Experience

Environmental Law & Policy Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Media Relations Specialist (Clean Energy)

  • Aug 2019 - Present



Law Bulletin Media

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editor, Chicago Lawyer

  • Sep 2016 - Aug 2019

  Duties included managing production of award-winning monthly trade publication covering Illinois' legal community and providing editorial assistance to sister publication the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.

• Assistant Editor, Leading Lawyers Magazine

  • Jan 2013 - Sep 2016

  Duties include editing freelancer-produced stories for trade publication covering Illinois' legal community and managing online Leading Lawyers Network database. A division of the Law Bulletin Publishing Company.



Freelance

• Freelance Writer

  • May 2002 - Aug 2019

  Past clients include WBEZ public radio, the Chicago Reader, Sun-Times Media, the Chicago Tribune, the Agence France-Presse, the Times of Northwest Indiana, Law Bulletin Media, InsideCounsel Magazine, Kellogg Magazine, Northwestern University, Northern Illinois University, Colorado State University and the ColinKurtis Agency.



Loyola University Chicago

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jul 2012 - Jul 2015

  Journalism instructor in the private university's School of Communications.



Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Operations Coordinator

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2014

  Managing editorial and news operations for Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Also acted as associate editor for the Kellogg alumni magazine. One-year contract position, extended to 15 months. Job held during sabbatical from Law Bulletin Publishing Company.



Patch.com

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Local Editor

  • Jun 2010 - Apr 2012

  Founding editor of Tinley Park Patch, local editor of Mokena Patch



Aurora Beacon-News

• Education Reporter

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2010

  Education reporter for 28,000-circulation daily newspaper in Illinois' second-largest city.



AFP

• France
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2008

  During graduate school, served as reporting intern at Agence France-Press Asia-Pacific News Division in Bangkok, Thailand.



Kane County Chronicle

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Government Reporter

  • Nov 2004 - Jan 2008

  Staff reporter for daily newspaper in Chicago's western suburbs. Work focused on Kane County government and politics, in addition to numerous general assignment, enterprise and feature stories. Starting in 2007, filled in for news editor as needed.



Chicago Tribune Media Group

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Correspondent

  • Apr 2004 - Nov 2004

  Correspondent covering suburban governments for Chicago Tribune's Northwest Bureau.