About
I’m a storyteller who uses several platforms. With a background in writing and reporting, I’m as comfortable composing a 1,000-word in-depth story for print as I am shooting and editing a three-minute video for the Web. Or posting a 140-character update on Twitter.
I also have experience with audio, photography, Web design, online production, online community management and copyediting.
When reporting I don’t think, “How can I write a great story?” but instead, “How can I tell a great story?”
I recently graduated from the University of Miami in Florida, which also brought to close my tenure as editor at large for online and multimedia at The Miami Hurricane, an advisory role. I previously served as editor in chief during the 2007-2008 school year.
Also during the school year, I served as community director at CoPress, a startup looking to build a better technical ecosystem for college news online.
My professional experience includes working as a metro reporting intern at The Miami Herald (summer 2008), where I also shot and edited several videos. I have also interned at the South Florida Sun Sentinel (summer 2007) and Jewish Journal (summer 2006).
I love doing videojournalism, specifically short, documentary-style pieces. Not a fan of standups or voiceovers for my projects.
This summer:
- From May 17-29, I attended the Poynter Young Journalist Fellowship in St. Petersburg, Fla.
- From June to August 2009, I am working as an online intern at The Dallas Morning News.
- In the fall, I will begin full-time as producer for Publish2 (read announcement).
You may have seen me around the interwebs in places such as
- CoPress – community director and core team member
- Online News Association – student discussion group leader and 2009 conference committee member
- Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists – co-administrator at blogging ring
For more information, check out my resume page.
Honors
- I was named one of the top 100 college journalists in the United States for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 academic years by UWIRE.
- I was named College Journalist of the Year as part of the South Florida SPJ chapter’s annual Sunshine State Awards.
- Along with The Miami Hurricane staff, I received a first place SPJ National Mark of Excellence Award for online news reporting during my time as editor of The Hurricane. I oversaw our coverage of the first-ever Spanish-language debate among U.S. presidential contenders that included a live blog in addition to a breaking news story, slideshow and video posted soon after the event ended.
- I won a first place SPJ region 3 Mark of Excellence Award in the general news reporting category for a two-part series on faculty housing: Faculty find University housing in Coral Gables unaffordable and Local real estate boom negatively impacts most new faculty.
- Around graduation time, I received the School of Communication Award (top recognition for a graduating senior in the school) and the Print Journalism Award (top recognition for a graduating senior in the “print” journalism program).
Study Abroad
Learn more about my two summer study abroad trips or see the related sites:
