The Huntington News
Students divided on Northeastern's move to drop indoor mask mandate
When Northeastern announced the end of the indoor mask mandate I knew we had to hear from students. I spoke to students about their mixed feelings on the change. |
NU community creates, advocates for mental health resources
In the midst of the pandemic and the stress of finals, the conversation about mental health was more pertinent than ever, so we wrote a story including resources and student opinions. |
Northeastern prepares for a more 'normal' fall semester
As the fall 2021 semester approached, I spoke to students and professors about how they were feeling with regards to COVID-19 and Northeastern's promise of a 'normal' semester. |
Breaking news
Especially in the time of COVID-19 situations are rapidly evolving and student media needs to adapt. At The Huntington News I have been actively involved in covering breaking news of many shapes. Most recently, I was heavily involved in covering two emergency situation at Northeastern University: an exploding package and a bomb threat the next week. Below are examples of some of the briefs I have written.
Boston.com
As a journalist in Boston, reporting on the Boston Marathon is a classic experience. For the 2022 marathon I worked on a variety of pieces, including a profile on a woman names Val Rogosheske. She was one of the first women to legally run the Boston Marathon back in 1972 and she came back to race again for the 50th anniversary of women being allowed to run. I talked to her leading up to the race and also after — it was really rewarding to capture her experience and love of life.
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My time at Boston.com featured a lot of COVID coverage, everything from testing numbers to how to get vaccines to updates from local doctors. This piece in particular explore new research out of Boston University about placentas and how they are protecting babies from COVID. I talked to an author of the study and spent the afternoon synthesizing complicated science topics to be understandable.
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My last day of full time work was the day the Supreme Court of the United States announced the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I had already done some coverage of the Beyond Roe Coalition in Massachusetts, so when I got the alert they were holding a press conference I asked my editors if I could go. It was a chaotic afternoon, but ultimately I was happy to have captured the speakers' messages on such a historical day.
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The Boston Globe
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Boston Globe embarked on a project they called elegies in which they had the goal to profile as many Massachusetts COVID-19 victims as possible. Because of the magnitude of this project, they partnered with Northeastern University's School of Journalism. I had the honor of writing elegies for two people, Anna M. Gayton, Arthur Barstow and Madeline Elizabeth Brown who had passed away from COVID-19 earlier in 2020, which appeared both online and in print on the front page of the metro section. Participating in the project gave me experience I never thought I would get in my first year of undergraduate education. Conducting interviews about such a sensitive subject was enlightening and challenging. Both families were happy to talk about their loved ones, but it was nonetheless a draining process. Trying to summarize someone's life in a mere 600 words is harder than I ever thought it would be, and this project let me practice that skill. |
Head of the Charles Regatta
Every year a professor from Northeastern named Chuck Fountain recruits a group of students to come and cover the extravaganza that is the Head of the Charles Regatta. I participated in 2021.
I had the privilege of writing three stories about the regatta and shooting pictures every day. I wrote about the development of the race's COVID-19 protocols, the executive directors 30th anniversary and the debut of Friday racing. |