JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE:
WONDERY (Los Angeles, CA)
Story Producer on Miniseries // Feb 2021 - April 2024
Produced a series about the assassination of journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia. It held the number 1 podcast in the US and Canada for one week.
Reported and produced the third season of Wondery’s flagship miniseries, Dr. Death. Which is currently being developed into a TV miniseries at Peacock.
Produce audio stories from start to finish, including scouting, research, booking, recording, cutting tape, writing scripts and host copy, and getting a rough mix.
Assist other producers with conducting interviews, research and filing FOIAs.
Working to develop and grow the internal pitch pipeline for Wondery.
SNAP JUDGMENT (Oakland, CA)
Story Producer // May 2019 - Feb 2021
Produced audio stories from start to finish, including scouting, research, booking, recording, cutting tape, and getting a rough mix.
Worked closely with other producers and editors to vet and craft their stories.
REVEAL, FROM THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (Emeryville, CA)
Investigative Reporter (Freelance) // Feb 2019 - Nov 2019
Produced a twenty minute feature on a rogue cop from start to finish, including original reporting, source development, data sleuthing, public records requests, researching court documents, booking, recording, cutting tape, writing host open copy, and getting a rough mix.
Built and cleaned a database of officer data to initially determine that the troubled officer had been rehired after being terminated for his previous actions.
Successfully appealed several denials to my initial Public Records Requests by the San Francisco Police Department.
The story also helped with a push to reform how police move from one department to the next—which was passed into law last year as Senate Bill 2.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING PROGRAM (Berkeley, CA)
Investigative Illustrator (Freelance) // May 2018 - July 2018
Recreated a helicopter crash for a feature documentary, “Who Killed Lt. Van Dorn?”
Working with various FOIA’d documents I created detailed and compelling illustrations that matched the historical record.
EDUCATION:
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
Masters of Journalism, Summa Cum Laude
Aug 2017 - May 2019
Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Art Practice, Summa Cum Laude
Aug 2012 - May 2015