At The Oaklandside, I'm part of a team that helped launch this brand new newsroom during the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020. I serve as the only education reporter solely focused on Oakland public schools in the Bay Area, covering the town's school district and charter schools. My coverage includes daily, in-depth, and service journalism stories on topics like school closures, teacher strikes, school board politics, school choice, and police in schools.

I covered several public school districts, the Alamo Community Colleges District and charter schools in Bexar County, including the early impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on public education.

I covered criminal justice, public safety, fires, earthquakes and other breaking news events as a Hearst Journalism Fellow.

Facilitate online learning for journalists, news organizations, educators and students.

Coordinate online training for Poynter's Local News Innovation Program, a year-long curriculum to help 20 news organizations develop a digital publishing strategy

• Craft news alerts and updating the Palm Beach Post news and mobile sites with a focus on speed and accuracy, SEO, compelling headlines, strong visuals, video, multimedia and contextual links • Monitor, optimize and post content to social media platforms that will engage Facebook and Twitter audiences • Monitor site metrics, data and internal reports to drive decision-making in order to capitalize on audience behavior, growth and retention

• Report stories through in-person and telephone interviews, using various reporting tools for print, digital and social platforms • Update stories during the day using photos, social media and videos for the web as events unfold• Work with digital editors to find innovative ways to present information online

• Develop 1-2 weekly stories for web and 1 monthly, in-depth feature story for print, covering the South Side community of Syracuse, N.Y. • Take pictures using and Canon DSLR to supplement stories and provide caption information • Attend community meetings and other events to interview community members and leaders for stories and story ideas;

• Pitch and write stories about nostalgia and entertainment for the features team • Optimize stories for the web using search engine optimization techniques • Search the archives of the Syracuse Post-Standard for relevant text and images for current stories• Enhance stories using digital media, including images, videos and social media

• Worked with and managed section editors to develop content and story ideas • Liaised between section editors and Editor-In-Chief to confirm that all aspects of campus are covered• Conducted meetings with core team to ensure story angles are clear

• Organized and maintained application materials graduate school applicants• Catalogued contact information for alumni and reached out for opportunities for current students • Developed administrative skills such as sending emails, answering and taking phone messages and scanning and copying documents

• Utilized Articulate Storyline software to create computer-based trainings for retail associates • Analyzed and updated a technical guide for a computer program for store products • Collaborated with training developers to create training for a new system of purchasing products