I’ve written the final word on opera legends, asked nudists how they pack a suitcase, and traced the targeted ads built to keep Black voters home on Election Day. Different beats, same instinct: find the person at the center of the story and make you care about them before the last line.
I sharpened that instinct over 15 years in broadcast newsrooms, public radio and digital politics desks, with a detour through diplomatic communications. My work has run on NPR, Axios, The Emancipator, Thrillist and Courier Newsroom. I also run Iron Gates Media, an independent studio for narrative podcasts and short video, and teach the next generation of reporters at Hunter College and CUNY’s Newmark J-School.
Four reasons editors, producers and communications teams call me.
I write news and long features on deadline, produce radio for NPR’s flagship shows, and shoot, edit and front video, from daily broadcast packages at Fox 54 to social-first video at Courier Newsroom. I’ve also led editorial for Axios’s live events. Whatever the format, I can take a story from pitch to publish.
Opera legends, election disinformation, Taylor Swift’s air miles. I adapt to each outlet’s tone and audience while keeping the story centered on people.
I teach news literacy at Hunter College and graduate reporting at CUNY’s Newmark J-School. My copy arrives sourced, checked and ready for the edit.
I’ve also led broadcast strategy for a diplomatic mission and global communications for a university network: speeches, crisis messaging and placements in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
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Pitch, report and produce for national outlets across print, digital, video and audio, from field interviews through script, edit and voice.
Research Instructor for Craft 1, teaching graduate students the fundamentals of reporting and research.
Shaped editorial for Axios’s live events and wrote event coverage, from Latino voters in House swing districts to Arizona’s strained power grid.
Teaches news literacy and media studies with a focus on critical thinking and verification.
An independent studio making narrative podcasts and short video, including the audio drama Today We Almost Died.
Covered breaking political news for battleground-state audiences through live video, social-first stories and written coverage.
Built storytelling and media strategy across a global higher-education network; wrote speeches, releases and executive talking points.
Led U.S. broadcast strategy and crisis communications; placed op-eds in outlets including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Shot, wrote, edited and fronted daily news packages and live shots; launched the station's first social media presence.
Pitches, assignments, speaking
Based in New York and available for reporting, writing, audio production, and editing work.