Badges
Certifications
Work Experience
Interactive News Editor
The Associated Press• September 2022 - Present
- Mentored early & late-career employees with one on ones and constructive critiques - Implemented Agile practices like architectural decision records and regular retrospectives - Established the first technical roadmap for tools and interactive stories - Edited code for 2022 Midterms & reusable interactives for wildfires and mass killings
Senior Software Engineer
The Atlantic• November 2019 - September 2022
- Re-engineered sections and article pages with an emphasis on embeds and multimedia - Collaborated with editorial to publish annual flagship story packages and podcasts - Maintained continuous integration pipelines for code quality
Senior Developer, News Products
Axios• January 2017 - October 2019
- Engineered templates & APIs for embedding interactives into the CMS, site & newsletters - Built an election graphics framework, tools, and APIs
Interactive Producer
Vocativ• June 2015 - November 2016
- Analyzed data and produced visualizations for one to two stories every week - Engineered newsroom tools and applications, one to two a month
Interactive Reporter
The Marshall Project• August 2014 - May 2015
- Built interactive, biweekly graphics about the criminal justice system
Web Producer (contract)
ProPublica• February 2014 - August 2014
- Designed page layouts daily and edited layout templates weekly
Labs Engineer
Mapbox• October 2013 - February 2014
- Developed weekly geographical visualizations and maps within clients' websites - Improved code quality assurance tests for the blog and interactive demos - Edited blog content daily: spelling, grammar, and style
Data Engineer (contract)
LBJ School at UT Austin• September 2013 - January 2014
Created databases of US congressional committees and their social media posts for graduate school research
Interactive Journalist
WAMU 88.5• August 2013 - September 2013
Visualized education data with an interactive map for a documentary series on education and poverty.
News Apps Intern
NPR• June 2013 - August 2013
- Pair-programmed daily with the national news applications desk - Helped build a news app for children with disabilities: mobile testing and front-end event handlers - Co-wrote the first NPR news app developer setup guide
Labs Intern
Houston Public Media• December 2012 - May 2013
- Developed two interactive news apps per month - Created digital assets for new public affairs show: website, emails accounts, and blogs - Recorded, tagged, logged and edited audio, shot photos and uploaded stories to the web daily
Intern
Texas Tribune• January 2012 - May 2012
Web Editor
The Daily Texan• June 2011 - December 2011
- Established the student paper's first web producers desk - Analyzed Google Analytics and advised departments on particular stories of interest
Education
University of Texas at Austin, Austin
Economics, BA• June 2008 - June 2008