JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Associate producer/Digital content producer
WBNS-10TV, TEGNA, inc.  |  Aug. 2019 - present

  • Launched 10TV's new weekday morning show, Wake Up CBUS morning show, and its newsletter

  • Led the charge in content marketing for enterprise reporter stories and special projects

  • Produced a two-hour live stream special for the 2022 midterm election and created multiple breakout articles and voter's guide

metro student correspondent
akron beacon journal  |  jan 2018 - May 2019

  • Researched, reported and wrote stories on metropolitan Akron and Summit and Portage counties

  • Contributed and reported on breaking news, including a Kent State professor charged with lying to the FBI 

  • Researched and assisted with in-depth and investigative reporting

News Intern/Producer
89.7 WKSU, NPR Member station  |  jan 2018 - may 2019

  • Produced scripts for hosts and wrote stories for the online  platform

  • Contributed to the coverage of the 2018 election in Ohio 

  • Contributing to investigative and data reporting on environmental issues in Ohio, including water testing in public schools

Fellow
Carnegie-knight news21  |  jan 2018 - AUG 2018

  • Worked with 37 other fellows, executive editors Jacqueline Petchel and Len Downie Jr. and ProPublica's Documenting Hate initiative to report on hate crimes in America

  • Researched and reported on law enforcement's role in hate crime reporting and the climate of hate in America

  • Shot and edited video on Adobe Premiere Pro and recorded and edited audio on Adobe Audition

  • Won an Editor and Publisher award for Best College/University Investigative Documentary Report

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2023 Kiplinger Fellowship in Covering Political Discourse and Saving Democracy

  • 2022 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Award - Second Place, Best Digital Presence

  • 2021 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors - Best Digital Project

  • 2021 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Award - Second Place, Best Digital Presence

  • Robert G. McGruder Student Diversity Award

  • Online Journalism Association, Pro-Am Student Award

  • Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award

  • Student Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence - Digital Reporting

  • NABJ Salute to Excellence for Digital Media - Best Use of Multimedia - Graduate

  • Editors and Publishers EPPY Award, Best College/University Investigative/Documentary Report

  • BEA Festival of the Arts, First Place in Long-form Video

EDUCATION

Kent State University, Kent, OH (Bachelor of Science) | May 2019

Majored in Journalism with a focus on broadcast, audio and digital

SKILLS

AP Stylebook, Digital planning, Social Search, Audience Engagement, Investigative Reporting, Social Media, Product Development, innovative storytelling, adobe premiere, adobe photoshop, flourish