What I Cover###
My reporting focuses on how well city and state governments do their jobs on issues that affect all of us, including health care, housing and the environment. I’m most interested in how powerful actors influence governments to serve their own interests to the detriment of the most vulnerable in our communities.
My Background###
At ProPublica, my work has included uncovering COVID-19 testing contracts awarded to the Nevada governor’s friends with disastrous results, documenting how a city council empowered a wealthy developer to raze motels and displace hundreds of low-income residents, and investigating how the country’s largest house-flipping company cashed in on homeowners’ desperation.
Prior to ProPublica, I was a government watchdog reporter and regional investigative editor for the USA Today Network. My investigation of in-custody deaths at the Washoe County, Nevada, jail resulted in legislative action and was recognized as a finalist for an Online News Association public service award. My series on deplorable living conditions faced by people with severe mental illness under state care prompted immediate action by Nevada’s governor. In 2019, I was lead reporter and writer on Season 2 of “The City,” a USA Today investigative podcast. I am based in Reno, Nevada.
