Business reporting
Explanatory reporting
Accountability reporting
Legal reporting
Local government reporting
Education reporting
Human interest reporting
Breaking news coverage
Columns
Broadcast work
The following projects were completed during an internship as an assistant producer.
Magazine work
I temporarily coordinated the Stevens Point Journal's quarterly women's magazine called You Magazine. Responsibilities included planning, assigning, creating and editing content. I also shot some of the photos. After magazine leadership transitioned to the advertising staff, I continued to contribute content. A digital edition of the magazine is available here.
- Odd couple: Why does a franchise company want to buy Kohl's? (June 7, 2022)
- SBA programs send billions to Wisconsin businesses (Oct. 1, 2021)
- Are ghost kitchens here to stay? (July 16, 2021)
- Milwaukee restaurants rethink approach with labor in short supply (May 28, 2021)
- Is it high time? Marijuana legalization proposal finds mixed support (April 23, 2021)
- Help wanted: Milwaukee-area restaurants push through Covid-19 (Jan. 15, 2021)
- Incubator kitchen start of effort to foster development in Sherman Park (Nov. 20, 2020)
- When crises collide: Even before Covid-19, Wisconsin's child care industry neared crisis mode (Sept. 11, 2020)
- The PPP Story: How the Paycheck Protection Program operated in Wisconsin (July 17, 2020)
- How developers, brokers stir national names into 3rd Ward's mix (Feb 14, 2020)
- Shopping for a rebound: Analysts' views vary when it comes to Kohl's growth (Nov. 15, 2019)
- Mayfair mall in Wauwatosa continues its reign as the area's premier place to shop (Sept. 13, 2019)
- Boutique boom: Fitness craze brings healthy competition (July 12, 2019)
- A budding industry (May 10, 2019)
- Ax throwing and escape rooms: Experience-based businesses spreading across Milwaukee area (April 5, 2019)
Explanatory reporting
- Keeping the dream alive: Entrepreneurs turn to alternative sources of capital (Oct. 28, 2022)
- The flight of banks: As bank branch networks narrow, entrepreneurs struggle to access capital (Oct. 21, 2022)
- At anti-Semitism town hall, trends cited and a call for vigilance (March 26, 2019)
- The cycle of evictions tough to escape (July 9, 2018)
- Report: Racine Co.'s environment among least healthy in Wisconsin (March 28, 2018)
- Racine confirms increasing number of STD cases (Feb. 21, 2018)
- Farmer's trout project stirs conservation fight (April 25, 2017)
- Drug court judge ready to spark change (Nov. 1, 2016)
- Hull neighbors battle over cell tower (June 7, 2016)
- Neighbors fume at Linwood creek issue (April 29, 2016)
- Want court records? Pay up (March 18, 2016)
- Tool could help restore flow of Little Plover River (Aug. 11, 2015)
Accountability reporting
- Racine County judge accused of misconduct (June 25, 2018)
- Cost of retired employees' benefits forces Racine to study expenses (June 10, 2018)
- Survey: Racine police morale 'absolutely horrible' (May 3, 2018)
- Complaint: Former county attorney was 'hostile' (April 28, 2017)
- Parents: Where did our administrator go? (March 15, 2017)
- County won't say why it investigated attorney (March 10, 2017)
- Vouchers fund record pay raises at Pacelli (March 1, 2017)
- County attorney left with $75K settlement (Jan. 27, 2017)
- No answers 1 year after treasurer probe starts (Sept. 19, 2016)
- Fox Theater revival project at standstill (July 20, 2016)
- Point hired Gulan after Hurley told to fire him (July 6, 2016)
- County: We tried to follow open meeting law (June 21, 2016)
- Prosecutor: Portage Co. meeting was illegal (June 21, 2016)
- Dreier: Discrimination claim is 'baseless' (Dec. 21, 2015)
- Marijuana decriminalization spreads across WI (Aug. 31, 2015)
- Trains block Wisconsin roads, lives (Aug. 10, 2015)
- State to collect thousands of DNA samples under new law (May 15, 2015)
- Champaign County owes employees more than $1 million in unused vacation time (May 30, 2014)
Legal reporting
- Wisconsin businesses argue in court they should have PPP access (June 24, 2020)
- Lawsuit accuses Lands' End of 'negligence' in Delta Air Lines uniforms (May 29, 2019)
- Lawsuit calls 2014 spinoff of Lands' End from Sears 'fraudulent' (April 24, 2019)
- City of Racine answers Machinery Row lawsuits (July 27, 2018)
- Judge Piontek answers accusations of misconduct (July 23, 2018)
- Charges to be filed against officer accused in excessive force incident at Park High (May 4, 2018)
- Federal Machinery Row lawsuit dismissed by agreement (March 20, 2018)
- Kringle company name at center of lawsuit (Feb. 25, 2018)
- Shannon family sues city, officers over shooting death (Feb. 6, 2018)
- Judge: Racine development director must answer former employer's lawsuit (Dec. 8, 2017)
- Judge: Michaels can block Planet Fitness from opening in Plover (Sept. 6, 2017)
Local government reporting
- Palenick: Referendum unlikely to be solution to Racine's fiscal needs (May 8, 2018)
- Racine mayor orders review of police department culture (May 4, 2018)
- How does Racine's financial future look? New report digs deep (April 4, 2018)
- Racine studies other communities' successes to capitalize on Foxconn (Jan. 2, 2018)
- Anti-bullying ordinance would carry fine of up to $1,000 (Nov. 18, 2017)
- In a position of impact: Mason outlines goals as mayor (Nov. 12, 2017)
- Beer, kickball and more: Your guide to the O'so Brewing Co. deal (Aug. 25, 2017)
- Tickets up as city mulls overnight parking (March 22, 2017)
- County's jail dilemma: costly renovations (Feb. 6, 2017)
- Stevens Point may hike taxes for road work (Nov. 3, 2016)
- Cancer survivor: Reform weed policy in Point (Sept. 28, 2016)
- Wheel tax popularity grows in Wisconsin (Sept. 2, 2016)
- City doubles code violation profits in 2015 (May 24, 2016)
- Gov't Watch: Rough winter tough on area roadways and city budgets (April 4, 2014)
Education reporting
- Gutierrez to succeed Diaz as UCC executive director: Q&A (Nov. 7, 2019)
- Global perspective vital for UWM's Kaushal Chari (Oct. 3, 2019)
- Cross: Businesses see UW System as 'a valuable partner' (Aug. 30, 2019)
- Milwaukee-area employers turn to schools to fill workforce needs (Aug. 9, 2019)
- University of Wisconsin-Parkside opens lab to test hemp (Aug. 9, 2019)
- Revised capital budget maintains funding for UWM facilities, but not state office building (June 17, 2019)
- UW-Stevens Point plans to cut programs, staff amid declining enrollment (Sept. 14, 2017)
- Stevens Point sees uptick in AP tests after years of decline (June 21, 2017)
- UWSP student asks court to force poetry professor to give her an A (June 7, 2017)
- Iola-Scandinavia district administrator resigns (April 3, 2017)
- Parents to school: Why no message at intruder alarm? (Feb. 19, 2017)
- Parking meter plan irks UWSP students (Feb. 16, 2017)
- Calculating college cost no easy task (Jan. 31, 2017)
- State report downgrades Point-area school (Dec. 5, 2016)
- How a local teacher tackles a NSFW election (Nov. 7, 2016)
- Fast facts on Iola-Scandinavia's $6.6M referendums (Oct. 5, 2016)
- Classroom 'grandparents' program to end (Sept. 6, 2016)
- Ex-P.J. Jacobs principal returns after 3 years (June 23, 2016)
- Proposed tenure changes create uncertainty for UWSP (June 17, 2015)
Human interest reporting
- Mr. Equity: Crowley pushes Milwaukee County through pandemic (Jan. 28, 2021)
- Local Jews recall a different life in former Soviet Union (Jan. 2, 2020)
- Swanson's multi-pronged plan for Braise took years to deploy — but acclaim was instant: Deep Dish (Dec. 16, 2019)
- Former TMJ4 reporter and fiancé find love and Judaism (Dec. 5, 2019)
- Zamora uses Mexican traditions to create BelAir Cantina's fusion menu: Deep Dish (Dec. 2, 2019)
- Jewish in Baraboo (Nov. 29, 2018)
- Carthage commencement speaker wants students to ‘think historically’ (May 25, 2018)
- Portage County transgender rights activist inspired by parent’s journey (Sept. 28, 2017)
- Plover woman who is legally blind wins national arm wrestling championship (Sept. 14, 2017)
- Almond women quilt for veterans (Oct. 13, 2016)
- Family's 'field of dreams' honors son's memory (Aug. 17, 2016)
- Ride paramedic shift to new healthcare career (Jan. 21, 2016)
- Wanted: Neat freaks with heart (Oct. 13, 2015)
- Retired police chief in fight of his life (April 25, 2015)
- Same-sex couple ties knot on courthouse steps (Oct. 10, 2014)
Breaking news coverage
- 'We’ll go forward': Smaller DNC means greatly reduced economic impact (June 24, 2020)
- Rules of malls, salons: What’s allowed under suburban Milwaukee County’s new order (May 14, 2020)
- Evers wins close governor's race over Scott Walker (Nov. 7, 2018)
- DOJ report: Shannon was commanded to drop weapon (March 20, 2018)
- DOJ names Racine officers involved in fatal shooting (Jan 22, 2018)
- Farmers: Board's removal of trout project 'devastating' (June 6, 2017)
- Stevens Point City Council race: Results (April 4, 2017)
- Suspect in Rothschild-area shootings dies (April 1, 2017)
- Scott Walker protesters disrupt UWSP groundbreaking (May 5, 2016)
Columns
- An added sweetener by any other name (Dec. 3, 2015)
- Free but restricted: My day on home detention (Dec. 2, 2015)
- You did it! Journal readers donate 15 ponytails (May 14, 2015)
- Make the cut, support cancer awareness (April 8, 2015)
- Hunger prevails as invisible struggle for some (Nov. 6, 2014)
- Journal reporter sets out to see faces of hunger (Nov. 3, 2014)
Broadcast work
The following projects were completed during an internship as an assistant producer.
- Raising the perfect tree (Dec. 13, 2013)
- Reading into children's books (Nov. 13, 2013)
- Parenting a transgender child (co-produced) (Oct. 11, 2013)
- Leasing in Milwaukee's 3rd Ward; all about mentoring: MBJ Podcast #46 (Feb. 14, 2020)
- Restaurant real estate insights; meet our new lead designer: MBJ Podcast #41 (Jan. 10, 2020)
Magazine work
I temporarily coordinated the Stevens Point Journal's quarterly women's magazine called You Magazine. Responsibilities included planning, assigning, creating and editing content. I also shot some of the photos. After magazine leadership transitioned to the advertising staff, I continued to contribute content. A digital edition of the magazine is available here.
Video
Originally published on Facebook on April 6, 2019.
Originally published on stevenspointjournal.com on March 22, 2017.
Originally published on stevenspointjournal.com on Sept. 2, 2016.
Originally published on DailyIllini.com on April 1, 2013.
Originally produced for Professor Brian Johnson's Multimedia Journalism class at the University of Illinois.
Originally produced for Professor Brian Johnson's Multimedia Journalism class at the University of Illinois.
Originally produced for Professor Brian Johnson's Multimedia Journalism class at the University of Illinois.