Digital-first, audience-focused manager of a multimedia team of reporters, editors and freelancers who cover breaking news and produce investigative, narrative and enterprise work. AssociationsOnline News AssociationSociety of Professional Journalists Atlanta Press ClubSociety for Features Journalism Academy of Women Leaders Junior League of Cobb-MariettaHonorsGeorgia Associated Press Media Editors: Story of the yearGeorgia Associated Press Media Editors: First place, sportswriting Georgia Associated Press Media Editors: First place, feature writing Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence: Finalist, feature writing Outstanding Individual Contribution Award: Women In Film & Television AtlantaYWCA of Northwest Georgia’s Tribute to Women of Achievement Georgia Trend's 40 Under 40I've represented the AJC during appearances on the BBC, CNN, HLN, MSNBC, CNBC, Inside Edition, WABE and GPB (local NPR affiliates) B 98.5 FM, 92.9 FM, 95.5 FM/750 AM News Talk WSB, News Radio 106.7, 1160 AM and 1690 AM, along with Decatur Book Festival and SCAD Atlanta community events. I've been a panelist at the UGA Terry College of Business Professional Entertainment and Sports Association Summit and the Georgia Children’s Advocacy Network forum, "Kids and the “Screen World.” I have guest-lectured at Emory University, served as a fellow at Washington and Lee University's Institute on Journalism Ethics, led training on digital skills at NABJ and the Society for Features Journalism and served as a presenter at the PodAbility podcasting conference.