Resume

WORK EXPERIENCE

Politics and Washington Fellow, USA Today | June 2021-2022

Fact Check Intern, USA Today | June – Dec. 2020

• Reported detailed debunks of viral political and Covid-19 misinformation for inaugural team
• Wrote 1-3 heavily-reported fact check stories a day
• Assisted with 2020 presidential and vice-presidential debate, election coverage

Metro Intern, Chicago Sun-Times | Jan. – March 2020

• Reported news and feature stories on local businesses and events, first weeks of Covid-19 pandemic
• Three front-page bylines

Print Managing Editor, The DePaulia | June 2020 – Present

• Manage team of editors and reporters, run newsroom amid Covid-19 pandemic and head all investigative projects for weekly publication of award-winning paper
• Produce weekly newsletter highlighting top stories for growing audience of 1600+ subscribers
• Line edit all stories before publication, report news and design pages where needed

Production Assistant, WTTW-TV “Chicago Tonight” and NBC 5 Chicago | March – Dec. 2020

• Worked alongside NBC 5 Political Reporter/Producer duo Carol Marin & Don Moseley through DePaul’s competitive Center for Journalism Integrity and Excellence
• Reported on Washington, IL and its response to the pandemic (WTTW)
• Assisted with research/questions for 2020 U.S. Senate debate (NBC 5). One of five students to stand in as a candidate during the debate rehearsal.

News Editor, The DePaulia | March 2020 – June 2020

• Broke most coronavirus-related campus news, pitched news ideas to staff reporters and made preliminary line and copy edits on all news stories
• Previous positions: Arts & Life Editor, Focus Editor (center spread) and Copy Editor. On staff since Sept. 2018.

Freelance Reporter | Aug. 2018 – Present

• Published in Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Suburban Life and three other suburban papers
• Proven experience meeting daily deadlines, working independently, coming up with enterprise story ideas and working with editors, both on-site and in remote settings

Other related positions:

• Editorial Intern, Green Building & Design Magazine/Sixtysix Magazine (Jan. 2019-April 2019)
• Social Media Coordinator for Music Together of Oak Brook Elmhurst (Aug. 2018-Present)
• Columnist at the Daily Iowan, Iowa City, IA (Aug. 2017-May 2018)
• Editor-in-Chief of the York-hi, York High School’s student newspaper (Aug. 2016-Aug. 2017)

EDUCATION

DePaul University, Chicago, IL  Bachelor of Arts,  Journalism. Minor, American Politics. Graduated magna cum laude in June 2021.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA  2017-2018. Bachelor of Arts, Journalism & Mass Communications and Violin Performance

York Community High School, Elmhurst, IL — High School Diploma, 2013-2017

AWARDS/HONORS/SOCIETIES

• Finalist for Best In-Depth Community Newspaper Reporting, Peter Lisagor Awards (2020)
• Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Award from DePaul University’s College of Communication for work at The DePaulia (2021)
• Finalist in Best News Package category of the College Media Association’s Pinnacle awards
• 2nd Place Best Feature Story, Illinois College Press Association (2020)
• 3rd Place Best In-Depth Story, Illinois College Press Association (2020)
• 3rd Place News Story, Illinois College Press Association
• 2nd and 3rd Place Headline writing, Illinois College Press Association
• Multiple awards from the Catholic Media Association, including Best University Newspaper (2021)
• Recipient of 2021 IRE Fellowship/Gary Marx Scholarship
• Featured by the ICPA as fast-rising talent in the industry; one of seven young reporters named
• DePaul University Dean’s List, University of Iowa Dean’s List
• Society of Professional Journalists Member, DePaul Chapter

SKILLS

• Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Audition, Premiere
• Social Media (Facebook, Instagram,
  Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, TikTok), CrowdTangle, Tweetdeck
• Photography (Canon RebelT6, iPhone)
• Data analysis/visualization, Flourish
• Comfortable with data/document portals for the City of Chicago, Cook County Clerk’s Office and United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• FOIA
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc.)
• AP Style writing, interviewing
• Audacity
• SEO
• WordPress, Chorus, Merlin, Presto, Parse.ly

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