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United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

- Produced in-depth coverage of unionization efforts at Starbucks and REI, detailed IU's proposed split from its Kinsey Institute and featured stories regarding rural development and the experience of small business owners- Canvased central and southern Indiana to report in-depth coverage on housing and economic development, innovative companies and.

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

- Jumped in at the midpoint of the General Assembly to produce in-depth coverage on bills regarding the anti-transgender agenda, teacher union rollbacks, bail reform and changes to absentee voting- Averaged four and half stories a week to be the fourth highest producing non-sports reporter- Was a Swiss Army knife for editors sorting through court.

- Initiated, developed, researched and organized a new sports media toolkit with several legal and reporting tools and materials covering censorship, Name, Image & Likeness law, public records requests & legal protections after I identified a lapse in sports journalism resources at the center- Combed through hundreds of pages of Name, Image & Likeness.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

- Converted the student newspaper into the city newspaper by prioritizing city and education stories, adding high school sports coverage and becoming more visible to the greater community through outreach- Halted a downward readership trend within a month to bring a page view average of almost 70,000 a week- Led multiple projects including a multi-platform.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

- Made a rural town’s development plans digestible, walked through how Roe v. Wade will affect tubal ligation and dug through the details of a fierce dispute between Kroger, its workers and their union- Wrote 22 stories to which all but two performed at or over average readership, including a quick story about Doordashers struggling with gas prices that.

- Revitalized a depleted digital and web design desk to become the second largest staff at the publication as well as created an infrastructure for educating staff and building the desk for the future- Edited and produced custom web build-outs for most long-form stories and landing pages for note-worthy events and developing issues, such as the graduate.

- Assisted with major publication changes, such as amending student death and sexual violence policy, as well as daily production decisions concerning content quality and risk assessment- Sorted through seven years of testimonies, stories and allegations, interviewed 20 people and was favored in a Public Access Counselor opinion against Indiana University.

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

- Dissected an explosive city zoning debate, guided students through new rules during the COVID-19 pandemic and broke news on Greek Life sanctions and crime both on- and off-campus- Covered stories on every beat on the news desk with sweet spots being crime and city government- Boasted a routine sub-20 minute breaking news to publication record

Helped to lead the news desk with two other co-editorsManaged a desk of over 15 reporters nearly daily to produce over four pieces of content a day five days a weekContinued to work on larger stories and write breaking news routinely

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

- Rushed to crime scenes, called PIOs and put crime in communal context working weekly breaking news shifts- Edited and fact checked op-eds from politicians, community leaders and scholars

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

- Culminated engagement reports of the schools' and church's presence in local and national media anf briefs of trending education topics- Drafted social media posts, press releases and other materials, including a rollout of young adult-targeted (meme-centric) social media posts for the DC Day of Giving initiative- Was an eager hand preparing and setting.