Reporting on rural-to-urban transformation in East Texas. In addition to my beat, I lead investigations and cover general assignments.

Writing features, regular news & analysis articles, and fact-checking as a remote correspondent for the West-South Desk. I also provided professional-quality photography to supplement my work while designing infographics for HCN's website. My stories published with HCN were syndicated in multiple state and national publications, including The Atlantic, Mother Jones, and Popular Science. Two stories went viral, bringing in roughly half-a-million views collectively. One of those articles, on the relationship between a thirsty crop and the struggling Colorado River, briefly became the top trending story on Apple News in the US.

Contributing news writer focused on features, local investigations and culture.

Provided rigorous fact-checking on over two-dozen stories while contributing online articles and a deeply reported print feature.

OSINT investigations lead focusing on civilian harm incidents in Iraqi Kurdistan. - Used advanced satellite imagery for verification and geolocation- Introduced Bellingcat's novel Instagram scraping tool to supplement investigations- Leveraged flight tracking radar to monitor military drone activity, drone hangers, and patterns of operation

Researched and published stories for London's first experiment in hyperlocal reporting. - Provided high-quality photography to accompany stories- Created and maintained calendar entries for the "about town" section

Produced local news stories, including a multi-part investigative series into policing and property development. - Pictures editor- General assignment reporter for South London's Croydon borough

My role as intern/contributor was to report from diplomatic events at foreign embassies as well as US military and government press conferences.