About

Growing up, my favorite part of the day was listening to NPR’s Morning Edition on the ride to school with my mom. That ritual sparked a fascination with storytelling that’s stayed with me ever since, and now drives my work in journalism.

At the University of Georgia, my media experience has centered on telling stories that connect the present to the past and making them resonate with the people around me. Through my internship as an editor for Strike Magazine, I’ve shaped blog articles and magazine features from pitch to publication, mastering AP style and honing in on culture pieces. This process has made me a more deliberate writer myself, attuned to clarity, pacing, and purpose. 

In my Reporting 1 course, my sustainability beat-mates and I covered Georgia’s record-breaking pollen counts for our beat pitch competition. I interviewed students, tracked data, and used Instagram to engage with my audience in real time. Since then, I’ve expanded that same skill set across other stories—using public records, local government documents, and digital tools to sharpen my reporting and make it more accessible. Those experiences taught me to pair traditional reporting with multimedia storytelling to make local issues feel immediate and personal.

As a double major studying journalism and history, I’ve always been drawn to stories at their intersection. I care about how the past shapes what we pay attention to now, and how our reporting about the present becomes part of the historical record. I want to keep doing that: reporting that’s grounded and built to last.