I started at The Florida Times-Union in May of 2019 full time as an education reporter, but quickly my responsibilities expanded. From running digital and serving as a lead reporter during large events and emergency coverage, to managing social media campaigns and town halls. Along with enterprise stories on the school and education quality in the northeast, a big part of my role is covering government, community and systemic issues and explaining to readers why they should care. Here are some of my favorite pieces:
- Transphobic Teacher Series:
- Jacksonville teacher who sparked inclusion training continued posting homophobic memes. Duval Schools says it will investigateJacksonville teacher who prompted inclusion training won’t return to classroom — for now
- Jacksonville teacher who prompted inclusion training won’t return to classroom — for now
- Sandalwood teacher suspended for slew of transphobic, anti-LGBTQ Facebook posts
- Jacksonville private school discontinues part of racial literacy curriculum citing ‘angst’
- ‘A look at the real world:’ How Duval County teachers confronted the Capitol attack with students
- Year of protest carries over to business world in confronting racial gaps
- Duval Schools Police Department lambasted by grand jury in statewide safety report
- ‘Our voice is crucial’: How Jacksonville’s young people are fighting for Black lives
- Department of Health not giving schools guidance puts Duval in ‘double bind situation’
- Duval County teachers work multiple jobs to make ends meet
- Students at Jacksonville’s elite schools discuss racism — often anonymously
- Bodycam video shows Jacksonville girl, 6, ‘pleasant’ on ‘field trip’ to mental health facility
- Jaguars QB Gardner Minshew offered $1 million webcam endorsement from porn company
- After just three months of vaping, Jacksonville teen hospitalized with holes in his lungs
- Hurricane Dorian: Viral hurricane headbanger Lane Pittman chasing another storm
- Hurricane Dorian: Jacksonville Beach bakery, others capitalize with storm-themed doughnuts
- Bun+Chicken+Pickles: We tried the new Popeyes chicken sandwich so you don’t have to
- Timeline: A half-cent sales tax for Duval schools
- Is $150 million payment to charters needed to pass Duval Schools’ tax referendum?
- Drag Queen Story Hour prevails at UNF
- Maintenance woes plague Duval schools
- High-performing charter schools mimic neighbor high-performing public schools
- Jacksonville Beach mailman spends days off cleaning veterans’ headstones
- Generation Lockdown: School safety drills aim to prepare students for the worst
- Senate takes up bill to arm Florida’s teachers