FREELANCE WORK
I write regular industry articles for Take Command Health, a leading platform for professionals and small business owners who want to make the most of new health insurance products. Here's one example: "How 2021 ACA Premiums Changes Will Affect the HRA Marketplace"
I also do regular freelance work for the hyper-local outlet Charlottesville Tomorrow, and am looking for ways to continue reporting on healthcare and education across the American South.
Recent Charlottesville Tomorrow stories have included an explainer of the University of Virginia's plans to test returning students and coverage of its plans to dedicate 1,500 beds to quarantine and isolate students if necessary.
EDITORIAL WORK
As an assistant city editor in the Daily Progress' newsroom, I guided daily and long-term decisions about coverage. On day shifts, I edited copy and ensured that assignments, submissions and online presentation were running smoothly. During night shifts, I also wrote headlines, cutlines, chose wire copy and signed off on the final print product.
DAILY BREAKING NEWS, ENTERPRISE AND FEATURES REPORTING
During my two years as a health and higher education reporter, I reported on fallout from white supremacist rallies, institutional turnover at the University of Virginia, and efforts to increase diverse enrollment. My reporting contributed to policy changes and adjustments, including UVa's decision to stop suing and increase assistance for low-income people struggling to pay medical bills; its decision to extend in-state tuition and aid to DREAMers; and its decision to increase the minimum wage for low-income employees. My reporting won awards from the Virginia Press Association and the Virginia Association of Trial Lawyers.
THE DAILY PROGRESS
"UVa to repay KKK donation by helping cover costs for rally's injured," The Daily Progress, 9/14/17
"Harvard dean promises to lead UVa with the power of reason," The Daily Progress, 9/15/17
"Caught in the coverage gap: Premiums spike in Central Virginia," The Daily Progress, 11/11/17
"Sullivan reflects on her tenure at UVa," The Daily Progress, 7/28/18
"Anger, distrust linger at UVa one year after rally," The Daily Progress, 8/5/18
"Activists arrested outside Albemarle School Board meeting," The Daily Progress, 8/30/18
"Rally had minor impact on UVa admissions as UVa addresses financial needs and its own history," The Daily Progress, 12/8/18
"Finding segregated UVa Hospital’s ‘hidden nurses'," The Daily Progress, 2/3/19
"Local scientists’ work part of first image of black hole" The Daily 4/10/19
"At UVa, a push to do more for those without DACA status" The Daily Progress, 4/28/19
"Opening the door for other first-generation students" The Daily Progress, 5/18/19
"Early decision returns to UVa's admissions process" The Daily Progress, 5/29/19
"A chance to care: First compassionate care program in state offers inmates hope" The Daily Progress, 6/6/19
"UVa begins projects to find, contact descendents of enslaved workers" The Daily Progress, 7/18/19
"UVa promises changes after report on medical debt collection" The Daily Progress, 9/10/19
FAVORITE PAST WORK
"In Homecoming parade, racial justice advocates take different paths," The Columbia Missourian, 10/10/15
"Loftin resigns as chancellor, effective end of the year," The Columbia Missourian, 11/9/15
"Part-time professors: Academia's 'working poor' juggle duties, expectations," The Columbia Missourian, 3/18/16
"Total solar eclipse offers small towns a tourism boom -- if they can get ready," The Kansas City Star, 7/13/16
"Imperiled Girl Scout camps being rescued from closure in Missouri," The Kansas City Star, 8/18/16
"A 'radical form of resistance': MU activists on looking back and moving forward," The Columbia Missourian, 11/6/16
"Bates-Hendricks: a neighborhood in transition" The Indy Star, 6/26/17
"'That fence has got to go': East side residents share hopes for prison site" The Indy Star, 7/25/17
INTERACTIVES AND GRAPHICS
In addition to writing, I have supplemented my reporting with interactive timelines and graphics. I'm interested in using data and visual storytelling to engage readers and display information in a variety of ways.
"Caught in the Coverage Gap" The Daily Progress, 11/11/17
"Delta Upsilon Timeline" The Columbia Missourian, 10/14/16
I've created a variety of interactive and print graphics to accompany stories. Some accompany hard news stories, like this graphic built with Tableau that accompanied a story about the decreasing amount of state funding for higher education.
Others, like this graphic, accompanied breakdowns of stories and added visual interest to a story.
SIDE HUSTLE
In addition to journalism, I write short stories, fiction and creative nonfiction. One of my short stories, "A Message," was published by Epiphany this year, and received the PEN America Emerging Writers Award.