NEWSPAPER EXPERIENCE
Business Reporter, The Detroit News, Detroit : 6/08 – Present
Cover breaking news and enterprise on Michigan-based Fortune 500 and major private firms, including Borders' bankruptcy, Dow Chemical’s billion dollar acquistions and divestitures, Wal-Mart’s expansion, Greektown Casino’s bankruptcy and reorganization, Amway’s international growth, and General Motors’ bailout. Broke national story on landscapers declining job offers to receive unemployment benefits. Write about Michigan’s casinos and gaming industry. Cover retail beat including commercial real estate, innovation, legislation, and Michigan retailers of all sizes. Invited to discuss coverage on radio shows across U.S.
Staff Reporter/ Assistant Editor, The Beacon Hill Times/ The Back Bay Sun, Boston: 4/06 – 1/07
Reported on local news and business. Wrote investigative pieces about local sex offenders and identity theft
Business/ Staff Reporter, The Wilton Bulletin/ The Darien Times, Wilton/ Darien, Conn.: 9/05 – 4/06
Covered local news and business. Wrote series on town’s Council on Ethics that led to chair’s resignation
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Trop Media Inc., Boston: 9/02 – 5/05
Published a 16-page quarterly satire newspaper called The Pedestrian. Recruited, trained, and supervised a staff of 35 student writers, photographers, and graphic designers. Wrote and edited articles; guided writers in developing stories
FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
• Book reviewer, American Airlines' in-flight magazine, 944 and Jewish Book World. 4/08 – Present
• Write travel features for American Way, The Independent (UK) and Time Out New York. 5/06 – Present
• Cover Story, “It takes an identity thief,” a five-year investigation, Boston Phoenix. 4/10
• Contributor, Energy International Quarterly and Green Business Quarterly. 9/08 – 12/09
• Reported on murders, trials and the Gov. Eliot Spitzer scandal for The New York Post. 4/08 – 5/08
• Recruited, evaluated, interviewed, and profiled hundreds of businesses as part of a nine-person team responsible for expanding the annual Inc. 500 list to 5,000. Wrote feature on disabled entrepreneurs for Inc.com. 1/07 – 8/07
• Reported on international news for The Independent on Sunday (UK). 2/05 – 5/05
• Interviewed musicians, wrote features and reviewed movies for Rolling Stone (Australia). 10/04 – 7/05
EDUCATION
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY
Master of Science in Journalism, May 2008, Concentration in New Media
Boston University College of Communication, Boston, Mass.
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, May 2005, Concentration in Magazine Journalism and Women's Studies
SKILLS
Shooting and editing digital video and audio, HTML, CSS, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash
LEADERSHIP & AWARDS
Society of American Business Editors and Writers' Best in Business Contest
• Breaking news, Dailies 100,000 to 200,000: "Final Chapter for Borders" The Detroit News, 2012
Oakland County Chief Executive L. Brooks Patterson Elite 40 Under 40 Program, 2012
Small Business Association of Michigan's Communicator of the Year, 2011
Reynolds Center for Business Journalism's Strictly Financials Fellowship, 2011
Society of Professional Journalists' Generation J Committee for Young Journalists and Quill columnist, 2006-2010
New York Financial Writers Scholarship, 2008
Columbia Journalism School, Society of Professional Journalists, Chapter Affairs Committee Chair, 2007-08
Society of Professional Journalists' Excellence in Journalism Contest, Connecticut Pro Chapter
• Honorable mention for “Neighbors, town prepare to fight tower," The Wilton Bulletin, 2005
• Finalist for “Café Au Lait in a four-year fight,” The Wilton Bulletin, 2005