About

I spent much of the past year covering New York City and the surrounding region for The New York Times as a member of the 2023-24 fellowship class. My work at The Times has brought me to a tiny school in the northern Catskills, an overcrowded animal shelter and the New York City courtroom where a judge delivered the final verdict in the criminal assault trial of Marvel actor Jonathan Majors. I’ve driven through floodwaters in Upstate New York, interviewed protesters as they marched through the streets of Manhattan and filed stories from the site of a fatal cargo ship fire in Newark, N.J. For five months, I reported on New York State politics from the Capitol in Albany.

I currently write for The New York Times as a stringer and freelancer, and I would love to work with editors at other outlets! I am based in Hoboken, N.J., but I am able to drive almost anywhere. As a freelancer, I’ve written about artificial intelligence-powered robots designed to help lonely older adults, Atlantic City casino workers attempts to ban smoking on gambling floors, major changes to the way real estate commissions are paid, Congressional elections, fatal police shootings, heat waves and more.

Before coming to The Times, I was an investigative and breaking news reporter for The Times Herald-Record, The Poughkeepsie Journal and The Journal News in the Hudson Valley. In that role, I wrote about a family’s attempts to learn why their father was fatally shot by police, how New York’s elderly and disabled residents are affected by a home-care worker shortage, and how 20th century urban renewal policies continue to affect upstate communities.

Previously, I covered the North Shore of Massachusetts for The Salem News and southern New Hampshire for the Eagle-Tribune. I uncovered allegations of hazing and racism at a local high school, interviewed presidential candidates from the campaign trail, climbed buildings to observe rare falcons and discovered on how an energy company kept plans to build a natural gas-powered plant in a residential community under wraps for more than five years.

My reporting has inspired political campaigns, sparked regional debates and prompted national coverage.

I'm originally from Hunterdon County, N.J. In 2019, I graduated cum laude from Emerson College — where I majored in journalism and minored in political science — after three years. In my free time, I love baking, traveling, painting and spoiling my cat Louise.

My resume can be viewed here.

Interviewing Bill Schill about his experience growing up in Port Jervis, N.Y. Photo by Pat Oehler.
Interviewing then-presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar at a campaign event in Derry, N.H. in November 2019.
With photojournalist Pat Oehler, reporting on President Joe Biden's arrival to Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, N.Y. for the USA TODAY Network.
Interviewing Port Jervis resident Mike Ward. Photo by Pat Oehler.
Reporting from the Catsachusetts Cat Show in Cambridge, M.A.