PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

INTERIM ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR
KUOW Public Radio | Seattle, WA | June 2022 — Present
• Manage a team of four journalists.
• Develop and support all digital manifestations of KUOW’s regional news coverage, including kuow.org, social media accounts, and podcasts.
• Help plan daily and long-term news coverage.
• Edit and publish stories appearing on kuow.org.
• Report and write original stories for kuow.org.
• Oversee an inter-newsroom partnership between KUOW and The Seattle Times.
• Help launch and edit new digital products, including a daily news blog and daily newsletter.
• Plan and edit posts for KUOW’s Instagram and Twitter accounts.
• Establish and update web publishing policies and guidelines.
• Collaborate across departments to support the editorial, functional, and aesthetic aspects of KUOW’s web coverage.
DEPUTY ONLINE MANAGING EDITOR
KUOW Public Radio | Seattle, WA | February 2022 — June 2022
• Work alongside the Online Managing Editor to develop and support all digital manifestations of KUOW’s regional news coverage, including kuow.org, social media accounts, and podcasts.
• Help plan daily and long-term news coverage.
• Edit and publish stories appearing on kuow.org.
• Report and write original stories for kuow.org.
• Plan and edit social media posts for KUOW accounts.
• Fill in for the Online Managing Editor as needed.
ONLINE EDITOR/PRODUCER
KUOW Public Radio | Seattle, WA | January 2020 — January 2022
• Pitch and report original stories for kuow.org.
• Edit and publish stories filed by reporters for kuow.org.
• Write SEO friendly headlines and deks.
• Manage the KUOW Twitter account, driving traffic to stories on kuow.org.

EMERGING JOURNALIST FELLOW
Cascade Public Media | Seattle, WA | January 2019 — December 2019
- Pitch and report original stories covering K-12 education in Seattle and Washington state for crosscut.com and kcts9.org.
- Balance a range of weekly enterprise pieces, daily stories, and long-term investigations.
- Help write SEO friendly headlines and deks, and produce story pages in the CMS.

SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM REPORTING INTERN
YES! Magazine | Seattle, WA | August 2018 – January 2019
- Pitch and report stories that investigate and explain solutions that address core problems at the intersections of social justice, economic equity, civil liberties, and health and wellness.
- Format and upload stories for the web, using SEO to increase page views and boost content engagement.

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
WLWT-TV | Cincinnati, OH | June 2017 – July 2018
- Floor directed live newscasts and managed the studio floor.
- Assisted assignment editors, digital editors, and producers with newsgathering and writing.

REPORTER INTERN
The Cincinnati Herald | Cincinnati, OH | February – October 2017
- Covered news relevant to black community issues and interests, including the second murder trial of former University of Cincinnati Police officer Ray Tensing with front-page articles, live tweets, video streaming, and breaking news updates on social media.
- Helped develop and implement strategies to increase the paper’s digital and social media presence.
AWARDS
Ohio SPJ Awards
I won awards in 2018 and 2019 in the Best Criminal Justice and Best Investigative Reporting categories, respectively.
Cincinnati SPJ Awards
I was a finalist in the 2019 Best Education Story category.
FIRE Diversity Fellowship
I was awarded a grant by the Freelance Investigative Reporters and Editors (FIRE) Virtual Newsroom, a fiscally sponsored project of IRE, to attend a training workshop for investigative reporters.
Elsa Heisel Sule Foundation Scholarship
I was awarded this merit-based undergraduate scholarship for students majoring in fields related to communications and the arts.
University of Cincinnati Journalism Honors Seminar
I was one of thirteen students chosen to study abroad in Havana, Cuba during the spring 2017 semester.
SKILLS
// PROFESSIONAL
Investigative Reporting
Digital Journalism
News Leadership
Breaking News Reporting
Enterprise Reporting
Multimedia Storytelling
Video Editing
News Judgment
Meeting Deadlines
Research & Fact-Checking
AP Style
Social Media
// SOFTWARE
WordPress
Google Sheets
Adobe Creative Cloud
EDUCATION
BA, Honors – Journalism
Academic Minor – Spanish
University of Cincinnati
2014 – 2017