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I’m a Data and Investigative Reporter and was most recetly covering education for Knox News, a Gannett-owned local newspaper in Knoxville, Tennessee. I'm available for hire in India, starting March 20, 2025.

Covering public schools has been truly rewarding, and hopefully, someday (soon), I'll write a book about how America educates its kids and what I’ve learned, liked and wrestled with.

Lately, I’ve also been diving into the evolution of the news and information industry, and the intersection of generative AI, ethics, and journalism. I love exploring tools that make reporting easier.

I have a master’s degree in Data Journalism from Columbia University where I took classes in environmental reporting, algorithms and mapping, among other courses. I’ve also worked as a city beat reporter for a local newsroom in Idaho, worked for Reuters as a publisher and as an editor at a media start-up.

At Knox News, as the first and only data reporter in the newsroom, I built datasets to have ready for breaking news, including databases for property ownership and crime stats.

A lot of Knox County and Tennessee’s data is made available in formats that are not machine readable, and I’m constantly finding ways to navigate that, both by making connections with data officers and through coding solutions.

For visualization, I’m trained in making interactives with Python libraires such as Altair and Plotly and D3. I enjoy mapping with QGIS, Mapbox and Google Earth Pro. For quick turnarounds, I also rely on free resources such as Datawrapper and Flourish.

I once wrote a weekly newsletter about life in NYC and grad school.

I take great pride in uncovering hidden stories with a fresh perspective in unfamiliar situations!

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