Experience
Arizona’s Family, Phoenix
July 2022 — April 2024
Digital News Producer
Wrote and produced news content for the Arizona’s Family website with SEO in mind for the headline
Breaking News
Weekend morning shift as the primary person writing for the website
RightThisMinute, Phoenix
July 2018 — April 2022
Producer, Clearance and Licensing
Assisted with clearance and licensing of content for broadcast, as well as organizing documentation for record keeping.
Found interesting and uncommon content for broadcast.
Cronkite News, Phoenix
January – May 2017
Government Reporter
Created a multimedia story, with animation, about Arizona's slow progress in reforming the criminal justice system during the Legislature's 2017 regular session.
Collaborated with broadcast journalists.
Created infographics (maps and charts).
Arizona Republic / azcentral.com, Phoenix
September – December 2016
Community Reporter (Internship)
Wrote a well-received story about two dogs saved form the illegal meat trade in Thailand that were brought to Phoenix for adoption.
January – May 2016
Breaking News (Internship)
Reported on a story that went national about a Mesa, Arizona autistic transgender man who was killed by police. I was able to track down the man's transgender friends through social media and include them in the story.
I wrote an enterprise story about the growing video game development community in the Phoenix area. I had to work outside of my normal hours for the story.
Arizona Capitol Times, Phoenix
June – August 2016
Reporter (Internship)
Wrote a well-received story about a primary race between an incumbent and her step-daughter. Part of the story was used for the paper's daily newsletter.
Wrote the feature story for the paper's yearly guide to citizen committees appointed by the state government.
Skills
I am well versed in videography, editing video and audio and taking photographs with a DSLR.
I know how to use Adobe Creative Cloud applications: After Effects, Character Animator, Premiere Pro, Audition and Photoshop.
I can create infographics and charts using Adobe Illustrator and Infogr.am, and I can make choropleth and heat maps using Google.
Education
Arizona State University, Phoenix
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Barrett, The Honors College
B.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, 2017; magna cum laude
My honors thesis is called "Voices of the Past, Voice of the Future". It's a personal exploration into my parents' lives in Laos during the Second Indochina and Vietnam wars, and emigrating to America as refugees.