Contact and Overview
Email Address
Office Hours
Monday: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Friday: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Education
B.A., Political Science, Palm Beach Atlantic University
Website/Social Media
Teaching
Currently Teaching (Spring 2024)
COM 2610 News Reporting and Writing
COM 3304 Electronic Media Performance Techniques
COM 3320 Audio-Video Production
Courses Taught
COM 1300 Journalism Matters: An Introduction to News Literacy and News Writing
COM 2610 News Reporting and Writing
COM 3304 Electronic Media Performance Techniques
COM 3320 Audio-Video Production
Teaching and Research Specialties
Political journalism
Reporting on the environment and public lands
Multi-platform journalism
Projects
- Associate Producer, “How to Sue the Klan,” a documentary about the legal effort in Tennessee to dismantle hate groups (2024)
- Writer and Host, “Finding Matt Drudge,” an iHeartMedia long-form narrative podcast (2024)
Publications
- “Life Really Is Better without the Internet,” The Atlantic, November 27, 2023 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/home-internet-landline-amazon-smartphone/676070/
- “Thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams,” The Washington Post, October 2, 2023. https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2023/10/02/teen-boys-sextortion/
- “The Rise — and Beauty — of the Native Plant,” The Washington Post Magazine, April 4, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/04/04/native-plants-climate-change/
- “Desert monks dedicated to hospitality reflect on two years without guests,” The Washington Post, January 22, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/monks-in-new-mexico-desert-dedicated-to-hospitality-reflect-on-two-years-without-guests/2022/01/21/bbe4a932-6f35-11ec-b9fc-b394d592a7a6_story.html
- “How Critical Race Theory Overran the Southern Baptist Convention,” New York Magazine, June 16, 2021 https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/06/critical-race-theory-divides-the-southern-baptist-convention.html
- “Some Asked, ‘Does Chattanooga Need a Lynching Memorial?’” The New York Times, September 17, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/arts/design/meadows-chattanooga-lynching-memorial.html
- “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Living Nowhere,” The New Republic, March 30, 2021. https://newrepublic.com/article/161807/van-life-nomadic-living-housing-affordability
- “The Survival of a Southern Baptist Who Dared to Oppose Trump," CNN State Magazine, June 2017. https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2017/politics/state/russell-moore-donald-trump-southern-baptists/
- “Bernie Sanders’ American Dream Is in Denmark,” CNN, February 17, 2016. https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/17/politics/bernie-sanders-2016-denmark-democratic-socialism/index.html
- “How the GOP used Twitter to stretch election laws,” CNN.com, November 18, 2014. https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/17/politics/twitter-republicans-outside-groups/index.html
Recent Awards
- 2019 - Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship Award: “Freedom on the Fringes: A 35,000-mile Journey in Search of a More Meaningful American Dream.”
- 2017 - Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Award for CNN’s Social Media Coverage of the 2016 Presidential Election
- 2017 - Webby Award for CNN’s 2016 Election Night Coverage
Title: Lecturer, Electronic Media/Broadcasting, Digital Journalism
Department: Department of Communication
Email address: Email me
Phone: (828) 262-5387