Recognized as a Bloomberg News “Best of the Week” reporter for coverage of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Education and Federal Communications Commission.Health ReporterCovered the Food and Drug Administration and U.S. health-care companies.• Broke news on FDA regulation, reviews and recalls of drugs and medical devices.• Wrote daily and feature stories on pharmacy-benefits management companies.• Developed extensive network of sources including FDA staff, doctors, company executives, industry analysts, academic experts and patient advocates.• Translated complex FDA documents, CDC studies, medical-journal articles and company earnings reports into plain English for investor- and consumer-oriented articles.Education ReporterCovered Obama administration’s push to overhaul the U.S. education system.• Wrote daily and feature stories on public-school initiatives including the allocation of more than $4 billion in federal stimulus grants. • Tracked debates over publicly funded charter schools and private-school vouchers.• Broke news on proposed changes to federal college loans.• Won Bloomberg “Best of the Week” awards for a profile of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and a Businessweek magazine feature on the KIPP charter schools.Technology Policy ReporterCovered the Federal Communications Commission’s oversight of the technology and telecommunications industries.• Broke news on FCC votes affecting Google, AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.• Wrote daily and feature stories on FCC reviews of mergers including AT&T’s 2006 acquisition of BellSouth and Verizon’s 2008 purchase of Alltel.• Covered the biggest U.S. government sale of mobile-phone airwaves.• Won Bloomberg “Best of the Week” awards for features on Google’s lobbying efforts and the FCC’s allocation of vacated television airwaves for wireless devices.

• Reporter, National Journal’s CongressDaily.Wrote twice-daily stories on legislation and regulations affecting the financial services,insurance, technology and telecommunications industries.• Special Correspondent, National Journal’s Technology Daily.Covered homeland security, federal information- and intelligence-sharing, military projects and government collaboration with the private sector.• Staff Correspondent, National Journal News Service.Provided in-depth daily coverage of congressional committee and floor action. Wrote magazine features for the National Journal, including a 2000 cover story on the technology gap between affluent and low-income schools.

Covered education programs, welfare legislation, labor issues and telecommunications policy.

Covered local politics and school districts as a suburban correspondent in the Bucks County bureau.