Experience

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  ACLU of South Carolina

  • Director of Communications

    • Jul 2023 - Present

    Fighting to win in the court of public opinion while my colleagues fight in the courts, legislature, and community.

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  Blackbaud

  • Charleston, South Carolina, United States

  • Senior Technical Writer

    • Jul 2019 - Jun 2023
    • Charleston, South Carolina, United States

    Working with multiple developer teams to create interactive help documents, tutorials, videos, and community content.

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  Freelance Editing & Writing

  • Freelancer

    • 2008 - May 2023

    Published in The Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post, New Republic, Jacobin, Huffington Post, Al Jazeera America, Paste, Patrol, and Free Times (Columbia, S.C.)

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  The Post and Courier

  • Charleston, South Carolina Area

  • Education Reporter

    • Sep 2015 - May 2019
    • Charleston, South Carolina Area

    Journalist covering K-12 and higher education statewide. Parenting columnist. No. 1 education beat reporter and No. 1 columnist in the state (SC Press Association). Part of a team that produced "Minimally Adequate," an investigation of systemic failures in education, which won the Eddie Prize from the Education Writers Association.

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  Charleston City Paper

  • Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

  • Staff Writer

    • Jun 2011 - Sep 2015
    • Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

    Multitasked on every local news beat. Two-time Journalist of the Year (S.C. Press Association, Weekly Division). Best Feature Story (Association of Alternative Newsmedia) for a profile of an Iraq war veteran receiving MDMA-assisted therapy.

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  The Post and Courier

  • Charleston, South Carolina Area

  • Summer metro intern

    • May 2009 - Jul 2010
    • Charleston, South Carolina Area