PROFESSIONAL WORK
Independent Journalist, Author
Various Outlets | 2021 - Current
Member FFR, OPCA
Senior Editor and Correspondent | 2020-21
Senior News Assistant (New York) | 2017-20
News Assistant (New York) | 2014-16
The Juneau Empire
General Assignment Reporter (Alaska) | 2013
The Savannah Morning News
Intern, Stringer (Georgia) | 2010-13
BOOKS
TROUBLED: The Failed Promise of America’s Behavioral Treatment Programs (Little A, 2021)
BULLETPROOF VEST: An Object Lesson (Bloomsbury, 2020)
AWARDS and ACCOLADES
Kurk Schork Memorial Award
Winner, International Freelancer (2022)
Finalist, International Freelancer (2019)
Richard J. Margolis Award for Nonfiction Writing
Finalist (2021)
Baltic Writing Residency
Finalist, Creative Nonfiction (2021, 2022)
ASJA COVID-19 Writing Awards
Honorable Mention, Personal Essay (2020)
Livingston Award for Young Journalists
Finalist, International Reporting (2020)
Finalist, International Reporting (2018)
Khaled Alkhateb International Memorial Award
Winner, Written Press (2019)
Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award
Finalist (2019)
Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents
Finalist, Young Reporter (2019)
Winner, Written Press (2018)
AWC Clairon Award
Winner, Online Feature Article (2018)
Steven Sotloff Memorial 2Lives Foundation
Security Training Scholarship (2018)
Best American Essays
Notable Essay Citation (2021)
Notable Essay Citation (2017)
Deadliner Award
Breaking News, The New York Times (2015)
The Society of Silurians
Medallion Award, Breaking News Coverage (2015)
FELLOWSHIPS, ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, RESIDENCIES
Nonfiction Artist, Fellow – Massachusetts Cultural Council (2022)
Nonfiction Resident Writer – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (2022)
Alicia Patterson Foundation Journalism Fellowship – Grantee (2021)
Executive-in-Residence – Geneva Centre for Security Policy (2021)
Journalist-in-Residence – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2020-21)
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting – Grantee (Iraq 2017; Italy 2020)
Foreign & Security Policy Transatlantic Fellow – Heinrich Boll Foundation (2019)
Literary Journalist-in-Residence – Banff Centre, Canada (2019)
Calderwood Art of Nonfiction Grantee and Fellow – MacDowell (2019)
Senior Fellow – Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism (2018-19)
Robert Novak Journalism Fellow – The Fund for American Studies (2018-19)
John Jay/H.F. Guggenheim Reporting Fellow – City University of New York (2018)
Berlin Capital Program Grantee – The Fulbright Program (2017)
Visiting Research Scholar – Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism (2017-18)
Logan Nonfiction Fellow – Carey Institute for Global Good (2017)
EDUCATION
United States Institute for Peace, Media & Arts for Peace certificate (2021)
Columbia University, Creative Nonfiction (2015, 15+ credits toward M.F.A.)
Savannah College of Art and Design, B.F.A., Writing (2014)
New York University, Hyperlocal Summer Newsroom Academy (2012)
TEACHING, LECTURING, VOLUNTEER
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Report for America | Mentor
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Coalition for Women in Journalism | Mentor
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Catapult | Writing Program, eLearning
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Skillshare / eLearning
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Associate Lecturer | University of Massachusetts Boston
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Writers in Progress Workshop | Florence, Massachusetts
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College Media Advisers conferences | New York City, Atlanta
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Fountain House College Re-Entry | New York City
MEMBERSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS
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Coalition for Women in Journalism
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Overseas Press Club of America
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Society for Professional Journalists
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Investigative Reporters & Editors
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Frontline Freelance Register