Selected Reporting
A selection of my reporting and multimedia work, focusing on environmental issues, community storytelling and digital formats
Danger on the Roads
Straus News, 2024
Reported on the rise in distracted driving post-COVID by interviewing police chiefs across New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and analyzing previously published media and analyzing accident records and police data. Despite the reality of poor driving conditions during most seasons in the Tri-State Area, human behavior is the primary actor in serious motorvehicle accidents.
COMMUNITY & CULTURE | LONG-FORM | INVESTIGATIVE
Land of Liberty or Land of Lies?
Online Journalism Workshop, Fall 2025
Reported on rising concerns about censorship and historical revisionism within U.S. national parks by examining changes to educational materials and public-facing narratives. This piece draws on interviews with National Parks Conservation Association staff and seasonal park workers, alongside archival imagery and news coverage, to explore how national parks navigate contested histories and public memory.
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | MULTIMEDIA | POLITICS
Newly Minted Citizens Tell Their Stories
Straus News, 2024
Profiled five newly naturalized U.S. citizens at a Fourth of July naturalization ceremony, combining interviews and photographs to document their paths to citizenship, centering on personal reflections about identity, belonging and the decision to become an American citizen.
COMMUNITY & CULTURE | MULTIMEDIA | LONG-FORM
Grounded
Online Journalism Workshop, Fall 2025
Produced a short documentary profiling Xavier Brown, a lifelong Washington, D.C., resident and co-founder of the Black Dirt Farm Collective, a Mid-Atlantic growers group rooted in Afroecological farming practices. Through interviews and on-location reporting, the film examines how community-based agriculture draws on Indigenous and ancestral knowledge to reconnect people to land shaped by histories of displacement and environmental harm.
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | COMMUNITY & CULTURE | MULTIMEDIA
Stories of Ward Six
Sustainability Reporting, Spring 2024
Reported on environmental issues and climate news in D.C.’s Ward 6 over the course of a semester, culminating in a multimedia collection of original reporting, photography and videography documenting community sustainbility efforts, climate change adaptation and environmental justice.
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING | MULTIMEDIA | INVESTIGATIVE
This is What Democracy Sounds Like!
Online Journalism Workshop, Fall 2025
Created a podcast examining the militarization of Washington, D.C., from a sociological perspective while maintaining focus on community culture and highlighting the impact of the National Guard on District residents.
COMMUNITY & CULTURE | AUDIO | INVESTIGATIVE