The Daily

As a staff writer for the University of Washington’s student newspaper, The Daily, I covered a range of topics from science news to university policy to arts reviews. As Development Editor, I also taught The Daily’s contributing writers and new hires. In October 2021, I was honored with The Daily’s Staff of the Month Award for the quality of my work and the depth of my investigative research.

  • In my quarterly beat, I covered UW astronomy news, discoveries, and research, interviewing astronomers about their amazing work and reporting on topics like stellar superflares, galactic evolution, and exoplanet discoveries.

  • Lacking representation in mainstream media, queer people have long turned to science fiction as as a way to imagine more hopeful and equitable futures for us all. My column took a deep dive into some of the staples of sci-fi, analyzing gender, sexuality, and queer subtext across a range of iconic movies and TV shows.

  • In my three years with The Daily, I’ve written 32 stories spanning a wide variety of subjects.

The Seattle Times

As a state government reporting intern at the Seattle Times, I covered social equity during the 2022 legislative session. Working with professional journalists, editors, and photographers gave me valuable experience speaking with influential interviewees, meeting quick deadlines, and learning the ins and outs of a (virtual) newsroom. My twelve articles covered a range of topics from insulin affordability to earthquake safety to cannabis justice, and I was awarded the Pioneer Award for Legislative Journalism for my work.

Alaskan snow crabs are canaries for worsening fishing woes

(photo: Adam Hosmer)

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For my freelance story in Crosscut on the collapse of the 2022-23 Bering Sea snow crab fishery, I waded through thousands of pages of technical memoranda, attended federal regulatory meetings, and interviewed community stakeholders and scientific experts to paint a fuller picture of the massive crab die-off and its effects on generations of Pacific Northwest fishermen. I was awarded the Fred Baker Ethics Award from the UW Communication Department and UW SPJ’s Excellence in Narrative Journalism for my work.

FREELANCING

  • In a blog post for the NWF, I highlighted the urgent need for federal legislation to fund large scale conservation efforts that protect more than just game animals, including many birds across North America that are facing drastic declines in habitat and population.

  • I wrote about the future of farmer’s market food incentive programs for The Seattle Medium, breaking down city funding streams and highlighting a network of programs working to keep local farmers in business and healthy produce on everyone’s tables.

  • I wrote a story covering community concerns in Edmonds to the city’s response, or lack thereof, to an anti-discrimination portal originally intended to help administrators better respond to instances of hate.

As a final project, I created a four part story series on the movement to rename the James Webb Space Telescope, featuring interviews with astronomers and archival NARA evidence. An abbreviated version of the story was published in The Daily.

#renameJWST

(photo: NASA/Adriana Manrique Gutierrez)

Polar Perspectives

In the summer of 2017, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel with National Geographic Student Expeditions to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. On this trip, I joined students from all over the country to learn about the unique culture of Churchill (also known as the “polar bear capital of the world”) and the challenges the people there face. I worked with a National Geographic wildlife photographer and other educators to write and photograph a report on the effects of climate change in the region and on the people who call it home.