I was most recently the Mississippi State beat reporter for The Commercial Dispatch, covering Southeastern Conference football, basketball, baseball and more. I write breaking news, previews, features, game stories, sidebars and much more, traveling to all away games for football and select road trips in other sports. You can check out all of my work at The Dispatch by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.
Highlights:
- Fueled by doubters, journeyman and ‘weird arm slot guy’ Cam Schuelke takes on the SEC
- ‘She had that competitive spirit’: Taryne Mowatt-McKinney is pushing the Bulldogs’ pitching staff and getting results
- Transfer trio has Bulldogs eyeing the top of the SEC
- Breakout game was months in the making for Zavion Thomas
- Jeffries, Matthews bring chemistry, defensive intensity from Olive Branch to Starkville
I covered Dartmouth athletics and high school sports in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont for the Valley News from October 2021 until August 2023. I wrote features, game stories, breaking news and long-form pieces, handling the Big Green football beat for the 2022 season. I also compiled the local roundup once a week, coordinated photo assignments, and more. You can check out all of my work at the Valley News by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.
Highlights:
- 50 years later, how Title IX changed sports at Dartmouth and in the Upper Valley
- Dartmouth’s Herring seizes his moment at cornerback
- Hanover High School has a new mascot, and it’s a bear
- White River Valley baseball wins third consecutive state title
- Winslow wraps up 22 years with Hanover boys basketball
During the fall of 2020, I interned remotely with the politics and policy team at Vox.com, covering the 2020 election. I was responsible for creating Vox’s daily newsletter, Sentences, which is sent to more than 130,000 email subscribers. I also wrote breaking news stories and explainer articles of my own, and helped other reporters with special projects. You can check out all of my work for Vox by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.
Highlights:
- Health experts call for the vice presidential debate to be canceled or made virtual
- The 3 biggest governor races to watch in 2020
- 50 million world Covid-19 cases: The biggest outbreaks, explained
- The long list of contenders for Kamala Harris’s Senate seat, explained
I’ve written for The Daily Northwestern since my first quarter on campus, covering sports ranging from football to softball to swimming. I’ve held the positions of sports editor, assistant sports editor, copy chief, summer managing editor and web editor, and have written previews, recaps, athlete profiles and sports columns, as well as some coverage of the Northwestern and Evanston communities. You can check out all of my work for The Daily by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.
Highlights:
- From ball fields to the medical field: Former Northwestern athletes fight on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Enrolling early after last-minute commitment, quarterback Carl Richardson fits right in at Northwestern
- The Sideline: Jeremy Kipp drives the energy bus for Northwestern swimming
- AND is in her DNA: Morgan Newport has filled every role Northwestern softball has asked of her
- Longtime equipment manager Meli Resendiz celebrates 30 years at Northwestern
I worked for two-plus years as a freelance writer for Softball America, which launched in 2019 as a sister site to Baseball America. I wrote weekly recaps for the inaugural season of Athletes Unlimited, a player-centric league featuring some of the best talent in the world. I also wrote weekly news features and player profiles on Big Ten and ACC softball during the shortened 2020 season, and I covered the 2019 NCAA Regionals for the site, which provides softball fans with news, features and rankings for every level of the sport. You can check out all of my work for SA by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.
Highlights:
- This Is Us Softball hopes to continue fight for racial justice
- Fiancées Chidester, Urtez reunite for Athletes Unlimited
- Cat Osterman’s legendary career ends with Athletes Unlimited
- Northwestern rises to occasion, advances to first Super Regional since 2008
- Softball was worth the wait for Clemson
I spent the winter of 2020 in Washington, D.C. as part of Northwestern’s Medill on the Hill program. I focused on education policy, but covered government and politics in general, including the Senate impeachment trial and the 2020 Democratic primary in South Carolina. You can check out all of my work for Medill News Service by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.
Highlights:
- Across South Carolina, college campuses find ways to get out the vote for Democrats
- Biden blows away the field in crucial South Carolina win
- Flexibility or rollback? Experts clash on impact of USDA’s proposed changes to school meal regulations
- House oversight committee discusses Holocaust education, legacy of hate crimes
For the summer of 2020, I was a reporting intern with the Cape Cod Times, working remotely from my home in California. I covered the Cape Cod Baseball League, the most prestigious amateur baseball league in the country. Although the Cape League’s season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I still wrote features about the league, as well as the Falmouth Road Race and other local news coverage on the Cape. You can check out all of my work for the Cape Cod Times by clicking here or on the thumbnail below.
Highlights:
- Mike Richard tracks Cape Cod Baseball League history
- Cotuit interns’ ‘Keep the Kettle Hot’ podcast gives fans their baseball fix
- Cape Cod runners settle for virtual version of Boston Marathon in September
- After devastating injury, Maggie Phelan to run Falmouth
- Cape Cod retailers struggle to meet demand for kayaks and bicycles
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