Education
University of Missouri
B.A. English
B.J. Entrepreneurial Journalism
2018
M.A. Media Sociology & Business
2020
Honors and Grants
Curator's Scholar
2014-2018
Scripps Howard Internship Grant
2019
Sam Bronstein Scholarship for Outstanding Feature Reporting
2018
Google News Initiative Start-Up Bootcamp
2020
Received start-up
funding from:
LION
Google News Initiative
National Science Writers Foundation
Organizations
Science, Health & Environmental Journalism
outreach coordinator
2019-20
Laws Observatory Astronomy Club
2019
National Association of Science Writers
2020
LION Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Skills
Content Strategy Research Audience Analysis
Social Media Grant Writing Adobe Programs: Premiere Audition Photoshop After Effects
SPSS HTML5 Wordpress CMS Drone Videography
Canon Cameras
Experience
business administrator and contributing writer
The Objective
Began a newsletter and publishing platform now with more than 2,500 subscribers examining institutional biases within journalism.
multimedia intern
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Produced videos and social content for live broadcasts. Collaborated across teams to execute outreach campaigns, which included writing copy and preforming audience research and data analytics.
multimedia intern
National Science Foundation | University of Missouri Plant Sciences
Worked closely with scientists to transform climate and biology research into easy-to-understand video and interactive elements, while working independently to meet deadlines and find new stories.
Google News Initiative Fellow
Nieman Lab
Reported on stories covering the newest business trends and storytelling innovations in the journalism industry, and helped curate newsletter content twice a week.
Summer Research Fellow
American Press Institute
Researched and produced a newsletter to help middle-managers foster discussions about diversity and retention in the workplace.
Potter Digital Amassador
Reynolds Journalism Institute
Collaborated with a small town paper in rural Missouri to improve their video output and implement it in a sustainable way into everyday reporting.