Reporter and columnist in Springfield since 2014 (sample). I write about the decisions that change where people live and how they get home.
I joined the Ledger as a council reporter, which meant three evening meetings a week and a lot of agendas (sample). Reading the papers attached to them taught me where the news usually is: on page 40, in a table.
Since 2021 I write the Thursday column and one long investigation a season. I also write features for other papers and magazines when the story is bigger than one city.
Four beats, the same ones since 2014 (sample).
Who owns the flats, what the council spends on emergency housing, how long repairs take.
Most weeks
Timetables against shift patterns, fares, and the stops that were quietly cut.
Twice a month
Budgets, contracts and the papers attached to the agenda, read to the last appendix.
Every council meeting
Who owns the banks, what goes into the water, and the path the city keeps promising.
A long read each spring
The rules I keep for every piece, whoever publishes it.
Based in
Springfield (sample)
Writes for
Springfield Ledger, Lakeside Review
Column
Thursdays, 850 words
Languages
English and Spanish
Available for
Commissions, talks, workshops
Commissions, talks, tips and letters all arrive in the same inbox, and I read every one (sample).