POLITICAL REPORTING
Politics - not palace intrigue, but true policy coverage - is considered by many Americans to be dry or even boring. I have a passion for finding stories that will impact my readers' daily lives and giving them the information they need to make informed decisions moving forward.
CARMEL MAYOR PROPOSES 3 YEAR, $217M INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
December 22, 2015
Mayor Jim Brainard wants the money to invest in public works projects including infrastructure improvements, road projects and roundabouts. Critics say it will only "take the city deeper into debt for projects that have yet to be proven necessary."
DECISION 2018: WHO ARE THE GROUPS BEHIND THE ADS?
March - November 2018
Sen. Joe Donnelly was marked as one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the Senate up for re-election in 2018, triggering a flood of PAC and other special interest spending in the Indianapolis market. I researched every outside spending group that advertised on our station's airwaves throughout the primary and general election cycle.
2 MARIJUANA BILLS FILED AT STATEHOUSE SO FAR, INCLUDING 1 FOR PARTIAL LEGALIZATION
January 4, 2019
State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Portage, filed two bills impacting marijuana and cannabis in the state, including one that would decriminalize possession of up to 2 ounces of pot. That's enough for roughly 55 joints.
FORMER IN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAYS NEW HATE CRIMES LAW PROTECTS GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY
April 3, 2019
Frank Sullivan, who was appointed to the state's highest court in 1993 by Gov. Evan Bayh, a Democrat, says unequivocally that SEA 198 is not limited to protecting the classes specifically included in the list it references.
2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
I was sent to find the stories happening around the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland that would resonate with our Indianapolis audience as then-Gov. Mike Pence was nominated as the GOP candidate for vice president. My work included traditional reporting of the protests and political activism, as well as blog entries giving readers deeper insight into the overarching experience.
DIGITAL-FIRST FIELD REPORTING
The majority of my field reporting experience is based in politics, specifically the Indiana Statehouse, but I have also covered some of the highest-profile trials in recent Indiana history as well as more light-hearted material like GenCon, new housing developments and community events connected to the Indianapolis 500.
NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMING TO SITE OF OLD STATE HOSPITAL
August 6, 2018
Better known for their work in suburban sprawl, M/I Homes is building this roughly 60-80 home development on the grounds of the former Central State Hospital for the Insane, which served central Indiana's mentally ill for nearly 150 years.
JUDGE CONSIDERING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR RICHMOND HILL SUSPECT
July 14, 2015
A jury convicted Mark Leonard of all 53 counts he faced as the ringleader of the November 2012 explosion of his girlfriend's home in order to collect on the $300,000 insurance policy. The explosion killed two people, Dion and Jennifer Longworth, and did more than $4 million in damage, destroying more than 3 dozen homes and damaging more than 70 others.