I cover Illinois state government and politics for Lee Enterprises (papers in Bloomington, Decatur, Charleston-Mattoon, the Quad Cities, Southern Illinois and St. Louis). I also have some local government reporting responsibilities at the (Decatur) Herald & Review.

Reporter covering local government and business in Illinois' capital city. I also write the weekly 'Local Business Notes' column, which highlights local business news in the region.

I covered Illinois state government for The State Journal-Register as part of the University of Illinois Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting master's program. I reported extensively on the 2018 midterm elections and a diverse array of topics — including gun control, gaming and marijuana — that came before the General Assembly during their spring legislative session.

- Covered school board beat (mainly District 157-C and occasionally Lincoln-Way District 210) for The Frankfort Station - Delivered human interest features to audiences throughout Chicago's southwest suburbs

- Working under the award-winning pair of Carol Marin and Don Moseley, I helped produce stories to air on NBC5 Chicago and WTTW's Chicago Tonight- Did extensive background research and pre-interviewed subjects to be interviewed on-camera by Marin- Filed Freedom of Information Act requests and researched public records to obtain information for stories- Part of team that helped gather questions and organize for the center's inaugural event, an interview of Martha Minow, Dean of the Harvard Law School

- Led paper's coverage of 2016 elections- Reported from President Obama's farewell address, President Trump's inauguration and the Washington D.C. Women's March.

- Responsible for covering and assigning reporters to cover a broad range of citywide, neighborhood and campus issues. - Generateed story ideas and assisted writers - Edited stories for content as well as copy- Designed the news section using Adobe InDesign.

Produced news content on a weekly basis pertaining to national and international issues as well as school issues.

- Assisted reporters in providing comprehensive coverage of Chicago city government - Contributed to daily newsletter produced for paid subscribing audience- Interacted with aldermen, aldermanic staff and other city employees to gather information for stories- Accessed and collected data from various government agencies **company formerly known as Aldertrack**

I generated content for and contributed to the editing process of the company's web and print products, performed tasks that required making connections and interacting with many different people within concierge community, and learned the important lesson of knowing who your customers are and producing a product they want.