Contributing reporter to the Wall Street Journal's Greater New York desk. My work has appeared also in New York Magazine, Cosmopolitan.com, Esquire.com, Vocativ, Tablet, Nerve, Nationswell, and Narratively.

• Helped lead groundbreaking not-for-profit online daily news site, the subject of a recent book about the future of local journalism — The Wired City, by Dan Kennedy. Introduced data journalism and high-quality photography to the site.• Edited feature and breaking news stories for style, clarity and accuracy. Optimized headlines to attract readers. Helped manage a community of commenters, wrangled the content management system, edited staff photos, fixed technical problems.• Filed multiple stories each day, covering city hall, cops, courts, community, policy and politics. Wrote breaking news, in-depth features and investigative reports, chart-filled data stories and smart and funny explainers.• Beat out CNN to win a national award for revealing systemic police harassment of Latinos in East Haven. My coverage led to a federal investigation, the resignation of the police chief, and criminal convictions of key cops.

• Wrote and edited human rights reports on labor conditions in garment factories worldwide. Spent several months working on-site in Sri Lanka in 2003.

• Covered a wide variety of city events with daily blogging, photo slideshows, and feature stories.