedule.

Education record