​Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Manager, The Daily Orange

Syracuse, NY · Nov. 2024–present

• Inaugural role

• Expanding recruitment strategies

• Rebuilding trust with communities on/around campus

• Ensuring staff is educated on Syracuse’s history with fact sheets about #NotAgainSU, the Onondaga Nation and the I-81 viaduct

• Hosting talks with local experts and professional journalists from The Associated Press, The Washington Post, Bloomberg News, CNN, ESPN and The 19th News

• Created list of best practices for reporting on historically marginalized groups and style guide

• Hiring for Daily Orange Inclusive Journalism Fellowship

• Building advisory board composed of Daily Orange alumni

 

Freelance Reporter, Central Current

Syracuse, NY · Sep. 2024–present

• Covering Syracuse’s historically Black 15th Ward (I-81 viaduct removal project and public housing redevelopment); 2024 elections for local nonprofit paper

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Credentialed Reporter, 2024 Democratic National Convention

Chicago, IL · Aug. 19–22, 2024

• Interviewed the Exonerated “Central Park Five” directly after their primetime speech for a Q&A for City & State New York, beat ABC to the interview

• Covered pro-Palestinian protests, interviewed Michigan delegate who founded the Uncommitted National Movement for MLive.com

• Interviewed a diverse array of young delegates and voters throughout the week to publish a feature story on young voters for Raw Story

• Wrote two more stories for City & State and one for The Daily Orange

 

Assistant News Copy Editor, The Daily Orange

Syracuse, NY · May 2024–Sep. 2024

• Worked in-house two days a week. Edited for grammar and accuracy, fact-checked, ensured all copy follows AP Stylebook and Daily Orange Stylebook

 

Assistant News Editor, The Daily Orange

Syracuse, NY · Dec. 2023–May 2024

• Worked in-house four days a week at independent student-run newspaper

• On call to report on breaking and spot news, responsible for A and B reads, editing to help writers develop, posting stories on WordPress

• Wrote 28 stories for the News section (and two for culture)

• Investigated the state of SU’s African American Studies department, which had no chair for the spring 2024 semester, invoking alumni and student outrage. In May, university administration appointed a new department chair.

• Selected by management to do live coverage of Gaza Solidarity Encampment

 

Reporting Fellow, The Daily Yonder

Minneapolis, MN · Hybrid · July 2023–Sep. 2023

• Emma Bowen Fellow

• Worked in the remote newsroom at the only national news outlet focused on rural issues; wrote three stories for publication, pitched story ideas, assisted with podcast production, collaborated with senior editors

• Fought determinedly for Q&A interview with Krystal Two Bulls, executive director of national environmental justice organization Honor the Earth