Work Experience
September 2025 - December 2025
New York, NY
June 2025 - September 2025
New York, NY
Sept. 2024 - June 2025
New York, NY
Sept. 2023 - Aug. 2024
Arlington, VA
June 2023 - Sept. 2023
Arlington, VA
Jan. 2023 - May 2023
Washington, D.C.
April 2020 - Aug. 2022
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 2022 - Dec. 2022
Copenhagen, Denmark
Aug. 2021 - Aug. 2022
Washington, D.C.
March 2020 - March 2021
Washington, D.C.
Dec. 2020 - Dec. 2021
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2020
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2019
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 2019 - April 2020
Washington, D.C.
Aug. 2017 - June 2019
Pittsburgh, PA
The Daily Beast - Breaking News Intern
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I wrote articles and cheats (200-word stories) on the most pressing news of the day, mainly focused on politics, entertainment, and royalty.
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Over the 3 months I was there working part-time, I brought in nearly 3 million page views with my highest viewed story bringing in nearly 300,000 viewers.
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I pitched stories for our site, found and added photos to my articles, and assisted editors with tasks for building out other articles.
Dateline - Editorial Intern
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I helped research and build presentations regarding recent updates to criminal cases.
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I assisted in finding potential cases that could make good Dateline episodes.
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I researched and interviewed police and victims' families. I then wrote articles on said cases for Dateline's "Cold Case Spotlight" section that were published on NBC News.
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I also helped the audio team with writing, fact-checking, and transcribing podcast segments, as well as editing video for podcasts like "True Crime Weekly" and "Talking Dateline."
TODAY.com - Editorial Intern
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I pitched, researched, and wrote articles for TODAY.com that spanned across the site's coverage areas, including music, parenting, pop culture, health, food, lifestyle, news, and trending.
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I assisted NBC News and MSNBC on election night coverage. I also helped Start TODAY with some shoots and their app launch, and worked the TODAY Show plaza once a month.
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In this role, I got to interview multiple celebrities like Alex Morgan, Taron Edgerton, Seal, Chase Stokes, Rebecca Yarros, AnnaSophia Robb, Jason Schwartzman, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Antonia Gentry, and Madison Bailey.
Inside Defense - Emerging Technologies Reporter
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I covered the Department of Defense and all updates related to emerging technology, including cyber, AI, quantum, autonomy, export regulations, strengthening the defense industrial base, Ukraine, Taiwan, and more.
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I wrote articles, interviewed subjects, and covered press conferences at the Pentagon, on the Hill, and at industry events.
Sightline Media Group - Editorial Fellow
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Wrote articles for The Military Times, Defense News, the Air Force Times, the Marine Corps Times, the Army Times, C4ISRNET, and the Federal Times.
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Passed a 4-day training on accurately and effectively reporting on domestic extremism and terrorism that has improved my coverage skills when it comes to breaking news, investigative pieces, and reporting.
The Eagle - Life Section Writer
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During my senior year, I contributed to pitch meetings, found interviewees for pieces, and wrote articles for the Life section, which mostly consisted of film and TV reviews or arts and entertainment pieces.
The Eagle - Managing Copy Editor
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I edited University newspaper content with an audience of 11k; promoted from Opinion Section Writer and Assistant Copy Editor.
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I fact-checked, heavily used AP style, fixed grammar, spelling, word placement, and more. I helped format articles and had the final say on grammar before the piece was published. I worked with deadlines and was in charge of a team of people whom I delegated tasks to.
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In this position, I edited over 1,350 articles twice before publication.
Freelance Photographer
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I experimented with new photography techniques around Europe.
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I worked with Strand 32, a secondhand designer store, to photograph models in their clothing. This included photographing well-known and lesser-known brands on the streets of Copenhagen.
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I studied underneath the Danish photographer Lærke Posselt.
Clubhouse - Team Member
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I transcribed episodes of Politics and Media 101 and cut them down to fit the proper podcast length time.
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I helped Barney Frank organize his life's work and preserve and digitize paper documents.
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I was able to work under pressure and a time crunch.
American University - Digital Marketing Assistant
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I edited American University’s College of Arts and Sciences website and keep current topics updated.
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I ran their social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.) through Hootsuite and manually.
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I made sure AU professors’ achievements were fact-checked and had no grammatical errors, and that their names were spelled correctly.
Sigma Kappa - Vice President of Philanthropic Services and Social Chairwoman
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As Vice President of Philanthropic Services, I was in charge of all five of Sigma Kappa's philanthropies. This included planning philanthropy events, donations, prizes, and all necessary coordinating details. I had to think of creative philanthropy ideas and execute them within budget.
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As Social Chairwoman, I worked hard to organize social events and monitor the events themselves. I had to coordinate with many different vendors for events and ensure everything was safe and approved.
American University - Teacher's Assistant
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I was a teacher's assistant for an Introduction to Communications course.
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In this position, I held review sessions for tests with students and for each project, I created a model for what theirs should look like and used it as an example for them.
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I operated all technological functions during a fully online class, and I kept everything organized over Zoom teaching.
PBS To the Contrary - Intern
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I pitched, booked, and conducted interviews, wrote press releases, and covered conferences and rallies.
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I communicated with agents, set up interview spaces, transcribed episodes, blogged during shows, and edited the show with Adobe programs while adding graphics.
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I utilized Buffer to add content to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram; I helped with cutting the show and spotting errors.
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I also ensured that all interviewees were comfortable by greeting them, providing food, and preparing them for the session
The Eagle - Opinion Writer and Assistant Copy Editor
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As an opinion writer, I wrote pieces on what I was passionate about, including mental health for college students during the coronavirus pandemic.
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As an Assistant Copy Editor, I copy edited pieces for grammatical issues, memorized the AP Stylebook front to back, and managed sections. After one semester of that, I was promoted the Managing Copy Editor.
The Devil's Advocate - Writer, Editor, Photographer, and Artist
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As a writer, I wrote articles, interviewed subjects for pieces, and contributed to the trending and features section of the newspaper in this sense.
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As an editor, I wrote articles but also edited other features section pieces. Then I was promoted to Center Spread Editor, where I had creative liberty over the center spread. In this position, I wrote the entire centerfold pieces, as well as creating the theme of each center spread. I started a new initiative to theme each center spread story to a movie and do the fonts and graphics and overall theme based on that movie.
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As a photographer and artist, I photographed events and people and drew artwork that was featured in the newspaper. One front page drawing I created even won the 2019 Diversity Award.
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