I’m a Brooklyn-based journalist and audio producer from North Carolina, and I most recently worked as a general assignment reporter at . Before that, I was the chief researcher at The Week. My work has recently appeared in The Progressive, The Brooklyn Eagle, The Brooklyn Rail, and Popula, among other outlets. In December 2020, I graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. I’m a member of The Association of LGBTQ Journalists and Study Hall, an online community for media workers.
Writing
Audio
| Beyond the Atmosphere |
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Since she was a kid, Vivian Conan has lived inside a mysterious alternate world that she calls the atmosphere. It’s filled with people from her life, but in this reality, they are perfect in every way — all-loving and all-knowing. As Vivian grows up, the atmosphere starts blocking out her real-life relationships. She spends decades searching for a diagnosis, until finally, something clicks. Her unorthodox treatment involves a weekly toast ritual, hellos and goodbyes and an immaculately organized bookshelf. Listen Here |
| The Midnight Organ Flight |
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Scott Hutchison wrote lyrics about what it’s like to live with depression, and his music served as a sign of hope through the darkest periods of many listeners’ lives. When fans learned in 2018 that Hutchison had died by suicide, they set out to send Hutchison’s records around the world, from fan to fan, using his lyrics as their guiding principle: “While I’m alive, I’ll make tiny changes to earth.” Listen Here |
Contact
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