5 Favorite Stories in Writing Portfolio
- Stars and Stripes. "Sewage from US Embassy, NATO headquarters dumped into Kabul River due to aging infrastructure."
- The Intercept. "Wounded in Iraq, Ugandans Fight for Compensation From America."
- Times Union. "Clifton Park parents still seeking justice."
- Express News. "Growing up in the shadow of grief."
- Vice Motherboard. "The Western Myth of Bitcoin in Kenya"
Education
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY Graduate School of Journalism, M.A., Political Journalism. May ‘15, New York, N.Y.
Intensive coursework includes international and U.S.-based political reporting, investigative journalism, immigration studies, and the psychology of diversity.
BARD COLLEGE, B.A., Anthropology and Written Arts. May ‘14, Annandale, N.Y.
Coursework with an emphasis on interviewing, writing, statistical analysis and fieldwork. Took classes with Verlyn Klinkenborg, (New York Times editorial board); Liz Frank (Pulitzer Prize winner); Ian Buruma (New York Review of Books); Walter Russell Mead (Council on Foreign Relations), and Seth Lipsky (Wall Street Journal). Division III cross-country captain.
NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY NBC Digital Journalism Seminar Jan. ‘09, New York, N.Y.
Learned how to plan, shoot and edit for a multimedia news piece. Classes taught by veterans of NBC broadcast news team.
Awards
- 2015 Columbia Journalism School Best Thesis Prize - Winner for photo/print story on Ugandan contractors injured on U.S. bases in Iraq.
- 2015 James A. Wechsler International Reporting Prize - Winner for article on American aid to Uganda
- 2014 Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholarship - One of 15 winners for international journalism, fellowship with AP
- 2013 Regional Emmy Award Winner - Member of a team chronicling four soldiers on deployment to Iraq.
- 2013 New York Press Association Second Place Feature - Story on changing sports recruiting practices at Bard College.
- 2013 Associated Collegiate Press’s Third Place Best in Show - Bard Free Press won prize for content, layout and design.
- 2012 Werner Wolff Award for Excellence in Anthropology - For work on media ethnography on Facebook's cultural mores.
- 2010 Hannah Arendt Center Award for Political Thinking - For multimedia piece on political news discourse in America.
- 2009 National Guard Rookie Journalist of the Year - For photos and stories from a year-long deployment to southern Iraq
- 2009 Department of Defense Best Sportswriting Winner - For story on deployed soldier who built skate ramp in Iraq.