Experience
FREELANCE JOURNALIST | JAN 2019 – PRESENT
Reports for national publications, individual journalists; conducts investigations for non-journalism clients
PROPUBLICA | CONTRACT REPORTER | MARCH 2022 – December 2023
Conducted investigative reporting on a single, large project
iHEARTRADIO | CONTRACT REPORTER | AUG 2021 – DEC 2022
Conducted investigative reporting and research for an iHeartRadio podcast
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AND EDITORS, COLUMBIA, MO | RESEARCHER | AUG 2017 – DEC 2018
Conducted research for investigative reporters, newsrooms, authors, documentary outfits
VERMONT DIGGER, MONTPELIER, VT | CONTRACT REPORTER| JAN 2017 – JAN 2018
Covered an alleged embezzlement in a small town
SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, SANTA FE, NM | STAFF REPORTER | OCT 2015 – AUG 2016
Covered county government
THE FARMINGTON DAILY TIMES, FARMINGTON, NM | STAFF REPORTER | OCT 2013 – OCT 2015
Covered city, county government
PENINSULA CLARION, KENAI, AK | STAFF REPORTER | JULY 2012 – OCT 2013
Covered city government, shot photos, edited obituaries, designed pages
ALPINIST MAGAZINE, JEFFERSONVILLE, VT | INTERN | SUMMER 2011
Covered mountaineering accomplishments, accidents, deaths for Aplinist.com
Education
MISSOURI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM | MASTER’S | 2019
Investigative reporting, narrative writing, environmental focus
JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE | BACHELOR’S | 2012
Outdoor education major, journalism minor
Computer Skills
Proficient in SQL, Excel, Google Sheets, versed in internet research. Have used these skills for The New York Times, iHeartRadio, Reuters, Reveal, The Marshall Project, the Credibility Coalition, documentary outfits, freelance reporters, and authors.
Awards, Fellowships, Grants
TYPE INVESTIGATIONS (FORMERLY THE INVESTIGATIVE FUND) | 2021
– Grant | To pursue an investigative project
TYPE INVESTIGATIONS | 2019
– Grant | To pursue an investigation of climate-science denial in academia
THE PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING | 2019
– Smith/Patterson Science Journalism Fellowship | To pursue a story on climate change in Peru
THE MISSOURI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM | 2018
– The Larry J. Waller Fellowship for Investigative Reporting | To pursue a story on climate change
– A grant through the Duffy Fund | For the same climate-change story
NEW MEXICO PRESS ASSOCIATION | 2016
– 1st place | Public Service | Newsroom coverage of the Gold King Mine spill
– 2nd place | Public Service | A joint investigation into New Mexico’s poor prison health care system
– 1st place | Investigative Reporting | A probe into tax problems at a domestic violence shelter
– 1st place | Continuing Coverage | Newsroom coverage of the Gold King Mine spill
– 2nd place | News Writing | Newsroom coverage of the Gold King Mine spill
NEW MEXICO PRESS ASSOCIATION | 2015
– 2nd place | Investigative Reporting | Exposed New Mexico’s failure to enforce campaign finance laws
– 1st place | Continuing Coverage | An investigation into human waste in local rivers
– 1st place | Best News Coverage | A newsroom achievement for overall reporting
