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EXPERIENCE

HOUSTON CHRONICLE • HOUSTONCHRONICLE.COM • AUSTIN, TX

Statehouse bureau at one of the largest dailies in the U.S.

Austin Bureau Reporter | March 2019 - present

  • • Reports across a wide variety of state-focused subjects, from statehouse coverage of issues that matter most to readers at papers in Houston and San Antonio to watchdog reporting on the Governor and Attorney General
  • • Serve as data resource for rest of bureau and produce my own data-driven projects
  • • Closely following some of the most competitive races the state of Texas has seen in over a decade

AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN • MYSTATESMAN.COM • AUSTIN, TX

Major daily with an emphasis on local reporting

Reporter | Sept. 2016 - February 2019

  • • Cover government and politics in Travis County (pop. 1.1M) and Hays County (pop. 176K), including sanctuary city developments that cast the area into the national spotlight
  • • Contribute to statehouse coverage and major breaking news coverage when needed, such as the Sutherland Springs and Hurricane Harvey aftermaths
  • • Handled all daytime breaking news solo on Saturdays for over a year, including countless protests following the 2016 election

LOS ANGELES TIMES • LATIMES.COM • LOS ANGELES, CA

One of the largest metros in the nation

Metpro Fellow/Reporter on Metro Desk | Nov. 2015 - April 2016

  • • Reported on general assignments, features and breaking news, including contributions to Pulitzer Prize-winning San Bernardino coverage
  • Metpro Fellow/Reporter on Data Desk | Sept. 2014 - Nov. 2015

TAMPA BAY TIMES • TAMPABAY.COM • ST. PETERSBURG, FL

Metro with a reputation for stellar storytelling

Metro intern | June 2014 - Sept. 2014

  • • Reported on crime, courts and general assignments out of the Clearwater bureau
  • • Wrote enterprise feature story that was published in The Floridian magazine

CHICAGO TRIBUNE • CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM • CHICAGO, IL

Chicago’s largest newspaper and one of largest in nation

Metro intern | March 2014 - June 2014

NIEMAN FOUNDATION FOR JOURNALISM • HARVARD.NIEMAN.EDU • CAMBRIDGE, MA

Oldest and best-known study program for journalists in world

Visiting Fellow | Jan. 2014 - March 2014

  • • Developed website to connect college journalists with peers and professionals
  • Project selected out of more than 200 proposals

THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC • AZCENTRAL.COM • PHOENIX, AZ

Daily metro newspaper and one of largest in nation

Pulliam Fellow | June 2013 - Aug. 2013

THE DAILY HERALD • DAILYHERALD.COM • ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL

Third-largest newspaper in Illinois focused on suburban coverage

Editorial Intern | May 2012 - Aug. 2012

CHICAGO READER • CHICAGOREADER.COM • CHICAGO, IL

Alt-weekly known for Chicago politics and culture coverage

Editorial Intern | May 2011 - Aug. 2011

PIONEER PRESS • PIONEERLOCAL.COM • GLENVIEW, IL

Chicago Sun-Times’ news source for Chicagoland suburbs

Editorial Intern | May 2011 - Aug. 2011

THE DAILY ILLINI • DAILYILLINI.COM • CHAMPAIGN, IL

University of Illinois independent student newspaper

News Editor | March 2012 – March 2013

  • • Managed 30-40 reporters and edited content for print, online and radio

Assistant News Editor | March 2011 - March 2012

City Beat Reporter | Sept. 2010 - March 2011

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.S. News-Editorial Journalism (Minor: Spanish)

Graduated December 2013 with high honors

SKILLS

Languages

  • • English (native)
  • • Spanish (advanced)

Web/Data

  • • Content Management: Wordpress, P2P, NewsEngin, Drupal, Gryphon, BLOX
  • • Page markup: HTML and CSS
  • • Coding: Python/Django, Basic PHP and JavaScript, Actionscript, Wordpress templating
  • • Analysis: SQL, Excel/Access, QGIS, Basic R

AWARDS

  • • Four-year President’s Award recipient from UIUC
  • • Wilkey Scholarship recipient from UI College of Media
  • • Charles Sotir Scholarship recipient from UI College of Media
  • • Marian and Brody Creative Feature Article Award from UI Journalism Department
  • • Illinois College Press Association Award in news story category
  • • Class project campuscrime.net: SPJ’s national Mark of Excellence for best online news reporting by a four-year college or university

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