What I Cover
I’m currently writing about education issues focused on private school vouchers and similar programs.
My Background
I have spent almost all of my career writing about the South, and I care deeply about the region and its people. Prior to ProPublica, I worked at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, most recently as a watchdog and public service reporter. I was part of the team that won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for public service for the series “Till Death Do Us Part,” which examined South Carolina’s failure to protect women from often-fatal domestic violence. I also was a 2019 Pulitzer finalist for feature writing, along with fellow reporter Deanna Pan, for our series “An Undying Mystery” about the youngest person ever executed in South Carolina.
I also reported extensively on the Emanuel AME Church mass shooting in 2015, when a racist gunman murdered nine people during Bible study at one of the country’s oldest Black churches. My 2019 book stemming from that reporting, “Grace Will Lead Us Home,” won the Christopher Award and Audie Award for nonfiction and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
I am based in South Carolina.
