I'm a local reporter and data journalist, currently working with the Jacksonville Tributary as a Data Journalism Intern.

My work has been published in South Side Weekly, Austin Weekly, the Concord Monitor, MindSite News, The Current, and Streetsblog Chicago. I've also fact-checked and documented public meetings for City Bureau, and helped develop a data pipeline of TSA complaints for the Data Liberation Project. Previously, I self-published the neighborhood blog Humboldt Park Moon and co-authored a book on the Avondale neighborhood.

As a freelance reporter I've written about a wide range of topics including mental health systems, government accountability, active transportation, and community history. Having prior experience working within a social service nonprofit research center, I'm comfortable with complexity and emphasize the importance of context in presenting data.

As a data journalist my deepest expertise is data wrangling, and I have over two decades of experience in developing databases, writing code to transform data, and integrating data sources. I've also been a webmaster.

Last summer I completed Columbia University's Lede Program for Data Journalism where I improved my Python and Pandas skills while developing new skills including map-based storytelling and GitHub workflows. Since then I've been building map-based stories using QGIS, MapBox, and Javascript. For data visualization I primarily use Data Wrapper, Flourish, and Altair to create charts, graphs, and static maps.

Here's my portfolio and my GitHub.