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General Assignment Reporter covering the Bay Area from Gilroy to Guerneville. Among the first reporters on the scene when the North Bay Fires stormed through Santa Rosa and surrounding communities. Proud to be part of a team that remained on the fire coverage until the threat was under control and which continues to cover the efforts to rebuild lives and businesses. Currently committed to working two days per week as a freelance contract reporter for NBC News in the Bay Area.

• Exposed serious flaws in a $100 million state IT project using insider information and supportive documents which showed managers at the California Employment Development Department ignored workers' warnings that software being developed by a private contractor was flawed and that defects were not being fixed as the company collected millions of dollars from taxpayers• Uncovered how of millions of dollars in military equipment is missing from of the Department of Defense's largest… Show more • Exposed serious flaws in a $100 million state IT project using insider information and supportive documents which showed managers at the California Employment Development Department ignored workers' warnings that software being developed by a private contractor was flawed and that defects were not being fixed as the company collected millions of dollars from taxpayers• Uncovered how of millions of dollars in military equipment is missing from of the Department of Defense's largest depots• Revealed the hidden public health violations at California hospitals and provided on line data on each health care facility where consumers can make informed decisions before choosing a hospital• Through exhaustive California Public Records Act Requests we proved that local law enforcement agencies are using NSA-type spy technology to conduct local investigations without first getting search warrants. • Held the California Supreme Court, the Administrative Office of the Courts and the California Highway Patrol accountable for using more than $20 million to provide what some say is a private driver service for California Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Justices and Associate Justices • Exposed a water treatment chemical experiment that caused high levels of known carcinogens in Sacramento's drinking water. The contact that led to the experiment is still under investigation by our team*2015 Edward R Murrow Award 'Hard News'*2015 Emmy Award, 'Investigative Series.'*2016 Emmy Award, 'Investigative Series.' Show less

Consult television news professionals on investigative reporting; from FOIA requests to database retrieval, document deciphering, interviewing techniques, broadcast surveillance and story bullet proofing.

• Helped develop and lead an expanding investigative unit exposing multiple scams, government waste and helped free an innocent man wrongfully convicted of murder • 2013 Regional Edward R, Murrow Award 'Best Newscast,' Live Reporter• 2013 Emmy, Live Reporter on Emmy Winning Team for Best Newscast• 2009 Emmy Nomination, Scott Cannon: Free At Last• 2008 Emmy Nomination, Travel Scams• 2007 Emmy Nomination, Dangerous Ground

Exposed corruption in city and federal government which helped lead to the convictions of city council members, a sitting US congressman and the removal of two top CIA administrators with ties to San Diego, showed how defense contractors polluted Southern California’s drinking water, uncovered scams leading to the convictions of multiple subjects, showed how two city managers built their own private golf course at a local landfill and knowingly allowed contractors at that same landfill to bilk… Show more Exposed corruption in city and federal government which helped lead to the convictions of city council members, a sitting US congressman and the removal of two top CIA administrators with ties to San Diego, showed how defense contractors polluted Southern California’s drinking water, uncovered scams leading to the convictions of multiple subjects, showed how two city managers built their own private golf course at a local landfill and knowingly allowed contractors at that same landfill to bilk taxpayers out of millions of dollars, demonstrated how city council members and the mayor used backroom deals to build PETCO Park at an elevated interest rate which cost taxpayers tens-of-millions of dollars, uncovered a puppy mill in Tijuana, Mexico controlled by a drug cartel, revealed how the manager of a local water district on the border with Mexico had ties to cartels in Tijuana, took viewers inside the tunnels used by cartels to sneak tons of cocaine and marijuana into the US • 2006 Emmy Award Winner, Behind Closed Doors• 2006 Emmy Award Winner, Rocket Fuel Water • 2006 1st Place Society of Professional Journalists Broken Dreams• 2006 1st Place Society of Professional Journalists: Policing The Police• 2006 1st Place Society of Professional Journalists Neighborhood House• 2006 San Diego County Taxpayers Assoc, Golden Watchdog Award• 2005 1st Place Society of Professional Journalists Best News Feature• 2005 1st Place Best of the West: Investigative Reporting• 2005 2nd Place Best of the West Series Reporting Show less

6PM Anchor Monday - Friday. Reporter specializing in long-form documentaries, Trained interns and reporters. Winner of numerous AP and Oregon Association of Broadcasters Awards. Investigation into an Islamic foundation and its leader exposed their connections to terrorism funding and to two 9-11 hijackers who were living in San Diego. Honored as Media Crime Fighter of the Year by the Crime Prevention Association of Oregon