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Albany Business Review, Reporter
Albany, NY / November 2014- Present

  • Write two to four exclusive news stories a day
  • Research and write long-form (+2,000 word) cover stories every four weeks
  • Develop sources on residential real estate, banking and money beats
  • Interview regional and national business executives
  • Work recognized by the Association for Business Journalists and the New York Press Association
  • Named 2020 SABEW Goldschmidt Fellow

The Portland Press Herald, News Intern
Portland, Maine / June- September 2014

  • Wrote five general assignment, feature and business stories a week
  • Covered Pres. G.H.W. Bush’s 90th birthday parachute jump, profiled a woman who was in the French resistance, which ran as an A1 Sunday centerpiece

The Lowell Sun, Statehouse Correspondent
Boston, MA / January- May 2014

  • Wrote two to four stories a week on policy, elections and major legislative votes as part of the BU Statehouse Program

90.9 WBUR, Newscast Intern
Boston, MA / September-December 2013

  • Researched and wrote breaking news copy using NewsBoss
  • Recorded interviews and selected audio cuts

Thomson Reuters, AlertNet Intern
London, UK / February-April 2013

  • Wrote stories on the humanitarian impacts of climate change
  • Attended conferences and spoke with climate change experts
  • Stories syndicated in the Guardian, Business Daily Africa, etc.

The Daily Free Press, Editor-in-Chief
Boston, MA / December 2011-April 2012

  • Managed a staff of 15 editors, 50+ writers
  • Edited about 30 articles per day (news, sports, opinion, features)
  • Created and led a workshop for new staff writers
  • Made final editorial decisions and laid out paper using InDesign

The Albany Times Union, City Desk Intern
Albany, NY / May- August 2011

  • Pitched ideas and published about five stories per week
  • Developed interview and spot news reporting skills