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London, United Kingdom

Cairo

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Greater New York City Area

• Reported on the November 2015 Paris attacks for Reuters • Reported on the Pope Francis visit in New York City for Univision. • Reported and wrote an investigative project about webcam child sex abuse for the NY City News Service.• Wrote about women activists in Syria for Syria Deeply. • Interviewed a survivor of the 2015 Copenhagen shootings for Poynter. Stories also appeared at City Limits, Youth Today, The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange and Voices of NY.

New York, New York

• Reported on the shootings in Chattanooga, Charleston and Lafayette. • Wrote and edited posts for “Tales from the Trail,” a blog about the presidential campaign. • Selected and distributed key stories on social media. • Also wrote personal finance stories and debate stories.

Copenhagen, Denmark

• Reporter and producer of the three­‐hour daily news program “Reporterne” (The Reporters) and the one-hour daily news debate show “Uenigheden” (The Disagreement).• Occasional host of the weekly one-hour foreign affairs Sunday show “Globus” (The Globe).• Reporter of the news shows “24syv Morgen” (24/7 Morning) and “Datolinjen” (Dateline).• Covered breaking news; Danish elections for the European Parliament; unemployment and the economy; Ukraine; Syria; and other foreign affairs.

• Covered the Organization for Security and Co-­operation in Europe (OSCE) meeting in Kiev and the protests against the Ukrainian government in December. Returned in February to cover the shootings at Independence Square, the change in government and the Russian invasion of Crimea.• Profiled the widely read Danish poet, song-writer, pianist and author Benny Andersen, whose work is included in the Danish Culture Canon; actress Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, best known for her role as journalist Katrine Fønsmark in the political drama Borgen; former Danish team handball player and world champion Camilla Andersen.• Wrote features about lifestyle, technology, food waste and culture for the weekend magazines.• Wrote stories for Kids' News, Berlingske's newspaper for children.• Broke news about Danish rebel fighters in the Syrian Civil War.

Stories included: • Interviews and photos of Syrian child refugees in Jordan for the national Danish dailyKristeligt Dagblad.• A two-­part series on hate crimes and a four-­part series on Danish youth issues for the online magazine inJour.• A travel piece about Portland, Oregon for Berlingske.

Copenhagen, Denmark

• Covered Christiansborg, the Danish parliament; the 2011 parliamentary elections; finance; and Denmark’s involvement in the Libyan War.• Live blogged during the national elections debates and about the Middle East during the Arab Spring.• Covered K-12 schools; education reform; The OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA); and inclusion of special needs students. • Wrote profiles, features, trend stories and travel pieces for the weekend magazines.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Journalism

Exchange Student

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism