I am a journalist. I talk to people and write for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Florida. Most days I cover legal affairs and public safety, which means an average day might include a man turning down a plea deal for cultivating marijuana to treat his wife’s debilitating illness, a small plane crash or a meth lab exploding in a pricey beach front condominium. I broke the stories about detectives re-investigating the unsolved Walker family murders, the “In Cold Blood” murderers’ alibis that didn’t add up and later authorities exhuming the bodies of those two famous murderers.
Me with Gatsby, my Canon G12
I was a previously reporter for The Associated Press in 2012, writing about the Illinois statehouse from Springfield during the legislative session.
I have a master’s degree in public affairs reporting from University of Illinois Springfield, where I focused on learning how to comprehensively report on politics, legislation and corruption. I graduated with my bachelor’s in journalism and a political science minor from Roosevelt University in Chicago.
My passion is telling stories, in whatever form fits best, that impact people’s lives. I love learning new technology, especially innovative ways to use data for storytelling. I adore beautiful maps and aspire to make them. I am teaching myself to code.
I’m a native New Englander and love to hike. Sometimes I take extreme measures to create ordinary things from scratch, like wheat crackers or a custom hat. I watch lots of YouTube videos while trying to teach myself to play the ukulele.
