15 years of investigative reporting, public records analysis and visual storytelling across Oklahoma, Wyoming, Indiana and Virginia
My journalism career began at Indiana University, where I was editor-in-chief of The Indiana Daily Student and graduated with bachelor's degrees in political science and journalism. I then spent 15-plus years reporting in several states, most recently as the statehouse reporter for the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and as an investigative reporter with Oklahoma Watch, a nonprofit newsroom based out of Oklahoma City.
My reporting has led to policy changes, legislative reforms and increased government transparency. From uncovering gaps in racial profiling enforcement to investigating hospital billing practices, I've specialized in stories that serve the public interest and hold institutions accountable.
I've always been a data-driven reporter — from learning Excel to building visualizations in Datawrapper, Tableau and Flourish. Visual storytelling has been a constant thread in my journalism career. Now I use tools, including JavaScript and Python libraries, to transform datasets into stories that reveal patterns, trends and insights.
Looking to expand beyond reporting, I graduated from OU Outreach's Fullstack Academy Web Development Bootcamp, a 260-hour program that honed my skills in modern, full-stack web technologies. Now I work at the intersection of journalism, technology, politics and AI.
Interactive graphics and data analysis built with Tableau, Datawrapper and Flourish at Oklahoma Watch
Dec. 20, 2021 · Oklahoma Watch
Award-winning investigation analyzing county-level relationship between vaccination rates and church density. Three Datawrapper visualizations — scatter plot with regression line plus two choropleth maps.
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June 2, 2022 · Oklahoma Watch
Analyzed more than 3,600 bills across two sessions. Two Datawrapper charts showing the partisan authorship gap and 20 years of shifting seat control.
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Aug. 4, 2020 · Oklahoma Watch
Follow-up to award-winning investigation that structured 22,250 court records into a searchable database. Tracked which hospitals continued suing patients during the pandemic.
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Jan. 13, 2022 · Oklahoma Watch
Interactive Tableau dashboard tracking campaign financial statuses of Oklahoma lawmakers heading into re-election.
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2020 · Oklahoma Watch
Interactive Flourish memorial visualizing individual lives lost to COVID-19 in Oklahoma through crowdsourced stories and obituaries.
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2018-2022 · Oklahoma Watch
4-year investigative series exposing gaps in Oklahoma's candidate financial disclosure system. Digitized handwritten legislator ethics forms into a searchable database and built a Tableau map of disclosure compliance by district. Exposed a rule change that concealed candidates' personal finances.
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A first-of-its-kind investigation that compiled 22,250 court records to reveal several Oklahoma hospitals were pursuing litigation at rates far exceeding their peers, often targeting vulnerable patients struggling with medical debt.
Investigation analyzing the relationship between county-level vaccination rates and church density in Oklahoma. Three data visualizations — scatter plot with regression line plus two choropleth maps. Won 1st Place Investigative Reporting, Oklahoma SPJ (2022).
Tracking nearly $1 million in dark-money spending in 2020 legislative races — who spent it, where it went and how it shaped close contests.
Found that every one of dozens of racial profiling complaints over the years was dismissed as unsubstantiated by the agencies investigating themselves.
Committees moved high-impact bills in minutes with little debate — a Sunshine Week look at how public comment gets sidelined at the Capitol.
Exposed how election misinformation moved from margins to mainstream in Oklahoma's GOP races.
Wyoming Highway Patrol required troopers to meet citation quotas or face career consequences — policy rescinded after public backlash.
Cold War missile site cleanup will take 100 years and tens of millions to remove TCE contamination from Cheyenne-area groundwater.
Lessons from the Oklahoma City bombing for grieving during COVID — how counselors apply what they learned when rituals and timelines are disrupted.
Oklahoma's Republican Party claimed unprecedented victories with Mary Fallin's gubernatorial win, marking the first time since statehood that the GOP controlled both legislative houses and the governor's mansion.
An enterprise look at Gov. Brad Henry's signature achievement: transforming Oklahoma tribal gaming from $466 million to billions in revenue.
As Some Oklahoma Churches Push Vaccines, Others Sow Misinformation, Doubt
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
No Comment: In Oklahoma's Legislature, Public Rarely Given Chance to Weigh In
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Redistricting: Weighing the Impact of Splitting Oklahoma's Largest Hispanic Community (co-byline)
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Multiple articles
Great Plains Journalism Awards
Twenty Years After It Became a Crime, Racial Profiling Charges Remain Scarce
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Multiple articles
Great Plains Journalism Awards
From Copy to Code
Production sites and open-source civic tools — Open Cabinet, Delegation Decoded, Capitol Releases and more — live on the projects page.
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