My Background

I am a product manager at ProPublica, working on crowdsourcing and engagement tools.

Previously, I worked in digital strategy and audience engagement for newsrooms, the federal government and the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that runs Wikipedia. I started my career as a humor writer and director for NPR’s “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me.”

Most recently, I led communications for a population research center at UNC-Chapel Hill. I also helped lead a pop-up newsroom to support journalists in Western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, providing critical text-only information to residents who lost internet access, and was the librarian-in-residence for the Knight Election Hub’s election desk, where I connected journalists with academic election experts.

I completed a Nieman Visiting Fellowship looking at alternative models of membership in public radio. For many years, I wrote a column for Poynter focused on news innovation.

I have a library degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where I focused on digital archiving.