Education Reporter | Chalkbeat | Detroit, MI | Sept. 2021 - Dec. 2023
- Reported comprehensively on the Detroit Public Schools Community District, Michigan's largest K-12 district with 50,000 students, highlighting key educational developments as students, educators and families navigated the return to in-person learning following COVID shutdowns.
A collaborative
investigation into federal COVID relief fund spending practices by Michigan school districts as well as
an article that overviewed Detroit's contemporary challenges with student absenteeism won multiple regional awards through the Society of Professional Journalists - Detroit Chapter.
Vermont Identity Reporter | Burlington Free Press | Burlington, VT| Oct. 2019 - Aug. 2021
- Covered critical issues related to demographics and affordability, including student activism, the affordable housing crisis in Vermont's most populous county, and the challenges faced by unemployed and houseless Vermonters during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Media Lab Intern | New England Public Radio
| Springfield, MA | May 2018 - Sept. 2019
- I co-taught youth digital media programs with high school students during the academic year and over the summer, instructing youth on radio/television production, media literacy and professional development.
SKILLS
- Public records
- Data visualization
- R
- Excel
- SEO optimization
- Photography
- Adobe Suite
- Breaking news
HONORS & AWARDS
- Kapor Foundation Research Fellowship, 2024
- Society for Professional Journalists - Detroit chapter (SPJ Detroit) Digital Collaborative Coverage Award, 2023
- Society for Professional Journalists - Detroit chapter (SPJ Detroit) Digital Education Reporting Award, 2023
- ProPublica Emerging Reporter Fellowship, 2019
EDUCATION
BA, Afro-American Studies and Journalism | University of Massachusetts Amherst | May 2019