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Jersey City, NJ, US

New York, United States

Dedicated "misinformation fingerprints" reporter covering the origin and spread of political, health-related, conflict-related and other misinformation.

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

• Worked on contract as a daily editor for a startup, pilot-stage newsletter: copyedited, fact-checked, added headlines and adjusted language to make afternoon newsletter more conversational
• Independently pitched and reported magazine/newspaper stories

New York, New York, United States

• Working on the Flexible Editing Desk, copyedited online and print articles; targeted emails; daily newsletters; live briefing updates; blog posts; Instagram story slides, captions and scripts; video headlines.
• Worked on both longer-term and very tight deadlines, including with breaking news items/updates to ongoing stories
• Wrote or rewrote headlines, tweets, SEO headlines and summaries

• Directed the production of a monthly broadsheet print edition and daily online content
• Made final decisions on all content published online or in print by approving section budgets, making final rounds of edits on all stories and visual elements, redirecting focus of stories when necessary
• Hired and managed editors and reporters, plan and execute staff training sessions and team bonding events
• Continued covering local theater and reported/produced a six-part series on the labor shortage

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

• Led weekly budget meetings and ensured approx. 10 reporters were appropriately covering their beats
• Produced weekly news budget and monitored progress of reporters’ assigned stories — included planning, organizing and overseeing 2020 election coverage
• Coached reporters in developing their news articles, headlines and teases, edited them for content, style and SEO using Google collaborative tools
• Recruited, trained, and ensure reporters meet established standards; ensured successful accomplishment of assignment and payroll deadlines
• Conceptualized, introduced and began regularly writing The Traveler's COVID-19 Weekly Update, which became a weekly fixture for nearly two years
• Covered three news and lifestyles beats, maintaining source relationships formed as a reporter

Fayetteville, Arkansas Area

• Covered campus, local and state-wide news and reviewed live local theater performances
• Wrote two to three articles per week for the online edition and two to three longer articles per month for the print edition
• Reporting ranged from hard and breaking news to features, profiles and previews
• Pitch responsibilities included at least two online pitches per week and at least three print pitches per month

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

• Arkansas Covid was an independent COVID-19 data tracking and news site run by the University of Arkansas School of Journalism and Strategic Media
• Analyzed Arkansas COVID-19 data using Excel and basic R, identify trends and report and write stories delving into those trends
• Created data visualizations for social media and arkansascovid.com using Tableau and Flourish

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Copyedited and produced stories for digital and print publication, adding appropriate visual elements, embeds, etc.
• Produced articles about Arizona election audit, wildfires, and other ever-developing stories
• Wrote or edited and search engine optimized all headlines, page titles and briefs for each produced story
• During DJNF training session and weeks leading up to it, served as managing editor for the digital media cohort’s multimedia project “Back in Business”

Platte City, Missouri, United States

• Wrote, self-edited and photographed coverage of county events, city government, and the county’s four public school districts for website and weekly print edition

Master Of Science - Ms, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Stabile Investigative Program

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism, 3.942

Activities and Societies: Honors College Fellow, Dream B.I.G. Mentor, Phi Beta KappaMinor in Spanish, Degree Awarded with Highest.