Experience
Crime reporter
The Ledger and New York Times Regional News Group, Lakeland, Fla., November 2007-Present
Tell stories of all shapes and sizes. Pitch and write dailies, features and enterprise. Employ databases and public records.
Chase and update breaking news such as murders, fires and crashes for newspaper and Web site.
Work with online producers, designers and photographers to envision and execute innovative online projects.
Write beat blog and snap photos and video of anything from a house fire to a circus rehearsal to a motorcycle stunt competition.
Established Twitter account to tweet road alerts, breaking news and dispatches straight from the crime scene.
Find sources and connect with community through online social media.
Fellow
The Poynter Institute 2007 Summer Fellowship for Young Journalists, St. Petersburg, Fla., Summer 2007
One of 16 young writers nationwide chosen for intensive six-week journalism program.
Wrote weekly features for web-based magazine, PointsSouth.net.
Pounded the pavement to find stories on a hyperlocal beat in southeast St. Petersburg.
Worked with group mates to identify and plan alternative storytelling projects and interactive web content.
Took classes in writing technique as well as audio, video and web technology.
Freelance reporter/intern
The Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass., June 2006-November 2006
Wrote feature and hard news stories on anything from city council meetings to protests to front-page profiles of some of Western Massachusetts’s most interesting citizens.
Founder and Chief Editor
Feminist Uproar magazine, Mount Holyoke College, Winter 2004-Fall 2007
Created and spearheaded magazine as an outlet for student and alumnae writing, art and opinions, acting as a writer, editor and page designer, while working to obtain funding and regular advertisers.
Contributor
Women’s Public Voices Project, mtholyoke.edu/proj/womenspublicvoices, Spring 2007
Wrote literary journalism features for Web site featuring journalism from five women’s colleges.
Reporter
Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Association, Fall 2006-Spring 2007
Covered college events, new classroom technology and student organizing for quarterly alumnae magazine and monthly web-based magazine.
Chair
Jeanette Marks House, center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, 2005-2006
Served as community liaison, helping to spearhead initiative to make the community center more accessible and relevant to LGBT students of color.
Managed Mount Holyoke College student staff of six, work schedules and timesheets.
Editorial Intern
Shelterforce magazine of the National Housing Institute, Montclair, New Jersey, Summer 2005
Edited and researched articles on affordable housing, community development, and homelessness.
Editorial Intern
Off Our Backs News Journal, Washington, D.C., Summer 2004
Wrote music reviews and news summaries on global women’s issues, and designed layout pages.
Education and Awards
Bachelor of Arts, Mount Holyoke College, May 2007
American Studies with a concentration in ethnic and gender studies
Gold Medal for Public Service, “Losing the Fight” series, Division C, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, 2009
First Place, Feature writing, “Losing the Fight” series, Division C, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, 2009
New York Times Chairman’s Award, “Broken Silence” series and multimedia project, November 2009
New York Times Chairman’s Award, “Losing the Fight” series and multimedia project, August 2008
Susan Jones Prize for extraordinary commitment to social justice, Mount Holyoke College, 2007
Sydney J. McLean Short Story Prize, Mount Holyoke College, 2006