Resume
Experience
Technical.ly Managing Editor
Technically Media
January 2019 to present
I’m the head of a small-but-mighty digital newsroom covering the innovation economies of Philly, Baltimore, DC, Delaware and Pittsburgh. I manage four reporters, edit up to 10 articles per day, drive editorial and engagement strategy, oversee execution of our editorial calendar, lead special projects in the newsroom, and ship up to three newsletters daily. I also hire and train reporters, and have served on the company’s leadership committee charged with strategy and organizational direction.
Freelance Journalist
Fall 2013 to Present
My freelance work has been featured in Philadelphia magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia City Paper, Variety magazine, MensHealth.com and elsewhere.
Generocity Editor
Technically Media
October 2015 to February 2019
As the editor of a news site that covers the social impact community in Philadelphia, I managed a team of freelancers, wrote my own articles, directed social media strategy, attended and spoke at industry events, co-led an organizational rebrand, and oversaw steady readership growth.
Managing Editor
Star Community Newsweekly
June 2014 to October 2015
As the sole full-time editorial staff member of a hyperlocal newspaper, I assigned stories to part-time and freelance reporters, edited their work, wrote several of my own articles each week, designed the look of the physical paper using InDesign, and coordinated special editions.
Internships, Etc.
Spring 2010 to Fall 2013
Throughout college and after graduation, I interned at City Paper, Center for Media and Information Literacy, Leeway Foundation and elsewhere, and wrote for the Living and A&E sections of The Temple News.
Education
Leadership Academy for Women in Media
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
Spring 2022
I participated in this competitive, cohort-based professional development program for women managers in journalism.
B.A. Media Studies, Minor Psychology
Temple University
Graduated Spring 2013
I majored in media studies, minored in psychology and graduated magna cum laude. During a semester in London, I took courses via the Foundation for International Education and interned at Variety’s international office.
Volunteer Experience
Online News Association
Lead Organizer
Spring 2016 to Present
I serve as the lead organizer of the Philadelphia chapter of the international affinity group for digital journalists.
Pen & Pencil Club
Board Member
February 2019 to February 2020
I served on the 2019-2020 board of governors for the nation’s oldest surviving press club.
Awards
ONA/Google News Initiative Local Community Leader Scholarship
Fall 2019
Leadership Philadelphia
Keepers Program
Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Young Involved Philadelphia
Nonprofit Board Prep Program
Fall 2016
Special Projects
My Favorite Breakup
My Favorite Breakup is a newsletter sharing anonymous, 100-word stories about the ends of romantic relationships. The series has been published weekly since Valentine’s Day 2021.
Thriving
Thriving is a year-long Technical.ly storytelling initiative aimed at collecting and centering the lived experiences of Philadelphia and comparative city residents. The goal is to generate insights about the economic opportunities and obstacles along their journeys to financial security and freedom. I edited most of the series’ reported features.
“Americans want fewer prisoners. What’s art have to do with it?”
In spring 2017, for Generocity, I visited and wrote about a unique pilot music program inside Pennsylvania’s largest prison. Its early success and relationship with the state offered a look inside our appetite for — and the limits of — a new kind of criminal justice reform.
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