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Experience, education, skills and recognition.

Experience

Newsletter Intern
Apr 2025 — Present
Block Club Chicago
  • Write, build, and edit newsletters sent to 100,000+ subscribers
  • Led creation of a WhatsApp channel during heightened ICE activity
  • Report breaking news and develop enterprise features across Chicago neighborhoods
  • Analyze performance metrics and optimize engagement and subscriber growth
  • Collaborate with editors and reporters to shape daily editions around timely local news
Digital Managing Editor
Mar 2024 — Nov 2025
The DePaulia
  • Lead digital content strategy and ensure timely publication across platforms
  • Oversee staff of 25+ reporters, photographers and contributors
  • Edit stories for clarity, accuracy and style; contribute reporting and live coverage
  • Apply data reporting to uncover trends, support investigations and strengthen storytelling
Producer, Data Leader
Mar — Nov 2025
DePaul CJIE / NBC 5 Chicago
  • Led data analysis, fact-checking and editing for long-form investigative project
  • Assisted in broadcast production, field reporting and newsroom segments
  • Built Python scraper to extract and analyze Illinois legislative data
  • Built a news application to visualize cost of new betting tax
  • Created short-form social video for NBC5's socials

Recognition

Peter Lisagor Award
  • Deadline Writing (Small Newsroom)
  • Chicago Headline Club
Associated Collegiate Press
  • 4th Place, Best News Story
  • 6th Place, Best of Show Website
  • HM Breaking News Story
  • HM Best In-Depth News Story
  • HM Social Media Reporting

Education

B.A. Journalism — DePaul University
Minor: English Literature · Certificate: Geographic Information Systems
Expected June 2026
Coursework: Data journalism, GIS and spatial analysis, media law, investigative reporting
DePaul FOIA Fellows Bootcamp
Public records skills, FOIA strategy, request tracking and follow-up reporting
Professional Memberships
Investigative Reporters and Editors · Chicago Headline Club, SPJ · Online News Association

Skills

News Writing & Editing
Breaking news, enterprise, AP style, live updates
Audience Engagement
Platform strategy, newsletter writing, subscriber growth
CMS & Analytics
WordPress, Chartbeat, Google Analytics
GIS & Mapping
ArcGIS Pro, Leaflet.js, spatial analysis
Programming & Web
HTML/CSS, Python, R, GitHub
Data Analysis
Cleaning, visualization, statistical analysis
Digital Storytelling
Datawrapper, Flourish, scrollytelling
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere
Public Records & FOIA
Request drafting, tracking, follow-up reporting