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Experience

Projects:

I led coordination of the Future of Student Media Summit at Ohio University. The event took place in April 2016. Visit futureofstudentmedia.com for more information. 

I brought journalists to Ohio University to teach and network with students. In October 2015, five journalists came to critique the student reporters. (Here's a panel with two of the journalists.) In January 2016, three investigative journalists came to hold workshops with students and engage students in investigative reporting. (Here's a panel I moderated with the three journalists.)

Current work:

Navigating Trump's America Writer — Mic
I write a daily newsletter about Donald Trump's America. Navigating Trump's America is Mic's vertical to help readers make sense of how America is changing in the wake of Trump's election. Sign up here. Here's an example.

Internships:


Policy Writer — Mic
I work with Mic's policy team, covering the 2016 election, policy issues and political stories. I am based in Washington DC. August 2016 — November 2016.

Washington DC Bureau Intern — 
Time Magazine
Covered a myriad of political stories for Time.com and contributed to magazine articles. June — August 2016.

David Boardman Investigative Reporting Intern — The Seattle Times
Worked on the Times Pulitzer-Prize winning Investigations team. My work from the Times won two national awards for collegiate reporting. May — July 2015.

Metro Desk Intern — The Columbus Dispatch
Covered breaking news and wrote project stories for Ohio's capital-city newspaper. May — July 2014. 

Statehouse News Bureau Fellow — The Columbus Dispatch
Covered the Ohio Statehouse through an Ohio University partnership with The Columbus Dispatch. January — April 2014.

Metro Desk Intern — Wilmington Star-News
Worked as a general assignment intern, producing two project stories over my 10 weeks in North Carolina. May — July 2013. 

Summer Reporting Intern — The Athens Messenger
Wrote features, event coverages, breaking news and other stories before my freshmen year of college for Athens, Ohio's local news source. June — August 2012.

College Experience: 

The Post, Ohio University's independent student newspaper
I have been a consistent contributor to The Post since my junior year of high school, reporting, editing and working on editorial projects for the paper. I once had nearly 20 bylines between print and online in one week.

Positions I held at The Post:
Director of Editorial Initiatives — 2015-16 academic year
Campus Editor — Fall Semester 2014-15 academic year
Asst. Campus Editor — Fall Semester 2013-14 academic year
Staff Writer — 2012-13 academic year
Writer — Fall and Spring Quarters 2011-12 academic year (while in high school)


Conferences Attended:

National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting: 2015 (Atlanta)
Investigative Reporters and Editors: 2014 (San Francisco)
Ohio Newspaper Association: 2014 (Columbus, OH)
Ohio State Bar Association Media and Law Conference: 2012, 2013, 2014 (Columbus, OH)


References for work from specific internships available upon request.
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