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I engage readers without sacrificing ethics. With my people-centered storytelling, I’ve covered LGBTQ+ rights and resistance, the January 6 attack on the Capitol, the Trump presidency, March for Our Lives in Parkland, the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the school shooting in Uvalde. To each story, I bring superb interview skills, great writing, and thorough research and analysis. I also have a deep interest in history and the practice of journalism.
My freelance reporting, writing, and producing brings a trauma-informed lens to challenging issues.
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Features
School security is mired in debate. But shooting survivors have their own ideas.
POLITICO Magazine
Uvalde Survivors Want Safe Schools. TikTok Has A Solution.
There are institutional barriers for queer students who are cut off from their families.
Teen Vogue
LGBTQ Students Face Barriers to Getting Student Loans Without Parents’ Participation
The war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s thriving backpacking community. Some are already working to get back on the trails.
Trails Magazine
Nature's Battleground
One year after the tragedy, a look at how the town’s library has helped a community recover
American Libraries Magazine
Hope and Healing in Uvalde
Ambrook Research
The Farmhouse Craze Is Making it Harder for Actual Farmers to Buy Land
Trails Magazine
How to Save A Canyon
illustrated reporting
News
Brass from the statue of the Confederate general will be used for a public art installation in Virginia city
The Guardian
Robert E Lee statue that sparked Charlottesville riot is melted down: ‘Like his face was crying’
An autopsy report classified the death of Gershun Freeman in a Memphis prison last fall as a homicide.
VICE News
A Black Man Died in Memphis Jail After Beating From Cops
Democrat Zeneta Everhart, mother of Zaire Goodman, who was wounded in the 2022 mass shooting, won 90.8% of the vote
The Guardian
Buffalo shooting survivor’s mother elected to city council in landslide win
Memphis has a system of over 2,000 “SkyCop” cameras that police can tap into and manually adjust. But not everyone thinks they make the city safer.s.
VICE News
A Controversial ‘SkyCop’ Caught Memphis Police Beating Tyre Nichols
Three years after Breonna Taylor’s death, the DOJ released a scathing report about the racism and discrimination present among Louisville police.
VICE News
‘Like an Animal’: The Racist and Illegal Things Louisville Cops Have Done
John Henry James, falsely accused of rape 125 years ago, was charged soon after – but he had already been killed by armed locals
The Guardian
Virginia court quashes false indictment of Black man lynched by mob in 1898
Historical Reporting
Desperate Aids patients and their allies in the 80s confronted the US government and ushered in a new era of forceful protests
The Guardian
‘The start of the national Aids movement’: Act Up’s defining moment in queer protest history
The Washington Post
The first National Coming Out Day 35 years ago took on Reagan and AIDS stigma
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The secret story of queer pioneers in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Trails Magazine
Breaking Ground
In 1965, police publicly raided a sanctioned drag ball, inadvertently raising awareness of police brutality against the LGBTQ+ community
The Guardian
San Francisco’s Stonewall: the new year’s ball that sparked a queer power movement
Conservationists are energized by rightwing attacks on African American studies to preserve once prosperous Weeksville
The Guardian
‘The fullness of life’: preserving a historic Black neighborhood in Brooklyn
News Analysis
Journalism has an enormous ability to shape public opinion about queer people, as its troubled history with the community has shown.
Poynter
How should journalists cover Pride in states that have passed anti-LGBTQ+ laws?
There's no ‘one size’ answer, but offering anonymity and seeking diversity can help get real kids’ perspectives at a dangerous time
Poynter
Trans and gender-fluid kids are under attack. How can we tell their stories without furthering harm?
Amid industrywide conversations about whose stories get told and who profits, it’s worth revisiting this blanket rule with some more nuance
Poynter
It’s considered unethical for journalists to pay sources. Here’s why we should reconsider.
Oral History
Teen Vogue
Anti-Trans Laws in Utah Prompted This Youth Activist to Start Organizing
Teen Vogue
At the Charlottesville Torch March, Student Activists Stood Up to Neo-Nazis
POLITICO Magazine
‘I Always Wondered: Was She Afraid?’: Counter-Protesters Remember the Death of Heather Heyer
