Experience

THE WASHINGTON POST, CRIME AND COURTS REPORTER

JUNE 2021 - PRESENT

• Report on crime, law enforcement and courts in Maryland and Washington, D.C.

• Utilize regional violent crime data trends to inform and enrich enterprise and breaking news reporting

• Emphasize engagement with community members affected by crime and public safety

POLITICO MAGAZINE, EDITORIAL INTERN

JANUARY 2021 - MAY 2021

• Created enterprise stories featured as top headlines in "The Nightly" and "The Recast" newsletters

• Pitched and wrote an edition of the weekly newsletter, "Women Rule" on voting rights efforts led by Black women in Georgia

• Collaborated with multiple teams to produce "100 Days of Biden's Washington" photo essay

• Updated Politico’s vaccine tracker twice weekly with developing news

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THE WASHINGTON POST, FREELANCE REPORTER

June 2020 - DECEMBER 2020

• Reported on criticism and protest following fatal police shooting of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus, Ohio

• Landed enterprise story about Columbus wrestling with its namesake on page A3 on July 8, 2020

• Supported national desk on Election Day 2020 from Columbus

• Collaborated on "As-Told-To" project of ICU nurses' experiences during the pandemic, featured on page A1 of December 10, 2020 issue

• Documented, with a national team, first coronavirus vaccines administered in the United States

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THE OHIO STATE ALUMNI MAGAZINE, EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

August 2019 - AUGUST 2020

• Produced stories in print and digital magazine, Ohio State Insights website, osu.edu and a pilot podcast

• Wrote stories on a deadline and assisted editor-in-chief and managing editor on daily assignments

• Executed editorial plans that support Ohio State’s institutional and marketing goals

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NBC NEWS WASHINGTON, WRC-TV NEWS4 REPORTER INTERN

June 2019 - August 2019

• Developed skill, efficiency and discipline to produce 3 to 4 news package scripts in two-hour window

• Produced and edited packages, including presidential coverage, alongside Emmy Award-winning editors

• Investigated and prepared data-driven reports in tandem with special projects and consumer reports units

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THE LANTERN PUBLICATION, MANAGING EDITOR

may 2020 - may 2021

• Oversaw 21 desk editors and more than 40 reporters at Ohio State’s student-run news organization

• Edited daily stories and breaking news

• Led a team of 15 editors, reporters and photographers in collaborative project with Black x Bold magazine

• Facilitated staff effort to craft and publish a diversity and inclusion statement

SPECIAL PROJECTS EDITOR

April 2019 - APRIL 2020

• Pitched and developed long-form investigation on 5 unsolved student homicides in the University District, cases 20 years old

• Project resulted in over 4,000 reads on The Lantern’s website

• Interviewed over 20 sources for project on students from underrepresented and low-income backgrounds, composed 10 “As-Told-To” style profiles in students’ own words

• Gathered sources, conducted interviews, researched and wrote investigative, long-form pieces for Ohio State’s college newspaper

PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTER

January 2019 - APRIL 2019

• Covered the unsolved murder of an undergraduate student, resulting in over 2,000 engagements

• Investigated death of OSU alumna activist, campus residence hall burglaries and violators of OSU alcohol and drug policy

• Wrote articles on crime and safety issues concerning a campus of over 60,000 students, faculty and staff

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LANTERN TV, MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST

August 2018 - APRIL 2020

• Lead host of “The Flash,” The Lantern’s weekly social media show, reporting the top stories on Ohio State’s campus to an audience of over 4,000 followers

• Developed script, edited and produced “Lantern Lites,” a bi-weekly podcast narrating the lead stories in The Lantern newspaper and online website

Interests

Enterprise reporting
Investigative reporting

Honors and awards

First Place, Best College Feature Writing Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, September 2020

National Association of Black Journalists Acel Moore Scholarship Award, May 2020

Memorial Tournament Journalism Scholarship, May 2020

Martha S. Bosley Memorial Scholarship, April 2020

Brennan Award for Courageous Journalism, April 2019

Black Advertising & Strategic Communication Award, April 2019