Harvard College
History & Literature (ethnic studies)

News Reporter
The Harvard Crimson |
• Pitched and wrote 150+ daily news stories while pursuing long-term investigations on the Race & Diversity and the College Administration beats • Reported on topics including: Harvard's pandemic response, especially its implications for low income students and international students; Title IX; mental health; affirmative action; ethnic studies organizing; campus immigration activism; undergraduate cultural organizations • Conducted exclusive monthly interviews with Harvard's Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana

Editorial Intern & Fact Checker
PublicSource |
• Pitched, reported, and wrote long form enterprise stories about limits to Allegheny County’s behavioral health crisis services, disenfranchisement of voters residing in long-term care facilities, hampered public participation in virtual government meetings amid the pandemic • Fact checked other staff reporters’ articles

Multimedia Executive Editor and Training Director
The Harvard Crimson |
• Oversaw all photo and video coverage for The Crimson's weekly magazine Fifteen Minutes • Designed and executed a semester-long curriculum covering technical and creative skills in photo, video, audio journalism, adapting the curriculum to a remote format during the Covid-19 pandemic • Recruited, trained, and onboarded two classes of beginner multimedia journalists • Produced and edited The Veritas Lab, one of The Crimson's three pilot podcasts in fall 2020

President
The Harvard Crimson |
• Oversaw staff of 350+ undergraduates across the 10 departments of Harvard's independent, student-run, daily newspaper • Directed the organization’s long-term editorial, digital, financial, and cultural strategic initiatives • Led the staff’s smooth and safe return to in-person operations and print production in fall 2021 after 18 months of students working remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic

Race & Culture Unit Intern
ABC News |
• Covered stories about race, immigration, identity and their intersections with politics, education, healthcare, climate, criminal justice, and pop culture • Pitched, reported, and wrote 60+ digital articles, from breaking news to longform features • Took the lead on producing multiple TV segments from start to finish, involving booking characters, shooting b-roll, directing the crew, conducting interviews, and writing the script • Camera shot protests and rallies regarding anti-Asian hate, immigration reform, and environmental justice, reporting in the field for ABC News shows • Provided editorial and production support on longterm cross platform projects and documentary specials

Assistant Desk/Production Assistant
ABC News |
• Pitched, reported, and wrote digital articles about politics, government affairs • Produced live shots for Good Morning America and World News Tonight • Ingested video feeds, cleared social media video, and logged tape • Researched and located elements for broadcast pieces across ABC News shows • Helped coordinate bureau coverage, connecting correspondents, producers, crews, and platforms • Occasionally reported and produced stories for ABC News' Race & Culture Unit

Opinion Video Fellow
The New York Times |
• Report and produce argued video shorts and documentaries • Pitch ideas for videos and special projects, framing stories to go beyond the news and experimenting with innovative formats • Cast video subjects and video guest essay authors, particularly those not traditionally featured in the Times’ pages • Conduct research and interviews, find and obtain relevant data, documents, and archival footage for videos • Write video outlines and scripts, shoot original footage, edit content during post-production