My Work
I graduated from Florida State University with degrees in Creative Writing and French. During and since college, I have worked as a local beat newspaper reporter, was one of the founding members of the Florida Phoenix statewide political startup news site, have been and continue to be a freelance journalist, run a student journalism program, and am now on staff with the nonprofit Education Writers Association that supports journalists who cover education. Check out some of my work below.
Education Writers Association
Aug. 16, 2022
EWA National Seminar panel coverage
"Why Education Reporters Should Approach Rising Anti-LGBTQ Sentiments As a Public Health Issue"
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What do journalists need to know to effectively cover LGBTQ students? Those knowledgeable on the issues provide insight.
Nov. 2, 2022
EWA webinar; organizer
"What Reporters Should Know About Teacher Shortages"
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The webinar will support journalists who are seeking answers about teacher shortages at the national and local levels.
I have written for regional publication The Bitter Southerner, Florida's Flamingo Magazine, The Nation, and others. Check out what I've recently published.
I consider myself an amateur nature photographer with professional credits from my time as a local news reporter. Check out a selection of my work here.
I worked my way up from an intern to a full-time K-12 education beat reporter at the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, part of the Gannett USAToday Network. Check out a selection of my articles on the beat.
In January 2020, I created a program that would turn into the Florida Student News Watch, funded in part by SPJ - Florida and nonprofit watchdog Florida Center for Government Accountability.
I am most passionate about eventually publishing fantasy novels, and also am at work on a memoir of life on a horse farm in North Florida. Read a bit about that over on the Fiction & Nonfiction page.
I was one of four founding members of the Florida Phoenix, a statewide political news startup site that continues to operate out of Tallahassee, Florida.