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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

Sacramento, California, United States

• Wrote 9 enterprise stories (3 A1 stories in print) with a focus on institutional accountability or marginalized communities for the Bee’s Equity Lab. Covered City Hall and communities of color.
• Wrote 38 breaking news stories on crime, wildfires, businesses for the metro desk and Equity Lab.

New York, New York, United States

• Wrote 31 true crime, lifestyle, and entertainment stories on assignment as a freelance reporter.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Wrote 50 national news and internet culture stories as an intern using SEO best practices.
• Interviewed health and legal experts, Hollywood film stars like Lana Condor and Caity Lotz.

Amman, Jordan

• Copyedited journal articles on Middle Eastern politics and project reports for a Jordanian think tank.
• Communicated with colleagues in Jordanian Arabic when needed.

New York, New York, United States

• Managed metro news staff of 21 reporters & deputy editors covering West Harlem for a newspaper awarded Best All-Around Student Newspaper in the Northeast by the SPJ in 2021.
• Developed community relations initiative: regular on-background calls with community leaders to build trust, 100% coverage of Community Board 9 meetings, social media training for reporters.
• Planned short & long-term staff coverage of 8-12 articles a week. Edited copy daily.
• Wrote 6-7 stories per semester on housing, education, public health, local politics.

New York, New York, United States

• Wrote 3-6 stories per semester (including breaking, spot, enterprise, and investigative) with a focus on racial/socioeconomic disparities in West Harlem. Managed reporting for 4-6 staffers per month.
• Broke news of Columbia’s quiet eviction of the historic Red Balloon preschool. My reporting was followed by multiple protests and national/citywide coverage from the New Yorker, CBS News, NY1.
• Investigated City negligence of public housing by testing water/paint for lead in 20 apartment units.

New York, New York, United States

Wrote spot news and enterprise stories on local politics, education, public health inequities.

• Wrote 8 breaking and enterprise articles on U.S. news, global press freedom, and censorship or harassment of the press for an international broadcasting network.

Los Gatos, California, United States

• Investigated alleged “rape culture” on local high school football team at the height of the Bay Area #MeToo movement.
• Interviewed football captains, players, and coaches; alumni; student survivors of sexual assault.
• Worked with Patch editors to edit, fact-check copy, and ensure fulfillment of journalistic standards and ethics.

Palo Alto, California, United States

• Wrote 5 stories on local news, arts, and sports in the Stanford/Palo Alto community.

Bachelor'S Degree, Urban Studies

Coursework: housing equity, urban ethnography, climate science, sustainable development, narrative nonfiction.

Middle East Studies

• Five-month study abroad in Amman, Jordan. • Arabic language coursework (MSA, Jordanian dialect, and media Arabic) with the Council on.