Experience

PolitiFact

• United States
• Online Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Editor

  • Mar 2020 - Present

• Contributing editor

  • Oct 2018 - Mar 2020



Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard

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

• Freelance Writer / Nieman Affiliate

  • Aug 2018 - Mar 2020

  Participating as an affiliate in the 10-month Nieman Fellowship program at Harvard, where my spouse is a Nieman Fellow. I am auditing classes and participating in the Nieman programming while also managing freelance work as a writer and editor. Participating as an affiliate in the 10-month Nieman Fellowship program at Harvard, where my spouse is a Nieman Fellow. I am auditing classes and participating in the Nieman programming while also managing freelance work as a writer and editor.



University of New Orleans

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Publications and Communications Manager

  • Sep 2015 - Jul 2018

  Produced news stories and features for University website. Planned, edited and oversaw the production of Silver & Blue, the university’s bi-annual magazine for alumni, students and friends. Initiated and oversaw a magazine redesign within my first year. Managed the University’s main social medial channels -- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn -- all of which enjoyed increases under my tenure. Produced news stories and features for University website. Planned, edited and oversaw the production of Silver & Blue, the university’s bi-annual magazine for alumni, students and friends. Initiated and oversaw a magazine redesign within my first year. Managed the University’s main social medial channels -- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn -- all of which enjoyed increases under my tenure.



NOLA.com

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Health care reporter

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2015

  Covered health care at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune, a digital-first newsroom. Exposed Louisiana hospitals’ practice of billing rape victims for their forensic medical exams, prompting the governor to issue two executive orders and state lawmakers to pass legislation reforming how sex assault victims are treated. Other work included a focus on mental health, patient safety and a hospital fungal outbreak that contributed to the deaths of five children. Also chronicled the intimate journey of a group of women from across the U.S. who returned to Louisiana to report sexual abuse they say happened to them while residents at New Bethany Home for Girls, a now- closed religious reform school in north Louisiana that was open for 30 years despite multiple investigations into its activities.



The Lens

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media

• Charter School Reporting Corps Editor

  • Dec 2012 - Jun 2013

  Edited and coordinated the Charter School Reporting Corps for New Orleans’ first independent, nonprofit news site. Oversaw 16+ freelancers charged with reporting on 42 charter school boards that governed the city’s then-73 public charter schools. In my short time, raised the journalistic standard of the work, largely produced by citizen journalists. Also mentored those who were more experienced as they tackled more complicated stories. Edited and coordinated the Charter School Reporting Corps for New Orleans’ first independent, nonprofit news site. Oversaw 16+ freelancers charged with reporting on 42 charter school boards that governed the city’s then-73 public charter schools. In my short time, raised the journalistic standard of the work, largely produced by citizen journalists. Also mentored those who were more experienced as they tackled more complicated stories.



Tampa Bay Times - Times Publishing Co

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • May 2003 - Aug 2012

  Garnered a reputation at Florida’s largest newspaper as a versatile, go-to reporter, adept at covering education, crime, courts, state and local politics, hurricanes, human interest and more. While writing about K-12 education, I delved into taxes, homeschoolers, school board elections and school grades. I spent five years covering crime in the paper’s fast-paced Tampa office. I explored the workings and claims of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing state virtual school. Spent almost two weeks in New Orleans covering Hurricane Katrina and later became the Times’ point person for related coverage, including some spot news on the BP Oil Spill.



Press-Register

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• K-12 Education Reporter

  • Aug 2000 - May 2003

  Covered the state’s largest school system for a 100,000-circulation daily newspaper. Wrote extensively about racially-tinged funding issues as voters prepared to decide whether to approve the first property tax increase in Mobile County since before integration. Launched an ongoing series examining the impact of No Child Left Behind on individuals and communities. Covered the state’s largest school system for a 100,000-circulation daily newspaper. Wrote extensively about racially-tinged funding issues as voters prepared to decide whether to approve the first property tax increase in Mobile County since before integration. Launched an ongoing series examining the impact of No Child Left Behind on individuals and communities.



Charleston Daily Mail

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • Aug 1998 - Aug 2000

  Covered county and state educational issues for afternoon, 40,000-circulation paper ina competitive, two-newspaper capital city. Covered federal and county courts, generalassignment and cops. Covered county and state educational issues for afternoon, 40,000-circulation paper ina competitive, two-newspaper capital city. Covered federal and county courts, generalassignment and cops.