about me
Journalist brings reporting, editing experience
Recent graduate of UNC Chapel Hill bids adieu to The Daily Tar Heel and summer internship at The Florida Times-Union, joins the Kingsport Times News as a general assignment reporter.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Three weeks into my internship at Jacksonville’s Florida Times-Union, I wanted to do more.
In between writing about local gun violence survivors, shark facts and a protest outside City Hall, I had been looking for my own stories to pitch. I was a general assignment reporter, so I couldn’t farm a specific beat with established sources.
I did, however, have the freedom to look anywhere I wanted. I scoured events calendars, press releases and spoke to community members until I chose to cover a classical concert series by the Ritz Chamber Players.
After my article ran in the paper, a coworker pulled me aside. He noted how everyone else in the newsroom would have overlooked featuring a small, local orchestra. But I had a fresh set of eyes, and I knew a concert wasn’t just a concert.
I spoke with the group’s founder, went backstage with its musicians and listened through their show. Beyond hosting talented musicians, the Ritz Chamber Players speaks to the underrepresentation of Black people in classical music spaces by platforming Black performers and composers.
More than reporting that something simply happened, I want to write about the reason why — and what that means for the reader. Please join me as I’m lucky enough to tell human stories that matter.
Experience
General Assignment Reporter at The Kingsport Times News
- August 2025 to present
- Write daily stories about Hawkins County, Tennessee as the area’s sole reporter for KTN
- Attend government and school board meetings, events; cover elections
- Write features on businesses, local leaders, key issues
- Cover breaking news from public safety agencies
- Write headlines, take photos accompanying articles
Summer Reporting Intern at The Florida Times-Union
- June to July 2025
- Wrote multiple stories a week on various topics, as assigned or pitched
- Wrote accompanying headlines and other SEO elements
Print Managing Editor at The Daily Tar Heel
- August 2024 to May 2025
- Oversaw production of weekly 16-page newspaper
- Decided which stories were included; checked over page building and headline writing
- Designed and built front cover in Adobe InDesign; wrote front page display text
- Edited articles from reporting and opinion desks
- Collaborated with desk editors to solve issues like stories falling through, how best to utilize multimedia, etc
- Pitched and helped organize a weekly shortform video series that averaged 6,000 views (usually on par with or exceeding the viewership of more established series)
Read the paper (Aug. 21 – April 23)
Chief Copy Editor at Coulture Magazine
- August 2024 to May 2025
- Managed team of two associates and a dozen stafers; kept track of and assigned every story
- Conducted the final copy edit on every story for grammar and AP Style
- previous positions:
- Associate Chief Copy Editor September 2022 to September 2024
- Copy Editor January 2022 to September 2022
Summer Managing Editor at The Daily Tar Heel
- May 2024 to August 2024
- Oversaw daily production of online articles
- Led creation of four special edition print papers
- Edited pieces from reporting desks as well as breaking news and daily newsletters
Copy Chief at The Daily Tar Heel
- February 2024 to May 2024
- Led desk of 19 staffers and four other members of Copy leadership
- Trained staffers/assistants on editing, headline writing and InDesign
- Copy edited and fact-checked several articles daily following AP and in-house styles
- Placed articles into weekly print paper; wrote display text
- previous positions:
- Assistant Copy Editor August 2023 to February 2024
- Copy Editor September 2022 to August 2023
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Class of 2025
Hussman School of Journalism and Media (B.A.)
Minors in history and film
Skills
- Feature, news and opinion writing
- Copy editing / AP Style
- Headline writing for print and SEO
- Graphic design and page layout
- Adobe Suite
- HTML and CSS
- Audio journalism
Notable award: N.C. High School Journalist of the Year, 2021 (issued by N.C. Scholastic Media Association)
