My Experience

Edsource, Oakland CA. 

Senior Higher Education Reporter

  • Beat coverage includes 10-campus University of California, 23-campus California State University and 116 campus California Community College systems, college-in-prison programs

  • Reported on financial aid, postsecondary reforms, career and technical education, and workforce development

  • Participated as a Spring 2020 fellow in The Institute for Citizens & Scholars (formerly the Woodrow Wilson Foundation) Higher Education Media Fellowship where I led a project examining the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on career and technical education programs in college.

  • Led, participated, and moderated various webinars and panels on higher education issues

  • Frequent Guest host and contributor to Education Beat podcast

Inside Higher Ed, Washington D.C. 

 Higher Education Reporter

  • National reporter covering community colleges, for-profit institutions, nontraditional students, equity and graduation issues.

  • Led, participated, and moderated various webinars and panels on higher education issues.

The News-Press Media Group, Fort Myers, Fla.

PK-12 and Higher Education Reporter

  • Reporter covering pre-kindergarten to 12th grade education in Southwest Florida, including Lee, Collier, Hendry, Glades and Charlotte county school districts.

  • Beat coverage included higher education reporting on Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Southwestern State College, and other institutions in the Fort Myers-Cape Coral-Naples area.

  • Spent eight months covering Lee County (popul. 600,000), City of Fort Myers (popul. 60,000), Town of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel Island businesses, government, and politics.

The Marshfield News-Herald, Marshfield, WI

PK-12 and Higher Education Reporter

  • Reporter covering pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and higher education news in North Central Wisconsin. Beat included coverage of University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County and Mid-State Technical College.

  • Contributed news articles on high school sports in the Marshfield area.

  • Contributed business, health, and lifestyle articles in the North Central Wisconsin area

The Flint Journal, Flint, Mich.

General Assignment Reporter

  • Reporter covering news in the Flint, Western Genesee County, Shiawassee County, Owosso and Corunna areas.

USA Today, McLean, Va.

Intern

  • Writing for the "On Deadline" and "Nationline" blogs.

  • Assisted in reporting on the 2009 U.S. presidential primary

The State News, East Lansing, Mich. 

Reporter

  • Capitol beat Senior reporter covering Michigan's State Legislature

The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich. 

Intern

  • Intern for the Metro desk covering the 2004 elections.

  • Participated in the journalism apprenticeship program.

Awards & Achievements

2019

  • 4th place in Enterprise News Story or Series, California Journalism Awards

2013

  • 2nd place Beat Reporting, Florida Society of News Editors

2011

  • 1st place in Creative Use of Multimedia, Wisconsin Newspaper Association

  • 1st place in Reporting on Local Education, Wisconsin Newspaper Association

  • 1st place in Business Coverage, Wisconsin Newspaper Association

  • 3rd place in Sports News, Wisconsin Newspaper Association

  • Newspaper Association of America Minority Fellowship

July 2019-Present

March 2015-July 2019

Jan. 2012-Feb. 2015

Feb. 2009-Jan. 2012

May 2008-Jan. 2009

Jan 2008-April 2008

Aug. 2006-Dec. 2007

May-June 2004

2010

  • 1st place in Reporting on Local Education, Wisconsin Newspaper Association