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Skills

  • Project organization
  • In-depth reporting on white-collar crime
  • Team building
  • Audience engagement through investigative content
  • Breaking news coverage
  • Public opinion understanding
  • Legal ethics in journalism
  • Business operations
  • Multilingual communication with diverse communities
  • Maintaining journalistic integrity

Work Experiences

  • Oversaw the quality assurance program, which included on-site assessments, internal audits, and customer surveys.
  • Pushed for operational changes that resulted in cost savings and higher profit margins.
  • Built and maintained relationships with key law enforcement and court officials in Chicago to gain access to exclusive sources and confidential information.
  • Achieved a 46% increase in readership.
  • Contributed to segments viewed by 18 million viewers.
  • Collaborated with prosecutors and defense attorneys.
  • Avoided contempt and libel in reporting.
  • Adhered to legal and ethical guidelines in reporting.
  • Conducted relevant investigative research.
  • Contributed to a Pulitzer-nominated investigative team for uncovering corruption in Portland, influencing significant policy changes.

Summaries

  • Conducted legal analysis.
  • Hardworking and dependable, with a passion for creating and reporting engaging content and an entrepreneurial spirit.
  • Covered major investigations in Phoenix.
  • Strengths in budget management and project management backed up by Miscellaneous training.
  • Journalist with 13 years of experience conceptualizing and reporting on a variety of stories.
  • Covered sensitive and high-stakes criminal investigations.
  • Applied legal and ethical principles in reporting.
  • Contributed to a 28% rise in network engagement.
  • Recognized for motivating management team members to achieve their goals and fostering innovative work environments.
  • Accessed crucial investigative information.

Accomplishments

  • Used FOIA requests to obtain confidential documents, enhancing transparency on police misconduct and triggering local government reforms.
  • Employed social media analytics to track real-time updates and boost engagement on crime-related news reports by 53%.
  • Created SEO-optimized crime stories resulting in a 19% increase in website traffic for breaking news sections.
  • Published over 8 articles on organized crime operations, contributing to an increase in governmental crime-fighting initiatives.
  • Led a year-long investigatory project uncovering financial mismanagement in procedure, resulting in program.
  • Developed interactive crime maps and timelines that increased multi-platform consumer engagement by 28%.
  • Produced an in-depth investigative series on drug trafficking networks, ultimately leading to policy changes in Columbus.
  • Drafted series of reports on gang-related crime, leading to heightened security measures in vulnerable communities.
  • Identified corruption in public contracts, leading to multiple indictments and boosting the credibility of Beacon Labs.
  • Collaborated with team of 8 in the development of framework.

Affiliations

  • American Society of Safety Professionals
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals
  • Coalition for Courtroom Reporting Ethics
  • Association of Criminal Justice Journalists
  • National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)
  • American Marketing Association
  • Criminal Justice Educators and Researchers Association
  • Society of Human Resource Management
  • Freemason
  • Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)

Certifications

  • Certified Storytelling and Narrative Specialist - Ironclad Systems
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Certified Crime Analyst (CCA) - International Association for Crime Analysts (IACA)
  • Newspaper Multimedia Reporting Certification - procedure
  • Documentary Filmmaking Certification - initiative
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Social Media Strategy for Journalists - Jira Certification
  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
  • CompTIA Security+

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