Resume

WORK

Data Reporter || January 2022–present

Reporting on data-focused stories on education, business and politics for state capital’s daily newspaper
Collaborating with reporters from state and metro desks to report larger enterprise stories
Creating static and interactive data visualizations for print and web presentations

Editorial Fellow || January 2021–December 2021

Part of the Pandora Papers investigation team: analyzing data from leaked records of offshore financial structures, reporting on notable account holders from the world of sports and entertainment, and fact checking stories about holdings of political leaders
Oversaw all aspects of the “Meet the Investigators” podcast: writing and fact checking scripts, interviewing guests, recording narration/audio transitions, mixing and editing all audio
Member of the inaugural Roy W. Howard Fellowship class

Data and Graphics Reporter || September 2020–December 2020

Data analysis and infographic design for stories from Annapolis and Washington bureaus of student newsroom
Covered 2020 presidential election using historical and real-time election data

Data Reporter/Graphics Designer || June 2020–August 2020

Built Python scrapers to download eviction data from county court websites
Wrote R scripts to analyze data and find racial disparities in evictions during COVID-19 pandemic
Created infographics and produced stories for multi-school investigative reporting project on COVID-19’s effect on evictions and homelessness

Senior Specialist, Media Services || October 2017-July 2019
Specialist, Media Services || June 2015-September 2017

Managed over $7 million in display/paid social advertising spend for clients primarily in retail sector
Annual contributor to award-wining Digital Bowl report, analyzing digital ad efforts of Super Bowl TV advertisers, 2016–2019
Interviewed prospective candidates and trained new hires

Editorial Consultant || August 2014-April 2015
Summer In-Residence Fellow || June 2014-July 2014

Developed mobile trivia game based on current events as part of summer fellowship program
Continued to develop project after conclusion of summer program, writing daily quiz questions and editing questions written by freelancers for mobile app during testing phase

M.J., Multiplatform Journalism, University of Maryland (December 2020)
B.A., Economics, University of Virginia (May 2014)

Data analysis: Excel, R, SQL, basic experience with Python for web scraping
Data visualization: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Carto, Datawrapper, Flourish, QGIS
Podcasting: Adobe Audition, hosting and producing/editing podcasts
Web development: HTML, CSS
Writing/communication: Translating data for non-technical audiences, AP Style, public records requests, fact checking, copy editing

Nowhere to Go (Howard Center for Investigative Journalism) - Winner, Collaborative Journalism

Nowhere to Go (Howard Center for Investigative Journalism) - Winner, Online Non-Breaking News

Disconnected: Students struggle with e-learning obstacles, lawmakers earmark solutions (Capital News Service) - Winner, Online News Reporting

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