Resume
WORK
VPM News
News Editor || June 2024–present
- Assigning, editing and producing daily multiplatform (web/radio/video) news stories for Central Virginia’s public media outlet
- Data visualization and editing for longer-term investigations
- Managing daily Morning Monitor email newsletter
1point21 Interactive
Data Journalist || July 2023–June 2024
- Researched and wrote data-focused blog posts with infographics and other data visualizations for legal clients
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Data Reporter || January 2022–June 2023
- Enterprise and breaking news stories for state capital daily newspaper
- Designed infographics and data visualizations
- Responsible for 11 new digital subscriptions in first month after shift in newsroom metrics
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Roy W. Howard 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
- Hosted, produced and edited the “Meet the Investigators” podcast
Capital News Service
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
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism
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
Merkle Inc.
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
Gannett Inc.
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
EDUCATION
M.J., Multiplatform Journalism, University of Maryland (December 2020)
B.A., Economics, University of Virginia (May 2014)
SKILLS
- 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
AWARDS
Virginia Press Association — 2023 Awards Contest
Bridge safety coverage — Winner, Data Journalism (Daily)
Virginia Press Association — 2022 Awards Contest
Education reporting portfolio — Winner, Data Journalism (Daily)
Society of Professional Journalists — Sigma Delta Chi Awards 2020
Nowhere to Go (Howard Center for Investigative Journalism) - Winner, Collaborative Journalism
Society of Professional Journalists DC Chapter — Dateline Awards 2021
Nowhere to Go (Howard Center for Investigative Journalism) - Winner, Online Non-Breaking News
Society of Professional Journalists — Region 2 Mark of Excellence Awards 2021
Disconnected: Students struggle with e-learning obstacles, lawmakers earmark solutions (Capital News Service) - Winner, Online News Reporting
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