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New York City Metropolitan Area

• Covers national and international brands including Nike, LVMH, Saks, Macy’s and SHEIN.
• Investigates internationally influential companies and reports on quarterly earnings. Ongoing coverage includes trade issues and human rights laws, particularly the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.

Richmond, Virginia, United States

• Covered health and education policy on topics ranging from the Youngkin administration’s school culture wars to monopolization among Virginia hospitals. Balanced enterprise reporting with the demands of a daily.
• Broke news on a federal report citing systemic failures in state’s response to special education complaints.
• Led Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)-driven coverage of Virginia’s COVID-19 response, with scoops that included the state’s early reliance on an unusable vaccine scheduling system and failure to require hospitals to.
• Recognized as Outstanding Young Journalist of the Year by the Virginia Press Association (2022).
• Wrote story on Virginia’s largest hospital system threatening to cut off thousands of state Medicaid patients from its facilities. Filed records requests with three different agencies and performed weeks of research to.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

• Reported on local and state politics in Montgomery County; covered and photographed two to three stories a day for an online news publication. Developed relationships with a wide variety of state and local officials..
• Broke news on Montgomery County’s inability to enforce more than 1,000 short-term rental violations under an un-funded local ordinance; story selected as a finalist for the 2020 LION Awards.
• Provided ongoing coverage of stories with statewide and local importance, including:- Montgomery County’s fight to add a 12th early voting site despite objections by its Republican-majority local elections board.

Frederick, Maryland, United States

• Covered news and culture in Frederick County, with an emphasis on local policy. Produced multimedia content on topics that included local news stories, arts/cultural events and restaurant reviews.
• Appeared as a host on several podcasts and provided voiceover/helped produce videos related to stories and food reviews; developed shot lists and coordinated with staff videographer. Videos won first-place awards from.
• Analyzed the long-term effects of zoning laws, including a story on density restrictions in downtown Frederick that won first place at the MDDC Press Association Awards.
• Won Best in Show in feature writing from the MDDC Awards for a story about upcoming streetwear designers in Frederick.
• Broke news about the sudden downsizing of a local arts nonprofit, which unexpectedly fired half its staff and canceled plans to convert a large building in downtown Frederick into a community studio space.
• Wrote feature pieces on Frederick’s strict noise ordinances and how they interfered with the local music scene, including efforts to establish new concert venues.

Frederick, Maryland, United States

• Reported on Fort Detrick, one of the largest Army research installations on the East Coast, and Frederick’s local health care system.
• Authored award-winning health pieces, including a special edition on opioid addiction and breaking news on a swine flu outbreak at the Great Frederick Fair.
• Cultivated sources at federal health agencies, including the National Cancer Institute, USAMRIID, and the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center.
• Accepted into the National Cancer Reporting Fellowship program by the Association of Health Care Journalists; visited the National Institutes of Health campus to learn about topics such as analyzing study results.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Covered gun violence through a public health lens; reported on the Congressional ban on gun research, firearm fatalities, and new studies from major public health institutions.
• Gained exclusive access to new research, including a landmark study on gun ownership by Harvard researchers; study results were shared between The Trace and The Guardian for a series of stories.