Resume
Professional Experience
Freelance Writer and Editor, Pittsburgh, PA | 2006-Present
Bloomberg News, Princeton, NJ; Los Angeles, CA | 2001-2006
- Routinely broke market-moving financial news
- Trained and oversaw team responsible for mining news from U.S. regulatory filings
- Compiled manual on news-gathering techniques
- Spearheaded development of computer technology to accelerate news-breaking
- Wrote stories that appeared in The New York Times, Miami Herald and other newspapers
- Covered New York City Hall during Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s administration for this web-based political news service
- Established bureau in City Hall
- Administered website daily
- Covered Pennsylvania Statehouse during Gov. Tom Ridge’s administration
- Reported on state and congressional elections and President Bill Clinton’s impeachment
- Wrote award-winning investigative pieces on immigration and other topics
- Covered Capitol Hill for this Northwestern University-owned wire service
- Coordinated large-scale computer-assisted reporting project to examine campaign finance abuses, producing a series that ran in more than a dozen U.S. newspapers
Newspaper Internships | 1994-1996
Education
- B.S. and M.S. in Journalism
- City Editor at The Daily Northwestern, Evanston’s only daily newspaper
- Winner of collegiate press awards for reporting on gangs and AIDS
- Editor of Mountain Moving, a feminist literary journal
Awards/ Honors
- 2000 Keystone Press Awards, second place, investigative reporting
- 1999 PA Associated Press Managing Editors, first place, investigative reporting
- 1998 Keystone Press Awards, first place, family life/living story
- 1998 Keystone Press Awards, second place, ongoing news coverage
- Presenter at “Covering Campaign Finance” workshop at National Press Club
- Commentator on Pennsylvania Cable Network political programs
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