Résumé

Fortune - Tech Reporter

02.18 - Present

Responsible for covering some of the Bay Area's largest Internet companies like Facebook, Google, and Uber. This includes legislative matters, data privacy, financials, and analysis. Weekly produces an average of four stories online. Also provides content and analysis for the print publication and tech newsletter. Serves as a moderator for local panels.


D CEO Magazine - Managing Editor

03.16 - 06.18

Oversaw staff writers, freelancers, pitches, deadlines, communication between art and editorial and led tech/startup news. Introduced accountability systems, features, formats. Improved production processes so team met or beat print deadlines 100 percent of the time. Helped develop CIO/CTO Awards. Edited entire publication. Kept expenses below budget by more than 15 percent annually. Moderated local panels.


Dallas Business Journal - Tech Reporter/Retail Reporter

05.13 - 02.16

Spearheaded launch of daily Tech Flash newsletter, which covered Dallas startups, mid-market companies and large corporations for thousands of subscribers. Broke news online. Wrote features in print. Weekly, produced an average of 15 online stories and four print elements, plus special features. Video, photos, social media included. Covered local, national companies, legislative and legal issues, financials and analysis.


Dallas Morning News - Plano City Reporter

06.12 - 08.12

Covered city government, city services, and breaking news in print, via blog, and on Twitter for daily Metro. Also covered county and general assignments across Dallas-Fort Worth, including contributing to the story investigating the murder of a Kaufman County prosecutor.


Dallas Morning News - Neighborsgo - Allen/Frisco/McKinney Editor

04.11 - 03.12

Developed a model to consolidate three editions into one. Produced a 24-44 page weekly community paper covering school boards, city councils, and human interest stories. Distribution was 38,000. Wrote, edited, shot photos, updated website, and social media sites, and managed more than 30 contributors. Worked shifts for daily Metro.


Texcorp Communications Inc. - Assistant Editor, Web Editor

02.08 - 12.09

Wrote and edited for four state and national publications covering supplier diversity in large corporations. Also served as creative director and co-host for Diversity Scope, a video web segment, and edited web copy.


Southern Methodist University

08.04 - 05.08

B.A. Journalism, B.A. Spanish, Minor: Ethics, cum laude

Served as a contributing writer for the school newspaper, The Daily Campus. Coverage included dissecting the inconsistency of the school's safety escort service and the story of a student caught in the middle of a legal battle between the university and a condo owner. Also served as a reporter and crew member for SMU's TV news program, The Daily Update. Coverage included student parking issues related to new construction on campus.

Completed a semester in Madrid, Spain.