Resume
EDUCATION
University of Mississippi | University, Miss.
Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College
Journalism B.A. | Cum Laude, May 2019
EXPERIENCE
Mississippi Today | Jackson, Mississippi
K-12 Reporter | June 2025 – Present
Health Reporter | February 2023 – January 2024
Reporting on the state’s education system, which includes about 500,000 students and 1,000 schools
Following the national Mississippi story about big reading gains amid the pandemic
Associated Press
National Health Reporter | February 2024 – May 2025
Wrote about rural health, how people interact with the health system and public health funding
Collaborated with newsrooms across the country
The Post & Courier | Charleston, South Carolina
Education Lab Reporter | June 2022 – January 2023
Navigated covering Charleston County schools, a complex and political beat in a community skeptical of dark money funders and distrustful of media
Regularly broke news about the school district through dedicated beat reporting and source building
The Charlotte Observer | Charlotte, North Carolina
Race Reporter (Report for America) | June 2020 – May 2022
Wrote about underrepresented people, which required forging new community relationships
Centered human voices by eulogizing the victims of one of Charlotte’s deadliest mass shootings
Reported on a wide array of topics that affected Southerners, including environmental justice, economy, policy, human rights and legal systems
Chalkbeat | Newark, New Jersey
K-12 Reporter (Report for America) | June 2019 – May 2020
Covered the largest school district in New Jersey, working around the district’s refusal to engage with us
Investigated special education issues and broke news about LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum
Created and promoted community engagement events for the new bureau to encourage readership
The Daily Mississippian
Managing Editor | May 2018 – April 2019
Reporter & Editor | August 2015 – April 2018
Conceptualized and spearheaded reporting and design elements in special editions, including an investigation into a racist incident involving a journalism school funder
Managed website, social media, and newsletter
Edited 30+ articles weekly and mentored 80+ photographers, reporters, and editors working for the award-winning newspaper
SKILLS
Adobe
Photography, Writing & Editing, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere
Digital Tools
SEO, CMS, Slack, Teams, Datawrapper, WordPress, MailChimp, Canva, Parse.ly
Office & Management
Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Scheduling & Event Planning
General
Social Media Campaigns, Leadership & Collaboration
AWARDS
GLAAD Media Awards, Spanish-Language Category
1st – Outstanding Online Article — 2025
South Carolina Press Association
2nd – Education Beat Reporting — 2023
North Carolina Press Association
1st – Religion & Faith Reporting — 2023
Education Writers Association
Finalist – Collaboration — 2022
Report for America Local News Awards
3rd – Community Leadership Reporting — 2021
Southeastern Journalism Conference
1st – Best Multimedia Journalist — 2020
Society of Professional Journalists
1st – Online News Reporting — 2020
1st – Feature Writing, Region 12 — 2018