Experience

Reporter

Roy Howard Community Journalism Center · The University of Southern Mississippi

• Report at least two stories each week for television, radio and digital platforms, covering infrastructure, coastal policy and public services.
• Lead student reporting teams and oversee interviews, writing, editing and publishing.
• Regularly mentor three student journalists and have worked with 15 students overall.
• Produce broadcast packages, VOSOTs, radio scripts and web articles; capture video, natural sound, interviews and still images.
• Co-reported on Hanshaw Road bridge safety, the newsroom’s successful public-records complaint, and HB 1660, a proposal to restrict roadway safety records that died in Senate committee in March 2026.
• Represent the Roy Howard Community Journalism Center at recruiting fairs.

Assignment Editor

WBRE/WYOU

• Coordinated morning, nightside and weekend coverage, assigning more than 30 stories per week; served as weekend assignment manager within the Assignment Editor role.
• Prepared internal briefs on digital performance, social media analytics, and coverage plans.
• Wrote and optimized pahomepage.com articles that generated more than 750,000 pageviews in Q1 2024, accounting for 9% of the station’s total.

Digital Producer

WBRE/WYOU

• Developed station social content reaching 5.9 million users, a 79% year-over-year increase.
• Collaborated with reporters and producers on digital content and newscast coverage.
• Maintained working relationships with media representatives, law enforcement, and first responders.

Social Media Editor

Don’t Tell Comedy

• Edited short-form video for TikTok and Instagram and helped execute social media strategy.
• Contributed to content and strategy associated with 26.3 million TikTok views and 3.2 million likes.

Social Media Coordinator

Positively Woof

• Co-managed a Facebook account with nearly 2 million followers.
• Created four segments every three days for a 90-minute podcast.

Wilkes University

MBA · Sidhu School of Business · 2022–2024

Syracuse University

BS, Television, Radio and Film · S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications · 2018–2021

Interviewing, public records research, scriptwriting, broadcast packages and VOSOTs, audio and video production, digital publishing, and student mentoring.

Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, After Effects · WordPress · SocialFlow · Google Analytics

2025 Excellence in Broadcasting Awards

Presented in 2026. Shared first-place professional credits in Achievement, Continuing Coverage, Feature Story, and General News at the Mississippi Association of Broadcasters competition.

Additional honors: Associated Collegiate Press Best Sports Story; Eagle Scout.