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EXPERIENCE

Editorial Director, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (2022- present)

Oversee editorial strategy and multi-platform story workflow for PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL)

Edit and approve stories prior to publication

Created and launched SRL’s Student Advisory Team: a group of students from across the U.S. who advise SRL on editorial strategy and priorities

Collaborate with SRL staff, student journalists and educators to produce youth-focused stories for PBS NewsHour digitial and broadcast platforms, and other news outlets

Youth Media Producer, PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (2019- 2022)

• Work with schools around the U.S. to develop the next generation of informed media creators and consumers
• Mentor student journalists and co-produce multimedia content with them for the PBS NewsHour broadcast, website, and social media
• Create journalism curriculum for middle school and high school teachers
• Collaborate with Student Reporting Labs team and PBS NewsHour staff to produce segments for special digital and broadcast programs about issues affecting young people

Multimedia Reporter, WITF  (2013- 2019)

• Harrisburg reporter for StateImpact Pennsylvania. The project is a collaboration among four public media entities: WITF in Harrisburg, WHYY in Philadelphia, and WESA and the Allegheny Front in Pittsburgh
• Traveled throughout Pennsylvania covering state policy, energy, and the environment
• Filed radio spots and in-depth feature stories for Pennsylvania NPR stations
• Wrote news stories for StateImpact Pennsylvania website
• Produced online multimedia content: video features, data visualizations, and photos
• Produced documentaries for Pennsylvania PBS member stations
• Co-wrote $652,000 grant to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to expand StateImpact Pennsylvania into Pittsburgh in 2017

Freelance Reporter, NPR  (2011- 2019)

• Filed features and spots for NPR’s newscasts and shows, including All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition.
• Member of NPR’s Energy and Environment Collaborative, which coordinates coverage between the network and select member station reporters around the country

Multimedia Reporter, WMHT  (2011- 2013)

• Albany reporter for the Innovation Trail, a collaborative project among six public media stations covering the economy and technology in upstate New York
• Filed television reports for WMHT’s public affairs show, New York NOW, which airs on PBS stations statewide
• Contributed reporting packages to WNET Thirteen’s New York City public TV show, MetroFocus
• Filed radio spots and feature stories for New York State public stations
• Produced/edited/co-hosted special television programs for New York State PBS member stations on the Innovation Trail beat– including technology and economic development
• Filed multimedia web reports: data visualizations, photo and audio slide shows, and videos

General Assignment Reporter, Blue Ridge News 11  (2009-2011)

• Contributed to live nightly local newscasts as general assignment reporter
• Experienced with live shots in the field
• Served as fill-in producer/anchor of live, half-hour newscasts

Multimedia Public Relations Coordinator, Cape Abilities (2008-2009)

• Created multimedia public relations content for Cape Abilities, a nonprofit that supports people with disabilities on Cape Cod
• Hosted, shot, wrote, and edited web videos profiling Cape Abilities programs
• Launched Cape Abilities YouTube Channel and Facebook page
• Assisted in getting national press for Cape Abilities with a story on the CBS Evening News

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EDUCATION

Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania 

• B.A. Political science and French
• Magna cum laude

SPECIAL SKILLS

• Television/video: Shoot & edit shorter packages and longer programs for TV and web using digital editing programs, including Adobe Premiere and Final Cut  X. Experience producing and hosting television specials
• Radio: report, produce, and edit spots and features using Marantz and Adobe Audition
• Web/office: Slack, AirTable, Google workspaces. Create online multimedia content: videos, maps, photo galleries, using WordPress. Microsoft Office programs including Word and Excel
• Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn
• Foreign language: French (conversational)