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Daytona Beach, Fl, Us

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

Revise and shape daily articles and larger investigations published on InSight Crime’s flagship website and direct coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean; analyze trends and patterns on transnational organized crime by surveilling media and interviewing security officials, civil society leaders, and academics; write articles that provide critical context on drug trafficking, human smuggling, money laundering, violence and other organized crime-related issues; manage reporting team in a dozen Latin American countries.

Daytona Beach, Florida, United States

Performed data reporting, including an investigation that tracked how $500,000 was funneled into a single local government race through limited liability corporations; reported from remote western Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, and produced a package of stories that won two state awards on locally led aid efforts in the absence of federal help; investigated a $300 million dorm-building deal at a historically black college that was rife with red flags, alleged kickbacks and probable fraud – now the focus of ongoing lawsuits; lead writer on breaking news events, including hurricanes, plane crashes and opioid deaths

San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Wrote for national readership in a style that is concise, clear, and held to the strictest standards of accuracy; produced breaking news briefs in less than 20 minutes and then longer stories within hours under intense deadline pressure; researched complex legal and political issues affecting Texas, including the highly charged topics of Central American migration, family detention and border security, often using FOIA requests.

El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras

Wrote for and photographed stories for various newspapers and think tanks, including The Christian Science Monitor, InSight Crime, Global Post, Tico Times and others; provided expert insight on issues related to defense, public security, human rights, education, political trends and elections, much of which was read by stakeholders in the region; conducted interviews in Spanish

Germany

Covered Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, the trauma hub for U.S. troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, and broke national stories on medical advancements and injury trends; found ways to make complex scientific topics, such as brain injuries from blasts and research on post-traumatic stress disorder, pertinent and accessible; embedded with two Army units in Iraq.

-Produced all flash content and videos for the Moonlight Murders series-Shot and edited video that won first place in NPPA multimedia contest-Spearheaded package for the Daytona 500, which comprised slideshows, videos and blog entries-Wrote Sunday story and produced short documentary on a former meth addict turned pastor

-Kept atop breaking news in a two-county area the size of Rhode Island-Cultivated sourced beyond police flacks and broke stories before the competition on weekends and nights-Wrote award-winning Sunday enterprise stories on topics such as the oldest unsolved local murder case, a marijuana mogul, an unrepentant prostitute and indentured Jamaican maids at the largest hotel chain

Bachelor'S Degree, Radio, Television, And Digital Communication

B.S., Television, Radio And Film