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Chicago, IL, US

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Cover Arlington with a focus on the city’s rapid redevelopment and changing communities. Produce daily and enterprise stories for radio and digital. Fill in for local newscast hosts.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Covered city hall and community issues for the paper of record. Rebuilt community trust in a publication that went without an Arlington reporter for a couple years.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Reported for digital and broadcast on impeachment proceedings and sustainability for the news division of Arizona PBS. Contributed daily and enterprise material on issues ranging from immigration and border security to federal regulations on light bulbs. Photographed and contributed video to coverage of Climate Strike D.C., a branch of worldwide climate.

Phoenix, Arizona

Served as a Don W. Reynolds Fellow for "State of Emergency," News21's in-depth look into federal disaster response, recovery and aid. My work centered around contractors' roles in mitigation and building codes' roles in disaster. Reported visually on the toll of building in wildfire-prone areas in rural San Diego and community efforts to prevent.

Lima Province, Peru

Reported on Peru's influx of skilled Venezuelan workers in a largely informal economy for a long-form story on Arizona PBS/Cronkite News' website. Researched extensively the history of Peru, Venezuela and the largest diaspora the Western Hemisphere has seen in modern history. Interviewed over 20 sources over five months for production.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Contributed history of deep web markets for Army Research Office-sponsored research into a Subreddit's collective problem-solving during the July 2017 shutdown of Alphabay. Composed a catalog of 2000+ journalism instructors and professors and related articles for research into journalism pedagogy. Organized a catalog of nonprofit websites for research into.

Lafayette, Louisiana Area

Generated and produced news and features stories for The Advocate's publications in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Acadiana. I spent 2016-2017 working out of the paper's Acadiana bureau handling general assignment and community development stories. After May 2017, I picked up stories during and after my digital internship around Acadiana and Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Managed front pages, SEO and headlines for The Advocate's publications across south Louisiana. Broke news and worked with reporters to coordinate online and social media protocol for breaking news and special event coverage. Oversaw social media on Facebook and Twitter through TweetDeck and Buffer. Facilitated push notifications and edited photos, videos.

Managed a 30-person staff during production nights, as well as workflow for copy editing, page layout and planning for the week ahead. Trained a news staff of seven to cover everything from campus events to investigative reports.

Redesigned thevermilion.com and its content posting and social media strategies. Webbed up headlines and copy for SEO and multimedia assets.

Lafayette, Louisiana Area

Reported on enterprise-level stories for publication in alt-monthly magazine and daily stories for The Independent's website. Stories ranged from community profiles to business and industry developments in a city fueled by the natural gas industry.

Master Of Mass Communication, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Graduate Assistant

Bachelor’S Degree, Mass Communications — Journalism

Activities and Societies: UL Honors College, The Vermilion Student Newspaper, Student Leadership Council, Society of Professional.