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Greater Wilmington Area

In this role, I have the pleasure of leading the Delaware Online/News Journal newsroom in telling great stories throughout Delaware and the surrounding region. My penchant for social justice remains, with a keen eye toward how we tell stories and better our communities.

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

I work with sites throughout Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania to help shape our crime and social justice coverage and ensure we're asking the necessary questions of law enforcement and those in power, while challenging narratives we have long come to accept. I also directly oversee a team of reporters in Wilmington covering crime and breaking news.

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

In addition to telling some of Delaware's most challenging stories, I now also oversee a small staff and help craft coverage plans for our newsroom. In this role, I've helped lead our team through the Table Stakes challenge and determine better ways to tell and present stories to various audiences.

Wilmington, Delaware

Digging into Delaware's most difficult topics, including addiction and gun violence, for the state's largest media organization. Projects thus far include child abuse and neglect in the First State, heroin addiction in Delaware and how prisoners led an uprising in Delaware's largest state prison.

New Castle, Delaware

Covering breaking news and crime across the state, with a focus on Wilmington and New Castle County crime trends. Pitched and led a four-day series covering Wilmington's most-violent community, which sought to uncover the historical trends behind the violence and what could be done in the future.Regularly contribute to USA Today on national stories.

Albany, New York Area

Covered education in the Capital Region area, including more than 50 K-12 school districts and more than 16 local colleges and universities. Stories include breaking news on the education beat, as well as big picture coverage of the current state of education.Additional coverage included breaking news and crime on Thursday evenings, as well as general.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

Managed a staff of more than 130 reporters, editors and designers to provide the most comprehensive coverage of the Penn State community following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case. Launched a new Collegian website and managed both the Collegian’s Twitter and Facebook account to increase online presence.Interviewed with news outlets including.

Oversaw three staffs, including Arts, Metro and Campus, and helped coordinate coverage between all three.

State College, Pa.

Greater Pittsburgh Area

Spent five weeks working on a collaborative investigative piece regarding corruption in the Pittsburgh Public Housing Authority that was published in conjunction with a larger package.

Mechanicsburg, PA

Reported on living in the Harrisburg area, including food, entertainment and home decor for feature packages, whild aiding in Jerry Sandusky trial coverage.Following the internship, I stayed on as a freelancer who covered spot and breaking news at Penn State University through Twitter and web updates, as well as contributed a weekly column on Harrisburg.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

Managing a division of the entire news staff, assigning stories and reading copy.

State College, Pennsylvania Area

Covering all facets of greek life at Penn State, as well as THON and its supporting organizations. Also helped to cover the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case, which manifested on the Penn State campus during this semester.

Developed strong, in-depth news features about the faces and events of the Lancaster area for the weekly Sunday edition of the paper.

Responsible for providing the Penn State community with coverage of all performing arts events, including Tony-Award winning musical Spring Awakening. Coverage also included features on the performing arts community figureheads, as well as information pertaining to upcoming events.

Master Of Education - Med, Education, Culture And Society

Pursuing my master's degree in Education, Culture and Society at the Graduate School of Education in hopes of better understanding how the.

Bachelor'S Degree, Print Journalism, Gpa: 3.78/4.0

Activities and Societies: The Daily Collegian, Kappa Tau Alpha

Education record