Experience

Memphis Business Journal

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Editor

  • May 2021 - Present

  Responsible for the day-to-day operations of MBJ's newsroom, including digital and print coverage.

• Data Editor and Health Care/Innovation Reporter

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2021

  Oversaw production of weekly Top 25 lists and annual Book of Lists and maintained MBJ's database of companies and sources. Planned and executed expanded list content, including writing, assigning, and editing list-related stories and translating data into infographics.Generated and wrote news stories on the health care/innovation beat, as well as on data, research, and technology. Covered St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and other major health care entities and medical device/biotechnology companies in the Memphis metro area.Collaborated on data-driven enterprise stories that analyzed business data and data-generated news. Produced immersive digital features with data story, database, and infographic components, and gathered and created digital products out of large data sets.Assisted editors and reporters with refining and enhancing stories through market knowledge and data context. Generated story ideas and news through the list research process and data analysis. Show less

• Data Editor

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2021

  Oversaw production of weekly Top 25 lists and annual Book of Lists and maintained MBJ's database of companies and sources. Planned and executed expanded list content, including writing, assigning, and editing list-related stories and translating data into infographics.Collaborated on data-driven enterprise stories that analyzed business data and data-generated news. Produced immersive digital features with data story, database, and infographic components, and gathered and created digital products out of large data sets.Assisted editors and reporters with refining and enhancing stories through market knowledge and data context. Generated story ideas and news through the list research process and data analysis. Show less

• Research Director

  • Sep 2000 - Sep 2015

  Responsible for researching the vital statistics for public and private businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities in the Memphis area for our weekly Top 25 lists and our year-end Book of Lists. Through that research, I built relationships and retained sources at more than 4,000 businesses and organizations. Starting in 2000, I researched 63 lists and now research and produce more than 100 lists and expanded list content on a variety of industries. I added a blog, the creation of online databases, and other web-related research projects to my responsibilities. Memphis Business Journal is a publication of Charlotte, N.C.-based American City Business Journals, which has 64 publications and reaches a business audience of more than 10 million readers. American City is a unit of Advance Publications Inc., which also operates Conde Nast Magazines, Parade magazine, Fairchild Publications, the Golf Digest companies, Newhouse Newspapers, and cable television interests. Show less



The University of Alabama

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 1999 - Aug 2000