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Seattle, Washington, United States

• Cover race and equity issues in the Seattle region.

Sacramento, California Area

• Covered equity and disparities in Sacramento, weaving themes such as systemic racism, wealth inequality and poverty, quality of life issues and community-powered solutions into dailies and in-depth features.
• Previously covered Sacramento County and the region, writing 3-5 stories weekly focusing on government accountability, homelessness and housing, and suburbs issues.
• Contributed to major news coverage, including during the Camp Fire, the coronavirus pandemic and protests.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Covered news in and around the nation’s capital as the David E. Rosenbaum reporting fellow, focusing on politics and federal policy related to housing, immigration and Congress.
• Assisted other reporters in sourcing, quote-gathering and research for breaking stories, while filing pieces for weekend and nighttime events and pitching longterm story ideas with weekly deadlines.

Berkeley, California

• Oversaw the daily online and print production of Berkeley’s award-winning independent student newspaper, reviewing between 50 and 60 pieces of content each day as the top editorial manager.
• Line edited features and enterprise stories across departments, and led the creation of special issues on various topics.

Sacramento, California Area

• Worked as a general assignment reporting intern for The Sacramento Bee, covering city happenings, crime and breaking news.
• Produced enterprise stories, and did several standups and voice-overs for the video department.

Berkeley, CA

• Worked as a senior reporter for The Daily Californian, mostly covering breaking news for the paper and writing the occasional story.
• Served on the Editorial Board, keeping student government candidates and fee campaigns accountable.
• Freelanced for The New York Times, covering the planned Ann Coulter event on campus and contributing on a feature about life as a Republican at UC Berkeley.

Berkeley, CA

• Lead and oversee city news — both dailies and longterms — for Berkeley working six days a week, with a specific focus to increase coverage on crime/courts, city government, the economy and the community at large.
• Assist the 40-person news team in obtaining sources, investigate long-term story ideas and edit articles for clarity and accuracy, while collaborating with design, photography and multimedia department to generate.
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• Work with more experienced reporters to help them navigate public records requests, longterm features and integrating data visualization and multimedia elements to their stories. Show less

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Pitched stories at weekly meetings for NPR's weekend morning show, while helping show find sources, book studios across the globe and pre-interview guests for various pieces.
• Produced several audio pieces for the show, cutting tape and recording sound while assisting other producers with transcriptions, bookings, fact checking and other tasks.

• Worked six days a week leading, assigning and editing a department of 45 news reporters with a fellow editing team.
• Led balanced coverage on Berkeley and UC Berkeley news and events, finding and assigning reporter to city events, campus happenings and breaking news.
• Edited articles for clarity and accuracy, helped reporters find sources and helped maintain the Daily Cal's social media presence with breaking news updates.
• Covered daily breaking news stories and write… Show more
• Covered daily breaking news stories and write regular city and campus police crime briefs. Show less

• Conceptualized and designed colorful infographics that effectively communicate large amounts of textual and numerical content using eye-catching visuals
• Created most infographics on 1-2 day deadlines with quick editing turnaround
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and GIMP

• Covered for this student-run independent newspaper with a daily print circulation of 10,000 copies Berkeley city commission meetings related to labor laws, wage adjustments, affordable housing (or the lack thereof).
• Experienced reporting both on controversial project developments that illuminate the issue of rising rents, affordable housing and gentrification, and positive up-and-coming locally owned businesses in Berkeley.
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• Pitched stories weekly, working four days a week on two-week deadlines to produce in-depth news stories, investigative pieces and business features. Show less

• Reported on Berkeley city and school district meetings, as well as community issues such as vacancy decontrol and local development. Cover state and higher education policies related to the University of California.
• Worked two to three days per week on a 5 p.m. deadline and pitch stories weekly
• Curated and edited two special issues during Summer 2015, including non-breaking news article, blogposts, infographics… Show more
• Curated and edited two special issues during Summer 2015, including non-breaking news article, blogposts, infographics and photo essays; worked on a strict 2-3 week deadline while managing up to 15 contributors Show less

Berkeley, California

• Pitched 5-10 story ideas per month on possible student life events and topics the photo, copy and design team can cover and develop, making many final editorial decisions on style, photo and angle.
• Previously covered major events related to UC Berkeley traditions, sports and events as a copy staff writer.
• Interviewed student body, elevating standard yearbook copy with quotes and sources from those tied to event or story for the official Cal yearbook

• Oversaw as chief editor community and national interest feature articles, and school news reports at "The Redwing Reader" junior and senior year
• Led changes to the layout format and direction of content as EIC, culminating in the paper's first award from the American Scholastic Press Association during my tenure.
• Wrote lead and feature stories in every issue of this triennial newspaper, published in both broadsheet and digital formats.

• Co-developed and managed a summer theater camp designed for children K-6 that served over 100 community youths across multiple school districts, and culminated in a large-scale, musical theater performance.
• Wrote a script that pulled songs from Disney classics to create a unique narrative that allowed everyone to have a moment to shine.
• Hand-made over 100 costumes from the department's available fabric and costume stash, and built set pieces for the final production.

Education record

• Participating in an intensive, year-long leadership and training program as a Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism fellow.

Bachelor'S Degree, English And Peace And Conflict Studies

• Studied Virginia Woolf, Marxism, the role of information and media in facilitating social revolutions and the limitations of iambic.

Education record

Activities and Societies: HHS Musical Theater, HHS Drama Club, Harvard Model Congress, Student Council, Chorus, Volleyball, Redwing Reader.

Journalism

• Created multimedia projects and wrote over a dozen articles at this highly selective international 5-week journalism program. • Was.