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Experience

Inside U.S. Trade, 2014-Present

Senior Contributing Editor 2022-Present; Managing Editor 2018-2022; Associate Editor 2014-2018

- Edit articles submitted by reporters on a range of international trade policy issues

- Write and develop the weekly China Trade & Tech newsletter

- Help reporters understand complex dynamics and details of new beats and direct reporters toward appropriate sources and information streams

- Guide reporters through the story process, including formulating leads and structuring stories

- Work with the Chief Editor to designate weekly assignments

- Write articles on international trade policy based on original reporting, interviews, press releases, scrums, press conferences and public statements

- Interview members of Congress, U.S. and foreign officials, industry, labor, and other stakeholders regarding policy views, legislative proposals and political dynamics

- Follow beats on U.S. trade policy, including U.S.-EU and U.S.-China relations, NAFTA renegotiation, national security tariffs, World Trade Organization negotiations, and other issues

Clinton Courier, 2013-2014

Managing Editor

- Reported on town and village government meetings, school news, community events and sports

- Interviewed police department and fire department, school, local and state government officials

- Wrote news articles, columns and headlines

- Selected and edited other content for weekly publication

- Responsible for all photography including news, sports and other features

Awards

New York Press Association 2013 Better Newspaper Contest

Best Column, Division I, Second Place

Education

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, College of Arts and Sciences

Syracuse University - Syracuse, N.Y.

B.A. Newspaper Journalism, Political Philosophy - May 2013

Minor in Information Management and Technology

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