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Covered regional issues in the Denver metro area. Currently focused on Douglas County government coverage.

Englewood, Colorado

Served on beats including state politics and legislature and state and local COVID-19 policy for the Colorado Community Media newspapers across the Denver metro area. Also covered the Englewood and Centennial city governments, Cherry Creek School District, local business and development, and crime and courts.Completed a several-part investigative look into alleged financial malfeasance in the Englewood Environmental Foundation, a nonprofit body run by city of Englewood officials to… Show more Served on beats including state politics and legislature and state and local COVID-19 policy for the Colorado Community Media newspapers across the Denver metro area. Also covered the Englewood and Centennial city governments, Cherry Creek School District, local business and development, and crime and courts.Completed a several-part investigative look into alleged financial malfeasance in the Englewood Environmental Foundation, a nonprofit body run by city of Englewood officials to oversee property that the city has varying degrees of influence over. (See that at tinyurl.com/EEFinvestigation.)Managed social media, search-engine optimization (SEO) and some website customization for Englewood and Centennial local newspapers. Now overseeing posting my stories in CCM's WordPress-based site. Show less

Boulder, Colo.

Head editor of CU Boulder's online-only, student-run news media, the CU Independent. Oversaw multiple investigative-reporting stories at CU, including a monthslong investigation into what CU's plan to improve diversity and race relations on campus actually consisted of — and the lack of transparency that came to define the planning process and timeline despite the university's promises to share information openly with the campus. (Linked below.) Helped lead the CUI to several awards… Show more Head editor of CU Boulder's online-only, student-run news media, the CU Independent. Oversaw multiple investigative-reporting stories at CU, including a monthslong investigation into what CU's plan to improve diversity and race relations on campus actually consisted of — and the lack of transparency that came to define the planning process and timeline despite the university's promises to share information openly with the campus. (Linked below.) Helped lead the CUI to several awards, including an Associated College Press Online Pacemaker.Also served as a reporter, opinion editor, copy editor and managing editor. Design and layout editor of Syllabus, the CUI's semesterly print magazine, for three semesters. Oversaw the CUI's social media and website as editor in chief and managing editor. Show less

Denver, Colo.

Part-time reporter for 13 weeks covering city government, breaking news, community events, and state and national politics. Wrote a front-page enterprise story about Denver's progress housing the homeless while, at the same time, the city's police were cracking down on urban camping.

Boulder, Colo.

Part-time reporter for seven weeks covering community events and county and city government, including an in-depth look at how Boulder officials' disaster-response preparedness evolved since the historic September 2013 flood.