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Reporting, writing, editing and audio production for clients including the BBC Radio 4's Short Cuts, Brazen, NPR, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, North Carolina Public Radio, News and Observer, INDY Week, Museum of Durham History, Our State Magazine, and more.

A science documentary podcast exploring how invasive species are changing lives and landscapes in the South and beyond. Winner of the 2021 Green Eyeshade Award for Radio Documentary from the Society of Professional Journalists and a 2021 Honorable Mention from the Society for Environmental Journalists for Explanatory Reporting.

Audio Under the Stars is an outdoor audio festival based in Durham, N.C., featuring the kind of audio stories you might hear on podcasts or public radio. We bring the listening experience out of your earbuds and into the outdoors, where audience members can share each twist, turn, tragedy or triumph together. Hosted in venues around the Triangle, Audio Under the Stars is a one-of-a-kind community listening experience. Audio Under the Stars is the creation of Jenny March and Elizabeth Friend. It began as a venue to showcase local audio documentary work, and has grown to include radio-makers from around the world.

Ft. Bragg Stories is a year-long radio/print/podcast collaboration between WUNC's American Homefront Project and the Fayetteville Observer sharing a century of history at the nation's largest military installation through personal narratives.

Planned daily and long-term news coverage, supervised news staff, assigned and edited stories for radio and website.

Researched, reported and produced daily news stories about local government in Orange County, N.C. Planned and participated in live broadcasts such as forums, candidate debates, and election night special coverage.