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San Francisco Bay Area

Lead data engineer for ALM Media's suite of legal information products, notably Law.com Radar, a litigation surveillance tool for large law firms that sources data from the federal court system and thousands of state court jurisdictions around the U.S. Part of an award-winning product team (Eddie & Ozzie Awards, Product Team of the Year, 2023). In charge.

San Francisco Bay Area

Headed up a small team building data pipelines supporting computational journalism and business intelligence products. Role included designing and implementing ETL processes; building data tools for editorial staff; and giving strategic recommendations on leveraging new and existing data sets. Technical lead for Law.com Radar's "Trend Detection" feature.

San Francisco Bay Area

Core responsibilities included developing, deploying and maintaining data-intensive applications core to ALM's editorial objectives; democratizing access to internal data resources across the newsroom and organization; and implementing solutions to problems in existing data pipelines. Also conducted analysis on large internal and publicly available.

San Francisco Bay Area

Led an initiative to integrate computational journalism into ALM's international legal and regulated markets newsrooms. This involved identifying valuable sources of public and industry data, and finding ways to mine, structure, and analyze them to produce relevant insights for a professional audience. Using Python for web scraping, text manipulation, and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked to define and own a beat focused on the intersection of technology, finance, and the law. Writing for a broad legal audience about policy and litigation related to government surveillance, internet law, EU privacy law, blockchain technology, and how tech is forcing changes in the legal profession. Also reported deeply on the growing litigation.

San Francisco Bay Area

Covering major business litigation involving Silicon Valley companies primarily for The Recorder, an ALM publication focused on the California legal community. Wrote in depth about legal challenges facing Uber and Lyft drivers in class actions over worker classification, and led a team of reporters in investigating the lack of diversity in the private.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Worked with the chief editor to oversee a small, collaborative newsroom, help develop story leads, and guide coverage of international trade policy developments in Washington and around the world. Ensured consistent delivery of stories to the web while maintaining a commitment to relevant, in-depth coverage. Continued reporting duties, pursuing enterprise.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reported extensively on U.S. trade relations with Europe and Asia, the politics of trade on Capitol Hill, the World Trade Organization, and the global impact of U.S. agriculture policy. Record of delivering scoops and working cooperatively. Juggling priorities to meet multiple deadlines, and editing colleagues’ stories for content and structure..

Seoul, South Korea

Developed and pursued story ideas independently as a South Korea-based freelancer for The Diplomat (Tokyo), The JoongAng Daily (Seoul), Asia Sentinel (Hong Kong), and The Christian Science Monitor (Boston). Subject matter included domestic politics, outdoor sports, international adoption, education and North Korean aggression. Also contributed reporting to.

Seoul, South Korea

Worked with a small team to edit and consistently improve the quality of the copy of the English desk at South Korea’s national news wire. Quickly turned around urgent reports on the stock market and North Korean military activity while maintaining commitment to clarity and accuracy. Also wrote and recorded daily radio news segments posted to the Web.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Covered a wide range of beats, including city government and business, as a freelancer for a renowned Wisconsin progressive daily. Filed multiple front-page stories, including an article on the local Korean student community’s reaction to the Virginia Tech shootings. Also wrote feature news stories for a weekly newspaper, ISTHMUS.

Ba, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Badger HeraldTransferred from University of Washington in Seattle

Korean Language

Non-degree program at the Korean Language Institute