Work samples:In Providence, let’s prioritize school attendance and recognize it as a valuable tool for success (Boston Globe) https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/10/metro/in-providence-prioritizing-school-attendance-as-a-valuable-tool-for-success/CTE For All: Expanding Career and Technical Education in Rhode Island (RIDE)https://ride.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur806/files/2024-07/CTE%20FOR%20ALL%20V4%20FINAL%20%281%29.pdf

Advise the Commissioner of Education and RIDE leadership on media relations and communication strategies, operating with discretion while providing guidance on message development, public engagements, and press appearances to enhance visibility and impact. Write and design internal and external communication materials, including press releases, speeches, one pagers, crisis communications, fact sheets, reports, talking points, slide decks, weekly newsletters, emails, letters, articles, social media posts, and more. Audiences include but are not limited to elected and appointed officials, school and district leaders, families, students, business leaders, and community organizations.Quickly synthesize complex information from all RIDE offices and effectively communicate information to the media and other stakeholders under tight deadlines. Serve as primary spokesperson in the absence of Director of Communications. Areas of focus include mental health, curriculum, college and career readiness, school construction, school and district accountability, federal and state education law, data and technology, finance, educator certification and pipeline, special education, assessments, career and technical education, etc. Collaborate with the Office of the Governor, state agencies, school districts, federal Congressional delegation, and other partners on often large-scale public engagements, developing run of shows, conducting outreach, and pitching events to media, among other duties to ensure the success of the engagement. Maintain transparent and productive relationships with members of the media, preparing responses and pitches to local and national reporters. Lead video production for Communications office, pitching ideas, shooting interviews and b-roll, and editing video using Adobe Premiere Pro. Maintain agency website, designing and publishing Section 508-compliant landing pages for various offices and initiatives.

I served as weekend evening anchor and investigative reporter at WJAR, Southern New England’s legacy station and NBC affiliate.I was ‘called up’ from my daily reporting to dig deeper and uncover issues facing our communities in Southern New England, hold leaders accountable and help facilitate change. Early into the coronavirus pandemic, I conducted exclusive, weekly one-on-one interviews with then-Governor Gina Raimondo, which came as a result of my dedicated beat reporting. I broke major stories and got answers for parents as a result of my direct and consistent access to Rhode Island's leadership. I reported extensively on state education policy, the COVID-19 impact on education, and more, with a notable highlight being a one-on-one interview with Sec. Miguel Cardona regarding the president's education agenda. Watch my one-on-one interviews in full here: https://turnto10.com/news/coronavirus/reopening-schoolsWhile working as weekend anchor, I lead the team in news gathering, producing enterprise stories, writing for the web and social media, among many other duties.Prior to taking on the weekend leadership role, I reported for our market’s highest-rated evening newscasts and spent time enterprising stories and building contacts in Bristol County as the Massachusetts reporter.I am a multimedia journalist, meaning I shoot and edit much of my work. Prior to WJAR, I reported on the border in El Paso, Texas and worked as a writer at WHDH in Boston.

Reported live breaking news and enterprise storiesPitched local stories taking into consideration: viewer benefit, originality, video possibilities, personalization, turn-ability, tease-ability Shot interviews and b-roll, wrote and edited stories for several newscasts dailyWrote and published web story ahead of airWorked with producers to tease content in newscast and on the web Developed contacts including: law enforcement, city and county leaders, education officials, and more

I wrote copy and chose video for 6+ hours of newscasts, coordinated with reporters to fill packages, gather info and other needs, interview and write packages for air.

I confirmed breaking news, updated story information, and did an overhaul to my story gathering skills. I found new ways to provide engaging, exciting, newsworthy stories that the producers, reporters and writers may not have necessarily have time for while they produce show after show. While in-field with a reporter, I spent my summer afternoons and nights gathering sound and learning the importance of gaining trust from stakeholders in a story, whether we were on the lead story of the night, or a B-block kicker. Social media became a tool as an intern; finding the news, and finding it first, led to me having broken several lead stories of the night, and just-one-station packages.

I shot, edited, and wrote stories for a university newscast. The team produced content going beyond the Suffolk sphere, localizing national news and following stories in the Boston area.

In addition to data entry and handling admission materials, I show prospective students what Suffolk University can offer them, leading tours and hosting admissions events.

I managed store marketing/visuals and led the sales team.

At Studio 73, I readied cameras, lighting, audio, and the set for daily television shows, from live shots with New England Cable News to student-produced talk shows. I worked directly with studio managers to create new media for the Communication and Journalism department at Suffolk and edited shows in post-production.

I produce and edit all multimedia work coming in from writers for Suffolk University's online newspaper, suffolkvoice.net, pitching story ideas at our weekly meetings and encouraging writers to go out and film. Having an interest in television production, I created, direct and produce a science-based weekly newscast. I also technical direct a debate panel between Voice members, faculty, students and other Bostonians on world issues.

I produced and went live with packages during the 10 o'clock morning newscast. The packages would feature a "student view" of sorts on water-cooler topics with man-on-the-street sound as well as sit-down interviews. I pitched all story ideas which were then approved by the executive producer of the show.