EXPERIENCE
DNAinfo.com, New York, NY
Senior Reporter/Producer, August 2009 – present
Write and produce multimedia packages for Manhattan-based news website, focusing on crime and the neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Harlem and Inwood.
The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.
Criminal Justice Reporter, December 2004 – December 2008
Covered Newark, writing breaking and investigative stories on street violence, gun trafficking, drug dealing, juvenile crime and gangs.
Video Journalist, April 2008 – December 2008
Shot and edited news videos for the paper’s website, nj.com.
State Government Reporter, March 2002 – December 2004
Contributed to Pulitzer Prize-winning account of N.J. Gov. James McGreevey’s resignation. Documented corruption and racial profiling in the N.J. State Police. Covered 2001 gubernatorial campaign. Reported from Israel after 9/11.
County Government Reporter, December 1999 – March 2002
Investigated multimillion-dollar public contracts and land deals in Essex County.
Gannett State Bureau, Trenton, N.J.
State Government Reporter, November 1998 – December 1999
Investigated inequities in the health-care system and federal immigration laws.
The Home News Tribune, East Brunswick, N.J.
Municipal Reporter, April 1996 – November 1998
Exposed a federal probe of government graft. Chronicled the lives of Indian immigrants.
Office of U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, Newark, N.J.
Press Assistant, August 1995 – April 1996
Wrote Bradley’s op-ed columns and public statements.
The News Tribune, Woodbridge, N.J.
Municipal Reporter, January 1995 – August 1995
Covered local school boards, city councils, and political races.
The Independent Press, New Providence, N.J.
Assistant Editor, October 1993 – August 1995
Covered local issues, assigned and edited stories, and laid out news pages.
The Patriot News, Harrisburg, Pa.
Stringer, October 1992 – May 1993
Contributed news and feature stories from Bethlehem, Pa.
CNN, New York, N.Y.
News Desk Intern, May 1992 – August 1992
Provided research and production assistance for N.Y.C. bureau. Helped cover the Democratic National Convention.
AWARDS
- 2010 J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award (Columbia Journalism School/Neiman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University)
- 2010 Society of Silurians (New York City Press Club) online investigation award for “Inside the DEA and the City’s Drug Trade Through an Upper East Side Heroin Den”
- 2008 Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting (University of Colorado/Denver Press Club)
- 2008 New Jersey Press Association’s first prize for news writing portfolio
- 2005 Pulitzer Prize, breaking news: wrote one of nine stories in staff report on Gov. McGreevey resignation
- 2004 Criminal Justice Fellow at USC’s Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism
- 2002 New Jersey Press Association’s community reporting prize for series Gangs of New Jersey
- 1998 New Jersey Press Association’s Art Weissman Award for Edison Informant Has Life of Exile
- 1997 New Jersey Press Association’s special section prize for India: Nation in Our Midst
SKILLS
Trained video journalist, working with various HD cameras and Final Cut Pro software.
EDUCATION
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., Bachelors of Arts in Journalism, May 1993
Boston University, London Internship Program, Esquire magazine, January – April 1993