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New York, United States

Covering the commercial real estate debt landscape across the US with a focus private credit lenders. Producing in-depth stories and features on market movements, lender-specific strategies and emerging trends. Leading editor of Term Sheet, a newsletter published by PERE Credit featuring the week's top commercial real estate debt happenings.

New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Covering sales, marketing, product development and business strategies across the US investment management industry. Responsible for all coverage on the retirement space including TDFs, variable annuities, CITs and other long-term investment vehicles, as well as the firms offering and servicing them. Also focus on ESG investing, digital assets and private.

Syracuse, New York Area

Developed digital-first, modern homesteading magazine focusing on rural and urban sustainability. Managed team of 15 contributors to produce responsive multimedia packages. Pitched and secured funding for initial editorial term in June 2019.

Syracuse, New York Area

Recorded and edited pilot for true crime podcast. Assisted with story acquisition, sourcing and research for articles. Edited video, captured images and wrote stories on city news, culture, arts, business and lifestyle.

Syracuse, New York Area

Lead team of reporters to produce 3 in-depth podcast episodes about the local gig economy. Used Adobe Audition to mix and master 6 of the 12 episodes for the series. Trained assistant producers to proficiency with Tascam recorders, multi-microphone setups and podcast scripting.

As a freelance multimedia journalist, I have written, photographed and produced a variety of stories for publications. Most recently, I operated as a beat reporter for the greater Syracuse community, primarily reporting on labor, union and workforce news.

Syracuse, New York Area

As a designer for 20 Watts, I assisted with the redesign and subsequent release of the music-focused publication. Using the Adobe CC suite, primarily InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, I created unique spreads and layouts to fit the overall creative tone of the magazine.

Syracuse, New York Area

As the Creative Director of Medley Magazine, I curated the look, feel and overall aesthetic of the publication. I completely revamped its design and shifted the magazine toward a more photojournalistic approach during my tenure there.

Syracuse, New York Area

As an instructional assistant at Syracuse University, I worked under the direction of a professor to help run a communication law course at the S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications. I helped manage the course schedule, make adjustments to the workload as necessary and grade assignments, essays and tests.

Syracuse, New York Area

As a contributing writer at The Daily Orange, I reported, photographed and filed stories on deadline for the award-winning publication's website. My topics of coverage ranged from local concerts to arts revitalization efforts within underserved portions of the city.

Riverside, California

Riverside, California

As Managing Editor for Pursuit, CBU's campus magazine, I oversaw day-to-day operations of the publication to ensure the design, photography and content of the magazine were all coming together smoothly in a timely manner. Additionally, I wrote, shot and designed for the magazine.

Riverside, California

As the Online Managing Editor of the Banner, I furthered my role as the Website Administrator to include the assignment of stories and coordinated with the publication's adviser to publish content on a weekly basis on the newspaper's website.

Riverside, California

As Web Administrator, I orchestrated multiple websites for the department, ranging from independent projects to online publications. My primary focus dealt with populating the websites with new content and fixing any malfunctions or bugs in their operation.

Riverside, California

As the Business and Technology Editor for The Banner, I managed the section's writers, photographers and designers to ensure pages were ready for publication every print cycle. Additionally, I wrote, shot and designed in every issue of the paper within this section.

California Baptist University

As the assistant editor of the Business & Technology section of my student newspaper, I wrote, edited and managed stories in the section under the supervision of my editor.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Magazine, Newspaper And Online Journalism

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Broadcast Journalism

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi Honor Society, Minor in Marketing