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EDUCATION

Master of Science, Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, New York 2006-2007
Fellow, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. Print and Radio Concentration.

Post-Baccalaureate study, Pre-medicine, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 2004-2005

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1998-2003

Magna cum laude, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts 1995-1998



EXPERIENCE

Political Writer/ Blogger , Times Union , Albany, New York January 2008-
Political reporter and staff writer, covering state and national politics for print, web, multimedia, and blog, based in the Capitol in Albany, New York.
Primary blogger for Capitol Confidential, the Times Union’s most-read blog. 350,000+ page views/month.

Correspondent, Center for Investigative Reporting, Berkeley, California August 2007-
Reporting on asbestos cleanup in Turkey and Ukraine in the 1990s and the cosmetics industry in the United States.

Health Reporter, KQED Public Radio/ Kaiser Media Internships in Health, San Francisco, CA June 2007-August 2007

Intern, FRONTLINE/ A Little Rain Productions, News War, New York, New York October 2006-February 2007

Physical Sciences Associate, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts April 2006-August 2006
Research, writing, and intellectual property management for the Physical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research
Department, a nascent division of Vertex Pharmaceuticals.

Consultant, Co-opportunity Inc., Hartford, Connecticut November 2005-March 2006
Interim Director, Hartford Asset-Building Collaborative. Managed the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Earned
Income Tax Credit Outreach Program for the city of Hartford.

Consultant, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland July 2003-May 2006
Policy analysis, strategic development and implementation of emerging initiatives of Making Connections in Hartford.
Areas of work: Asset retention and development, neighborhood services/social networks, financial services, workforce
development, systems reform, program evaluation.

Executive Director, Cofounder, ASHA Inc., New Haven, Connecticut October 2000-August 2003
Co-founded Advanced Strategies to Healthcare Access (ASHA), Inc., formerly known as Student Health OUTreach, Inc.
in September 2000, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that employed students to increase access to medical and dental
resources for low-income families throughout Connecticut. Profiled in The New York Times and New Haven Register.



FREELANCE/ PUBLISHED WORK

National Public Radio (on-air, production), KQED Public Radio (on-air), GT Weekly (music+dining, features+reviews),
New York Post, Albany Times Union, Columbia Journalism Review, Economist.com (interview, production)



HONORS/ AWARDS

Recipient, Toni Stabile Legacy Fellowship, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism  2007
Nominee, Leadership for a Changing World Award, Ford Foundation  2004
Runner-up, Yale Entrepreneurial Society Business Plan Competition, Social Entrepreneurship Category  2002



PROFESSIONAL/ BOARD MEMBERSHIPS/ VOLUNTEER WORK

President, Advanced Strategies to Healthcare Access (ASHA), Inc., New Haven, Connecticut  2003-2006
Consultant, Volunteer Program/Financial Development, Ikamva Labantu, Cape Town, South Africa March  2003
Member, Medicaid/Managed Care Legislative Advisory Council, Hartford, Connecticut  2002-2006
EMT-B, Connecticut and National Emergency Medical Technician Registry  2000-2002


SKILLS/ LANGUAGES

Software: ProTools LE, Dreamweaver 8.0, ArcView 8.1 (GIS mapping software), STATA 8.0, MS Office, MS Access, Filemaker Pro, Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0, Adobe InDesign CS2, Adobe PhotoShop CS2, OmniGraffle, Visio.

Investigative Reporting: FOIA/ FOIL, PACER, Nexis, Factiva, Accurint, Guidestar, SEC filings, Census data, computer-assisted reporting, GIS mapping, regression analysis, experimental audit.

International Reporting: China, Thailand, Belize, Ukraine, Turkey.

Languages: Mandarin Chinese, proficient speaker. Spanish, conversational. Currently Studying: Turkish

 

 

 

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