EXPERIENCE

  • WEWS NEWS 5 CLEVELAND — Statehouse reporter

    CURRENT

    Covering Ohio Statehouse, mainly focuses on "trending legislation." This includes anything that is seen as a hot topic like education, LGBTQ+, abortion, guns, and the economy.

    • Pitches, produces, shoots, writes and edits political news packages and VOSOTs daily for WEWS News 5 Cleveland and WCPO 9 News in Cincinnati; articles are published in Ohio Capital Journal, as well

    • Investigations have led to legislative change (bills killed, moved forward, introduced)

    • Stories continue to go international and national (featured on/in the Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, MSNBC, Politico, Esquire, Times of Israel, JTA, JPost, Forward, Huffington Post, Them, etc.)

    • Stories featured or cited in scientific research articles, library databases

    • Active social media presence on all platforms, publishes "Week in Review" for viewers to see what they missed

    • Serves on WEWS diversity committee

  • WZZM 13 ON YOUR SIDE — Investigative & Fact-Checking Reporter

    • Hosted fact-checking segment 'VERIFY' on local, statewide and national claims

    • Pitched, produced, shot, wrote and edited news packages daily

    • Stories featured on stations across country, including Top 10 markets

    • Excelled at political and legal coverage

    • Continued strong social media presence, posted numerous times a day

    • Asked to teach station about social media, serve on diversity committee

  • KREM 2 NEWS — Reporter & Multi-Skilled Journalist

    • Reporting led to changes in state law, legal action

    • Stories featured on CBS News, Top 10 markets across the country

    • Pitched, produced, shot, wrote and edited news packages daily

    • Reported on a variety of topics for the 4, 5 and 6PM newscasts, including human rights, hard features, investigations, politics, economy and healthcare

    • Managed crucial deadlines and excelled under pressure with breaking news

    • Maintained strong social media presence, posted numerous times a day

  • CBS NEWS' 60 MINUTES — Intern

    • Created research binder by combining own writing with media materials (made 10, average 200 pages)

    • Edited reels for executive producers, senior producers and correspondents

    • Investigated, organized and summarized confidential documents

    • Briefed producers on binders before their interviews

  • CBS' TV GUIDE — Producer & editor

    • Edited diverse types of videos for all different platforms, with several videos going viral with 5M views each

    • Assisted on video shoots with setting up lighting, mics, green screen and engaged with celebrity talent

    • Joined social media team to help rebrand TV Guide's online persona, made memes and gave Gen-Z perspective on content

SKILLS

Awards & recognition

 

'Outstanding Hard News Story' Award

New York State Broadcasters Association 2021

 

'Television Feature Story' Finalist

Syracuse Press Club 2021

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR & NEWHOUSE SCHOLAR

Highest undergraduate honor given to a student at Syracuse University

Highest undergraduate honor given Newhouse student

 

'TV News Competition' Finalist

Hearst Journalism Awards 2021