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Resume

Experience

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NEWSLETTER EDITOR

New York, NY

June 2023 - Present

  • Runs SPY's daily newsletter, which reaches an audience of 300,000 readers; has significantly grown the newsletter’s open rate in six months (~15-20% to ~40-60% ), becoming the highest open rate of any Penske Media publication: e.g. 1, 2, 3

  • Designs and builds every newsletter and writes breaking news analyses in addition to editing each day’s articles 

  • Writes thoroughly-sourced yet conversational stories about culture and media through a business lens, including stock market analyses and in-depth features for both the newsletter and website 

New York, NY

JUNIOR ECONOMY REPORTER

November 2021 - June 2023

  • Wrote hundreds of stories on the economy that spanned a range of topics including inflation, student debt, and unemployment 

  • Wrote breaking news, second-day analyses, and longer features about the economy with a focus on financial precarity 

  • Ran several franchises for the economy desk, including ones on Medicare and Social Security as well as Gen Z’s Great Resignation 

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AUDIENCE INTERN

June 2021 - Nov. 2021

WORLD & POLITICS INTERN

June 2020 - Nov. 2020

2020 POLITICS INTERN

June 2019 - Sept. 2019

Washington, D.C.

  • Co-reported on long-term reparations database project for USA Today Opinion; wrote about the fall 2021 COVID surge

  • Created original content for USA Today Opinion’s newsletter and social media channels, including Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter; launched “story” posts for the Opinion desk on both Instagram and Facebook 

  • Wrote or co-wrote 41 articles on the 2020 presidential race, congressional primary elections, and national protests for racial justice 

  • Spearheaded a long-term project about USPS changes and subsequent obstacles to mail-in voting, as well as an ongoing feature about congressional primary upsets and the growing influence of QAnon on U.S. elections 

  • Wrote pieces for USA Today’s fact check section after extensive training through Gannett and the Poynter Institute 

  • Wrote or co-wrote 44 articles on the 2020 presidential race, congressional hearings, and the aftermath of the Dayton/El Paso shootings 

  • Long-term projects included coverage of federal budget negotiations and profiles of each presidential primary candidate 

  • Conducted dozens of phone interviews for Gallup/USA Today polls on the presidential election and gun control 

MANAGING EDITOR

Chicago, IL

Sept. 2019 - June 2021

  • Oversaw staff of 12 student writers, photographers, and social media associates working for the College media team

  • Pitched, edited, and wrote pieces about campus life, faculty research, and the university’s transition to remote learning 

  • Wrote and produced accompanying visual media for weekly newsletters sent to students, parents, and alumni 

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New York, NY

HIGHER EDUCATION OUTREACH ASSOCIATE

June 2018 - Sept. 2018

  • Created relationships with – and onboarded – dozens of college partners for TurboVote in the summer of 2018 

  • Created TurboVote resources including the revised flagship webpage and a program rundown for current partners

  • Spearheaded referral link data project, creating college voter registration strategies based on individual institutional data 

  • Codified new data management practices within DW's current system using Insightl.y CRM software

New York, NY

LEAD INTERN

June 2014 - Sept. 2017

  • Fact checked and drafted annotated bibliographies for society research gazette published in 2015 

  • Digitized hundreds of of society periodicals and compiled data from The Record archive for a 2017 online geotag project

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New York, NY

FREELANCER

Sept. 2016 - June 2017

Hosted student creative writing workshops at NYC public high schools for PRH’s Foundations program

Research & Special Projects

STYLE GUIDE CO-LEAD

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Washington D.C.

November 2023 - Present

  • Co-leads AAJA’s style guide project, a multi-racial coalition of journalists and experts researching and revising the AAJA’s guide (last updated in 2014) for newsrooms covering race and ethnicity   

  • Spearheading research/gathering expert input from Caribbean scholars, journalists, and community groups for the guide

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

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March 2020 - June 2021

Chicago, IL

  • Analyzes news items about racial and economic inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic for Dr. Patricia Posey 

  • Performs quantitative and qualitative research for Dr. Posey on projects related to the fringe economy

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New York, NY

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

March 2020 - Sept. 2020

  • Conducted interviews for New York Times Magazine reporter Nathaniel Rich on various projects, including a piece on Louisiana’s plan to restore its coastline 

  • Performed archival research and conducted interviews for projects related to police brutality in New Orleans, climate change, and genetic research

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2021 COHORT MEMBER

March 2021 - June 2021

New York, NY

  • Wrote a feature on police brutality and accountability in Chicago as part of a national package of stories about police violence 

  • Created a social strategy for the story and wrote copy for Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

Education

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Chicago, IL

BACHELOR OF ARTS

2017 - 2021

Majors: Political Science and English Literature 

Minor: Social Problems, Inequality, and Change

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Dean's List 2017-2021 

2020 Margaret C. Annan Memorial Prize for Fiction Award Winner

2021 Olga & Paul Menn Foundation Award Winner

Skills

Editing and reporting 

Technical

  • AP style

  • Copy editing 

  • Fact checking 

  • News reporting

  • Source building

  • Feature writing 

  • Newsletter writing/editing

  • Advanced in Adobe Creative Suite programs: InDesign, Photoshop, Lightoom, Audition

  • Advanced in SEO tools (Semrush, Google Analytics)

  • Advanced in Parse.ly 

  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite programs, including Excel 

  • Working proficiency in HTML 

  • Working proficiency in Tableau 

  • Working proficiency in WordPress 

  • Proficient in Stata

  • Intermediate skills in AirTable

  • Digital photography

Interpersonal

Social

  • Public speaking

  • Interviewing 

  • Team building

  • Snapchat

  • Threads

  • TikTok

  • Facebook

  • Instagram

  • Twitter

  • SocialNewsDesk

  • Tweetdeck

Languages

  • English (native)

  • Spanish (working proficiency) 

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