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EXPERIENCE:

The Associated Press

• Enterprise/Political Reporter, Olympia, Wash.  — Covered Washington state news for national and international audiences. Lead reporter on historic 2004-05 governor’s election, recount and legal challenge. Extensive experience writing about health care, gay rights, child welfare, budgets, politics, the elderly, and dogs.      November 1999-June 2005.
• Writer, Seattle, Wash.  — Reported and wrote breaking news and enterprise for broadcast and print. Covered business, crime, education, social issues; AP’s lead writer covering World Trade Organization protests. March to November 1999.

The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N.C.

• Transportation columnist — Wrote weekly column on commuting. Topics included highway construction, ghostly mules haunting local streets, and why men and women can't understand each other's directions. October 1996 to March 1999.
• Northern York County reporter — Covered a growing suburb of Charlotte, reporting on people, politics, growth, crime and business. August 1998 to March 1999.
• Lancaster County reporter — Lone reporter covering county of 60,000; beat included crime, education, business, government and everything else. October 1996 to August 1998.
• Intern — Made my mark with a story on pot-bellied pigs running wild. Summer 1996.

 AWARDS: 

• 2004 SPJ Mark of Excellence Award, Northwest Region, short feature: second place for “Panhandler’s killing shatters a love affair.”
• 2003 Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors, public service/in-depth reporting: second place for explanatory budget series.
• 2002 Washington State Associated Press Staffer of the Year.
• 2001 SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards, Northwest Region, short feature: third place for “Prison pups teach love, responsibility.”
• Featured in AP’s “Best of the Bureaus 2001.”

 RELATED WORK:

• Teen People, freelance story on boy’s efforts to donate bone marrow to dying friend. May, 2000.
• 60 Minutes, CBS, Washington, D.C. Intern — Production Associate for "Women At Risk,'' investigation of breast-implant lawsuits. Summer 1995.
• New York Newsday, New York, N.Y.  Intern — General assignment. March 1995.
• Style Magazine, Baltimore, Md. Editorial Intern — Summer 1994.

 EDUCATION:

• The Poynter Institute, Writing and Editing seminar. August, 2001.
• Yale University, B.A. in English, 1996. Executive Editor, The Yale Herald.

 SKILLS: Computer-assisted reporting, broadcast writing.