Resume

Residential Real Estate Writer

February 2022 – current | Chicago, Ill.

I cover luxury real estate and the Chicago housing market across the 19-county Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Produce one original story a day as well as aggregated news from other outlets. Broke news on several major residential sales and my stories generated conversions to paying subscribers.
Cultivate sources at local brokerages and development firms
Report on major trends in the housing market, including an increase in luxury sales coming out of the pandemic and how brokerages are preparing for a recession.

Freelance Writer

January 2021 – February 2022 | Kansas City, Mo.

During a contract with KCUR 89.3, Kansas City’s NPR station, I reported on public safety and development. I produced both audio spots for the station’s on-air programs and written stories for their website.
Reported on the Kansas Statehouse and other news for various local newsrooms, most notably the Kansas Reflector, a nonprofit news outlet.
Covered a student press First Amendment lawsuit against a local university, wrote about a state law that allows judges to order alleged sex crime victims to submit to psychological evaluations and wrote about an attempt to change state law after several rural fire fatalities were determined homicides.

Crawford Architects

Marketing Coordinator | March 2020 – December 2020 | Kansas City, Mo.

Generated high quality responses to Request for Proposals (RFPs) on behalf of the firm
Wrote blog posts, social posts and monitored social media channels

The Kansas City Business Journal

Special Sections Editor and Commercial Real Estate Reporter | December 2017 – March 2020 | Kansas City, Mo.

Cover all major commercial real estate transactions and proposed construction projects across the five-county metro area.
Write one to three stories a day in addition to cover stories and enterprise content. Of that daily content, three to five stories per week are premium and must include exclusive information, scoops or in-depth interviews.
Transitioned from our special sections editing role into KCBJ’s commercial real estate reporter in January 2019.
Before I changed jobs, I oversaw and edited eight special issue publications per year.

The Greenfield Recorder

Reporter | September 2016 – November 2017 | Greenfield, Mass.

Covered three towns, one regional school district, events and breaking news while balancing multiple deadlines and projects. Covered local government meetings on deadline.
Produced one to three stories per day and one feature per month.
Covered the Massachusetts Attorney General’s investigation into a local police department’s handling of a prescription drop-off box. My reporting led to reforms in the department and the resignation of the police chief.

Kansas City Star

Metro Reporting Intern | May 2016 – August 2016 | Kansas City, Mo.

Topeka Capital-Journal

Statehouse Reporting Intern | January 2016 – May 2016 | Topeka, Kan.

Skills

Honors

1st place Best story/photo combination | 2022 | Kansas Press Association
3rd place Crime and Courts reporting | 2018 | New England Newspaper & Press Association
12th place Hearst Award | 2015 | Enterprise reporting
13th place Hearst Award | 2014 | Breaking news reporting