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Resume

Key Skills

  • Print Journalism

  • News Writing & Reporting

  • Investigative Writing

  • Copy Writing

  • Research and Fact-Checking

  • Interviewing Skills

  • Photography

  • DSLR Cameras

Education

  • Xavier University of Louisiana (Summa Cum Laude)

    • B.A. in Mass Communication, Political Science minor

    • New Orleans, LA — May 2025​

  • New York University 

    • M.A. in Journalism, Reporting the Nation & New York

    • New York, NY — present

Internships

  • Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting

Jackson, MS — May 2021 through August 2021

  • New Orleans City Business

New Orleans, LA — October 2021 through May 2022

  • The Buffalo News

Buffalo, NY — June 2022 through August 2022​

  • The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans, LA — January 2023 through August 2023

  • Investigative Reporting Workshop

Washington, DC — June 2024 through August 2024​​

Professional Experience

  • Contributor to New Orleans Data News Weekly  

    • New Orleans, LA — September 2021 through October 2021

  • Contributor to The Louisiana Weekly

    • New Orleans, LA — November 2021

  • Contributor to New Orleans City Business

    • New Orleans, LA — October 2021 through December 2021

Honors

Awards

  • 2022 Bloomberg Business Journalism Diversity Program Participant

  • 2022 Online News Association HBCU Digital Media Fellow

  • 2023 HBCU-Africa Correspondents Corp

  • 2023 POLITICO Journalism Institute

  • Southeast Journalism Conference "2022 Best of the South"

Best News Writer — Ranked #1

  • Southeast Journalism Conference "2022 Best of the South"

Best Newspaper — Ranked #3 (The Xavier Herald)

  • Associated Collegiate Press "Fall 2022 Clips & Clicks Contest"

Best News Writing — Honorable Mention

  • 2023 The Gracies Awards "Television Student Winners"

Hard News Feature — Honorable Mention

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