EXPERIENCE

Breaking News Reporter | National Public Radio | Remote

Feb. 2022 - Present

Drive various stages of the editorial process by pitching, reporting, and producing digital content, live/prerecorded audio content
Coordinate live coverage during national, breaking events (e.g. Baltimore bridge collapse, D.C. plane crash, Columbia pro-Palestine protests)
Use understanding of SEO, trends to consistently formulate high-performing stories
Simplify complex information into engaging, audience-friendly content across beats including politics, sports, entertainment and science
Craft “day two” angles to contextualize major stories, using histories, reactions, etc.
Partner cross-functionally with editorial, visual teams to develop and execute creative strategies
Actively encourage fair and diverse storytelling by challenging content strategies when necessary

Oct. 2020 - Feb. 2022

Wrote and published news for print and digital on crime and courts, business, education, etc. quickly and accurately
Live-blogged significant local events, i.e. western Ky. tornados and missing boaters
Balanced short- and long-term content strategies, including enterprise and evergreen stories, to sustain subscriber engagement during holidays and weekends

Jan. 2020 - March 2020

Sep. 2019 - Dec. 2019

Reported on congressional issues relevant to Maryland readers twice a week for senior capstone
Stories on payday loan regulation, Metro's update to Congress picked up by AP, The Washington Post
Covered major national events, including the funeral of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D.C. climate change march

Sep. 2017 - Aug. 2019

Ideated, reported and published stories about arts, culture and music for school paper twice a week

June 2019 - Aug. 2019

Leveraged relationships with council members, businesses and residents to spark deeper, more impactful reports on gentrification, city/county operations
Analyzed data to reveal large Saudi donations made to top Georgia universities, enhancing public accountability
Strategized, implemented ways to increase coverage of underrepresented south Atlanta neighborhoods by using social media, attending community events
Conducted audio interviews for paper’s “Breakdown” podcast

May 2019 - June 2019

Spent two weeks exploring New York’s current hip-hop scene, through field reporting and interviews with artists, record label rep. and DJ
Story placed on front page of the Institute paper and in top stories on the site

June 2018 - Aug. 2018

Wrote more than 40 stories on various topics such as Mars, weather, immigration
Contributed to breaking news on Capital Gazette shooting, Pittsburgh protests in response to officer-involved shooting of Antwon Rose
Accelerated KPIs (i.e. audience engagement time) by pitching, executing high-traffic stories featured prominently on CNN’s homepage, X feed and app

B.A., Multiplatform Journalism | University of Maryland - College Park
Minor: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Aug. 2016 - May 2020

Member of Courier Journal Diversity and Inclusion Committee (2020-2022)
Maryland Association of Black Journalists (MABJ)
- President (2019-2020)
- Membership Outreach Chair (2018-2019) - awarded Pre-Professional Organization of the Year by university, national Student Chapter of the Year finalist
Participant in 2019 National Association of Black Journalists' (NABJ) Multimedia Student Projects at Miami national convention
Participant in 2019 NABJ Short Course at North Carolina A&T State Univ.

Maryland Association of Black Journalists awarded Pre-Professional Organization of the Year by university's Nyumburu Cultural Center (May 2019)