Resume & Highlights
Quick summary of my professional experience and selected work.
TREVOR BROWN
Summary
Combines 15 years of award-winning investigative journalism with full-stack development. Builds data-driven applications that require both technical skills and editorial judgment.
Creates interactive visualizations and web tools that make complex information accessible. Interested in exploring practical applications of AI and LLMs.
Professional Experience
- Built a responsive dental practice website with Next.js, including appointment booking, service pages and a blog. Manage SEO and a $2,000/month Google Ads budget, optimizing campaigns that tripled new patient bookings over the past year.
- Conducted long‑form investigations into government corruption, public policy issues and legislative accountability using data analysis
- Launched Democracy Watch newsletter to 4,000+ subscribers covering voting, elections, redistricting and government transparency
- Reported on legislature, elections, governor and state agencies with focus on budget data and policy analysis
- Functioned as sole statehouse correspondent, creating enterprise and election coverage for 14 newspapers
- Wrote about local government, courts and breaking news for daily newspaper
- Directed newsroom of 100+ student journalists
Education
Technical Skills
Awards & Recognition
TREVOR BROWN
Journalism
Exposed how election misinformation moved from margins to mainstream in Oklahoma's GOP races.
Found that every one of dozens of racial profiling complaints over the years was dismissed as unsubstantiated by the agencies investigating themselves.
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.
Web Development
Keith Brown DDS: Dental Practice Website
ProfessionalRebuilt a defunct dental practice site in Naperville with Next.js, adding a booking form, service information and a blog. Took over a $2,000/month Google Ads campaign and optimized it to more than triple new patient bookings.
Developed My Expiry to track food freshness – users log groceries, get AI-powered shelf-life estimates and storage tips, and check expiration status.
ReflectYr is a Letterboxd-style platform where users build movie and TV lists with TMDB data and get AI-powered watch recommendations. Features NextAuth.js for authentication and a PostgreSQL database for persistence.
Data Visualization
Infographic displaying campaign financial statuses of Oklahoma lawmakers in anticipation of re-election.
ICE Detainers Issued in Oklahoma
DataWrapperChart showing trends of ICE detainers issued in Oklahoma from 2004, reflecting national trends.
Vaccination Rates By State
DataWrapperMap visualizing vaccination rates across states, emphasizing Oklahoma's below-average rates.