Published work refined through fact-checking, copy editing, and content polish.
Fatal drug overdoses down in NJ, first time in a decade
This piece highlights the racial disparities when it comes to health care and addiction in New Jersey. I edited/changed the way the writer spoke about different communities and what the ramifications were. I also chose which quotes to highlight in the final version’s design. My edits leaned toward making sure the story resembled impacted communities best, without stigma.
What has changed in Paterson in the year since police killed Najee Seabrooks?
One year after NJ police shot and killed Najee Seabrooks, little has changed. I worked with Taylor Jung to create a story that best represents what happened in Paterson that day – not simply leaning on “official” statements. I have developed a close reporter/editor relationship with Jung and felt free to collaboratively make edits. The community is still grieving, and there is more room to cover that aspect in the future.
In growing labor movement, workers want to be treated as human beings
This piece prefaced a larger labor movement in New Jersey, where health care workers, Rutgers University staff, and other workers all across the state rose up to demand fair treatment. To help with a series of stories on this topic, I kept in touch with my contacts at Rutgers University’s labor movement and beyond to help craft and edit coverage that represented the workers’ needs. As one source said, the labor movements represented the relationship “between the government and labor and capital.” In order to grasp that complex relationship, I believe editors and reporters both must be involved with workers and labor organizers directly.