Position:
Business reporter (Full-Time) at U-T San Diego (formerly The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Work:
U-T San Diego (formerly The San Diego Union-Tribune)
- San Diego, California since Jan 2011
Business reporter (Full-Time)
PBS MediaShift
Jan 2012 - Oct 2012
Social Media Manager (Freelance)
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Aug 2010 - Dec 2010
Watchdog reporter
The Arizona Republic
Dec 2008 - Aug 2010
City Hall reporter (Experienced)
The Arizona Republic
Jul 2007 - Nov 2008
Public-safety reporter
The Arizona Republic
Jul 2007 - Sep 2007
Russell B. Pulliam Fellow
The Bradenton (Fla.) Herald
Jul 2006 - Sep 2006
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund intern
The Naples (Fla.) Daily News
Mar 2006 - Jun 2006
Metro/GA intern - Medill School of Journalism Teaching Media Program
The Miami Herald
Sep 2001 - Jun 2003
Neighbors community section intern
Education:
Northwestern University 2003 - 2007
B.S.J., Minor in Chinese
Hialeah High
Skills:
Social Media, Real Estate, Residential Mortgages, Residential Resale, Journalism, Online Journalism, Video, Photoshop, Digital Photography, Web Analytics, Web
Interests:
Real estate, municipal finance, immigration policy, reading, social media, new technology, innovation, networking
Honor & Awards:
--San Diego Press Club: 1st place for new/opinion blog, 2nd place for real estate coverage, 2012
-Placed second in the National Association of Real Estate Editor's best newspaper report (under 250,000 circulation) category, 2012.
-SABEW Best in Business General Excellence Winner - Team Win (2011)
-Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism - Strictly Financials fellow (2012)
-San Diego Press Club: 1st place for new/opinion blog, 2nd place for real estate coverage
-IRE-NICAR Minority Fellow, data reporting (2011)
-National Press Foundation Fellow, retirement issues (2010)
-Russell B. Pulliam Fellow, The Arizona Republic (2007)
-Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, copy-editing (2006)
-Florida Press Club 1st place winner in breaking news, team win (2006)