Experience

The War Horse News

• United States
• Online Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & Executive Director

  • May 2015 - Present

  The War Horse is an award-winning nonprofit newsroom that publishes bulletproof reporting on the human impact of military service. The War Horse has taught 60 veterans and military family members during six writing seminars, published reporting that has influenced multiple laws, and has been awarded the prestigious Edward R. Murrow and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Journalism Awards.


George W. Bush Presidential Center
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee
• Veterans Leadership Program Scholar

  • May 2021 - Apr 2022

Institute for Nonprofit News
• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Emerging Leaders Council

  • Apr 2019 - Mar 2020


Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Shawn Brimley Fellow

  • Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

  Washington, District Of Columbia



Viking Books

• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Author of Shooting Ghosts

  • May 2015 - Sep 2017

  "A courageous breaking of the code of silence to seek mental health for veterans and the war-scarred." — Kirkus Reviews



The New York Times

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Multimedia Team Leader

  • Nov 2011 - Sep 2017

  Sourced and reported front-page investigation about a U.S. Marine veteran who fought ISIS alongside the Kurdish Peshmerga. Reporting featured on the NYT homepage, U.S. and Politics, NYT Videos, and in the print edition of the International New York Times. Additional bylines on NYT Lens, At War, and NYT Opinion.



Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investigative Reporter

  • Mar 2017 - Mar 2017

  Published multiple-award-winning investigation into pandemic sexual exploitation across the Defense Department. Within six weeks, non-consensual pornography became illegal in the military.



The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ochberg Fellow

  • Jan 2017 - Jan 2017

  New York, New York



Atlantic Council

• United States
• International Affairs
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Nonprofit Leadership Fellow

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2016

  Washington, District Of Columbia



Vanity Fair

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Features Writer & Multimedia Team Leader

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2016

  Team leader for an award-winning multimedia reporting project exploring the untold story of the recovery of the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient. The project was recognized by the Society for Features Journalism.



Carey Institute for Global Good

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Logan Non-Fiction Fellow

  • Apr 2016 - May 2016

  Rensselaerville, New York



Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Toni Stabile Investigative Reporting Fellow

  • 2014 - 2015

  New York, United States



The Daily News

• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Military Reporter

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2014

  Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States Print reporter for award-winning series exploring the effects of government sequestration and its impact on the military mental health care system. The investigation found that the large number of government mental health care workers furloughed was having a dramatic and harmful impact on service members access to mental health resources. Following publication and the attention of a Congress, the Secretary of Defense exempted mental health workers from the furlough, returned them to work, and… Show more Print reporter for award-winning series exploring the effects of government sequestration and its impact on the military mental health care system. The investigation found that the large number of government mental health care workers furloughed was having a dramatic and harmful impact on service members access to mental health resources. Following publication and the attention of a Congress, the Secretary of Defense exempted mental health workers from the furlough, returned them to work, and restored treatment of personnel back to full capacity across the Department of Defense. Show less



United States Marine Corps

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Infantry Squad Leader

  • Aug 2003 - Dec 2012

  Purple Heart recipient with nearly 10 years of honorable service as a Non-Commissioned Officer. Deployments to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and Fallujah, Iraq.