Resume
Experience
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
New York, NY
June 2023 - Present
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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
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Designs and builds every newsletter and writes breaking news analyses in addition to editing each day’s articles
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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
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Wrote hundreds of stories on the economy that spanned a range of topics including inflation, student debt, and unemployment
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Wrote breaking news, second-day analyses, and longer features about the economy with a focus on financial precarity
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Ran several franchises for the economy desk, including ones on Medicare and Social Security as well as Gen Z’s Great Resignation
AUDIENCE INTERN
June 2021 - Nov. 2021
WORLD & POLITICS INTERN
June 2020 - Nov. 2020
2020 POLITICS INTERN
June 2019 - Sept. 2019
Washington, D.C.
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Co-reported on long-term reparations database project for USA Today Opinion; wrote about the fall 2021 COVID surge
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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
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Wrote or co-wrote 41 articles on the 2020 presidential race, congressional primary elections, and national protests for racial justice
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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
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Wrote pieces for USA Today’s fact check section after extensive training through Gannett and the Poynter Institute
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Wrote or co-wrote 44 articles on the 2020 presidential race, congressional hearings, and the aftermath of the Dayton/El Paso shootings
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Long-term projects included coverage of federal budget negotiations and profiles of each presidential primary candidate
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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
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Oversaw staff of 12 student writers, photographers, and social media associates working for the College media team
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Pitched, edited, and wrote pieces about campus life, faculty research, and the university’s transition to remote learning
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Wrote and produced accompanying visual media for weekly newsletters sent to students, parents, and alumni
New York, NY
HIGHER EDUCATION OUTREACH ASSOCIATE
June 2018 - Sept. 2018
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Created relationships with – and onboarded – dozens of college partners for TurboVote in the summer of 2018
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Created TurboVote resources including the revised flagship webpage and a program rundown for current partners
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Spearheaded referral link data project, creating college voter registration strategies based on individual institutional data
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Codified new data management practices within DW's current system using Insightl.y CRM software
New York, NY
LEAD INTERN
June 2014 - Sept. 2017
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Fact checked and drafted annotated bibliographies for society research gazette published in 2015
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Digitized hundreds of of society periodicals and compiled data from The Record archive for a 2017 online geotag project
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
Washington D.C.
November 2023 - Present
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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
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Spearheading research/gathering expert input from Caribbean scholars, journalists, and community groups for the guide
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
March 2020 - June 2021
Chicago, IL
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Analyzes news items about racial and economic inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic for Dr. Patricia Posey
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Performs quantitative and qualitative research for Dr. Posey on projects related to the fringe economy
Nathaniel Rich
New York, NY
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
March 2020 - Sept. 2020
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Conducted interviews for New York Times Magazine reporter Nathaniel Rich on various projects, including a piece on Louisiana’s plan to restore its coastline
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Performed archival research and conducted interviews for projects related to police brutality in New Orleans, climate change, and genetic research
2021 COHORT MEMBER
March 2021 - June 2021
New York, NY
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Wrote a feature on police brutality and accountability in Chicago as part of a national package of stories about police violence
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Created a social strategy for the story and wrote copy for Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook
Education
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
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AP style
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Copy editing
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Fact checking
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News reporting
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Source building
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Feature writing
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Newsletter writing/editing
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Advanced in Adobe Creative Suite programs: InDesign, Photoshop, Lightoom, Audition
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Advanced in SEO tools (Semrush, Google Analytics)
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Advanced in Parse.ly
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Proficient in Microsoft Suite programs, including Excel
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Working proficiency in HTML
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Working proficiency in Tableau
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Working proficiency in WordPress
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Proficient in Stata
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Intermediate skills in AirTable
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Digital photography
Interpersonal
Social
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Public speaking
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Interviewing
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Team building
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Snapchat
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Threads
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TikTok
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Facebook
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Instagram
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Twitter
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SocialNewsDesk
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Tweetdeck
Languages
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English (native)
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Spanish (working proficiency)