Experience

EducationNC

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporting and Engagement Fellow

  • Jul 2021 - Present



The Daily Tar Heel

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editor-in-Chief

  • Apr 2020 - May 2021

• City & State Editor

  • Aug 2018 - Apr 2020

  - Emphasized the paper’s role in local news by launching a weekly newsletter to engage the desk’s local audience called The OC Report, which has grown 125% since January 2019.- Spearheaded Tar Heels Vote, a project using multimedia and community engagement to create a student-led agenda for 2020 elections coverage. Partnered with a student organization to hold a town hall on campus, and then expanded the project into a statewide collaboration between six student newsrooms, the first of its kind in the state.- Led a staff of 25 writers and two assistant editors by assigning stories, editing for grammar and content and guiding staffers through live tweeting meetings and using public records.Used InDesign to layout print pages under deadline pressure.- Managed the desk’s Twitter and wrote breaking news stories.- Promoted after reporting on higher ed and state government for one year.



EducationNC

• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engagement Fellow

  • May 2020 - Jul 2020

  - Reported and used Audition to produce the podcast series “Interrupted,” about student and educator perspectives on school/college reopening and how higher education could change. - Reported on the State Board of Education and its policies for schools reopening, curriculum changes and early childhood reading. - Utilized ReachNC to create surveys for engagement journalism. - Crafted creative daily social media posts for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Helped develop an engagement strategy and workflow for Instagram. - Used Google Analytics to compile metrics for the website.



The Charlotte Observer

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Metro Intern

  • May 2019 - Jul 2019

  - Pitched and reported on the local government and policy beat, covering the annual budget process and features, and often had to take my own photos and videos. - Pitched and used Audition to edit and produce a podcast project to add context to the newspaper’s popular and controversial stories. - Collaborated with other reporters on larger enterprise projects, including an article about asylum denial rates in Charlotte’s immigration court. - Attended workshops to improve skills in areas including SEO optimization, research, criminal justice reporting and data journalism.



Chapel Hill Magazine/Durham Magazine

• Publishing

• Editorial Intern

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  - Produced timely and creative content weekly, from social media posts on the magazine’s accounts to blog posts and articles. - Checked facts and copy edited all content for monthly print production. - Reviewed design layout to create a smooth flow of information. - Produced timely and creative content weekly, from social media posts on the magazine’s accounts to blog posts and articles. - Checked facts and copy edited all content for monthly print production. - Reviewed design layout to create a smooth flow of information.