15 years of investigative reporting, public records analysis and visual storytelling across Oklahoma and Wyoming
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.
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
Multiple Articles
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
A Digital Memorial to Oklahomans Who Died from COVID-19
Institute for Nonprofit News
Hospitals Sue Thousands Each Year Over Unpaid Medical Bills
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Multiple articles
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
The Sway of Lobbyists (co-byline)
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Political Muscle: Money and Special Interests (Co-byline)
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Teacher Walkout (Co-byline)
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Inside Democracy Package (Co-byline)
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Inside Democracy Package (Co-byline)
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Special Legislative Session Coverage
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
Inside Democracy Package (Co-byline)
Great Plains Journalism Awards
Multiple Articles (Co-byline)
Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists
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).
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An enterprise look at Gov. Brad Henry's signature achievement: transforming Oklahoma tribal gaming from $466 million to billions in revenue.
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Lessons from the Oklahoma City bombing for grieving during COVID — how counselors apply what they learned when rituals and timelines are disrupted.
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Tracking nearly $1 million in dark-money spending in 2020 legislative races — who spent it, where it went and how it shaped close contests.
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Cold War missile site cleanup will take 100 years and tens of millions to remove TCE contamination from Cheyenne-area groundwater.
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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.
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Committees moved high-impact bills in minutes with little debate — a Sunshine Week look at how public comment gets sidelined at the Capitol.
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Wyoming Highway Patrol required troopers to meet citation quotas or face career consequences — policy rescinded after public backlash.
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A first-of-its-kind investigation revealed several Oklahoma hospitals were pursuing litigation at rates far exceeding their peers, often targeting vulnerable patients struggling with medical debt.
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Found that every one of dozens of racial profiling complaints over the years was dismissed as unsubstantiated by the agencies investigating themselves.
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Exposed how election misinformation moved from margins to mainstream in Oklahoma's GOP races.
Read Article →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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April 18, 2022 · Oklahoma Watch
Four visualizations built in Flourish and Datawrapper showing how uncontested races predetermine who controls the Oklahoma legislature before voters cast a ballot.
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
Infographic displaying campaign financial statuses of Oklahoma lawmakers in anticipation of 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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June 3, 2022 · Oklahoma Watch
Graphic illustrating the increase of mass shootings in Oklahoma, highlighting a surge in recent incidents.
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Dual Tableau maps comparing before-and-after congressional district boundaries and demographic composition after Oklahoma's 2021 redistricting.
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Paired Datawrapper choropleth maps showing competitive House and Senate races after Oklahoma's 2021 redistricting reshaped legislative districts.
Read Article →March 4, 2022 · Oklahoma Watch
Datawrapper chart tracking the decline in ICE detainer requests to Oklahoma law enforcement as federal immigration enforcement policies shifted.
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