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Report on renewable energy, the energy transition, and the energy grid in the southeastern US for Utility Dive

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

- Contract work for photography companies including Life Reflecting Images and Vita Images, second shooting on weddings and other events- Award-winning photojournalism has appeared in publications throughout Virginia, newspapers like the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and as a book cover for publisher Pan Macmillan- Independent freelancing providing headshots and portraits and covering weddings, engagements, and equestrian sports since 2010

Arlington, Virginia, United States

- Covered environmental and health issues stemming from toxic chemicals and the regulation thereof for Inside EPA and Inside TSCA, publishing daily coverage for an expert subscriber base - Parsed and synthesized documents including scientific studies, federal reports, Congressional budget markups, and court records from PACER to develop stories- Covered the PFAS toxicology and regulation beat

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Covered breaking news in a top ten market for a site with 1.8M unique monthly visitors, and managed social media accounts with a weekly organic reach of 20M+ - Researched and composed original content for WJLA.com, including pursuing digital-exclusive FOIA investigations for 7 On Your Side- Created videos and graphics for social media

Richmond

- Daily newsgathering and directing of news crews for both daily assignments and breaking news, writing 3 to 5 original stories a day for the web and using wire services to provide national content- Managed all social media accounts, sent push alerts, received and vetted news tips- Produced VOs, VO/SOTs and cut-ins to assist the producer, found and vetted sources to assist crews in the field, monitored breaking news in the region via social media and contact with PIOs

Pitched and wrote stories for WTVR.com, turned reporters' packages into web stories, assisted with finding and developing sources, researched and backgrounded stories, produced Facebook Live from the field, pored through a backlog of pending Problem Solvers requests and advanced dozens of them, interviewed sources on-camera, assisted with stakeouts and live shots, provided social media coverage of events like Trump rallies, filed FOIA requests and cleaned/organized/sorted through the data… Show more Pitched and wrote stories for WTVR.com, turned reporters' packages into web stories, assisted with finding and developing sources, researched and backgrounded stories, produced Facebook Live from the field, pored through a backlog of pending Problem Solvers requests and advanced dozens of them, interviewed sources on-camera, assisted with stakeouts and live shots, provided social media coverage of events like Trump rallies, filed FOIA requests and cleaned/organized/sorted through the data received Show less

Vcu

Covered the 2016 General Assembly for VCU's Capital News Service wire service, pitched and wrote stories, interviewed delegates, covered 2016 VSOTU, covered breaking news and worked on in-depth pieces about legislation, filed FOIAs, completed investigative piece and photo essay about the politics of sea level rise on Tangier Island

Vcu

Hosted weekly hour-long show on 102.9 FM devoted to oldies music and educational updates on the 2016 presidential primaries, with explainer episodes on concepts like superdelegates and contested conventions

Mass Communications M.S., Multimedia Journalism

Activities and Societies: Student advisory board, Capital News Service

Mass Communications B.S., Journalism

Activities and Societies: Student radio, club soccer, Capital News Service

Education record

Activities and Societies: The Purple Tide (newspaper), The Knightly News (broadcast team), Quill and Scroll (journalism honor society).