Journalism Experience
Crain’s Cleveland Business
Health Care/Nonprofit Reporter | November 2015 – present
StarNews (Wilmington, N.C.)
Health Reporter | April – November 2015
County Reporter | September 2014 – May 2015
Indianapolis Star
Pulliam Fellow | June – August 2014
Student Press Law Center
Staff writer | January – April 2014
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Metro reporting intern | June – August 2013
The Columbus Dispatch
Fellow in Statehouse News Bureau | August – December 2012
City desk intern | May – August 2012
Grand Haven Tribune
Online contributor | January – May 2012
Multimedia intern- | May – August 2011
Daily Kent Stater
Editor | August – December 2013
Dateline Brazil
Multimedia Reporter | March 2013
Multimedia Experience
Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and Microsoft Excel
Produced video for CampusLifeline.com, DatelineBrazil.org, KentWired.com and grandhaventribune.com
Proficiency in web, photography, videography, graphic and page design
Education and Awards
Kent State University
Graduated summa cum laude in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in News
Florence, Italy, study-abroad alumna
Honors College student
Kappa Tau Alpha member | National journalism honor society
Society of Professional Journalists | Member
Investigative Reporters and Editors | Member
John S. Knight Memorial Journalism Fund scholarship | 2012 and 2013
Robert C. and Helen Westcott Dix Scholarship | 2013
Ohio Newspaper Association Women’s Scholarship | 2012
Ralph W. and Bettie Smith Memorial Award scholarship | 2011 and 2012
Robert Burdock Award scholarship | 2010
