Experience

PolitiFact

• United States
• Online Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• LGBTQ+ Reporter at PolitiFact

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  At PolitiFact, I focus on fact-checking online misinformation and political claims related to LGBTQ+ issues.

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2022 - Mar 2023



The 9th Street Journal

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • May 2021 - Mar 2023

  Write news stories, features, and profiles centering on Durham and NC politics. Pitch stories, report in-person, and develop community contacts. Several stories published (print and digital) in Indy Week. Write news stories, features, and profiles centering on Durham and NC politics. Pitch stories, report in-person, and develop community contacts. Several stories published (print and digital) in Indy Week.



Dewitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy

• Durham, NC

• Research Assistant to Bill Adair

  • May 2021 - Mar 2023

  Design research methods, clean and organize a fact-checking database of 18,000 claims, conduct data analysis, lead a four-person team in subject coding, and draft sections of chapters and the appendix for The Lying Project (working title) by Bill Adair. Design research methods, clean and organize a fact-checking database of 18,000 claims, conduct data analysis, lead a four-person team in subject coding, and draft sections of chapters and the appendix for The Lying Project (working title) by Bill Adair.



Duke University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Costumer

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2023

  Sew theatrical costumes for Duke productions, collaborate with peers and shop director, and use creative and technical skills. Sew theatrical costumes for Duke productions, collaborate with peers and shop director, and use creative and technical skills.



Institute for Southern Studies

• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern | Reporter for Facing South Magazine

  • Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Full-time, paid position. Published three stories in Facing South online magazine, conducted archival research, and worked with an editor and team. Third article garnered high social engagement and was republished in The Counter. Full-time, paid position. Published three stories in Facing South online magazine, conducted archival research, and worked with an editor and team. Third article garnered high social engagement and was republished in The Counter.