My career in journalism has always been guided by my values. I care about serving communities with reliable, trustworthy information that helps them understand their world and live better lives. For more than 20 years, I’ve done that by telling stories, building the teams that tell them, and creating new ways to get those stories to the people who need them.
Recent work
Most recently, I served as senior vice president of editorial at equalpride, the largest LGBTQ+ media company in the U.S. and home to The Advocate, Out and Them. I led a remote team of 20 editors, writers, social media managers, designers and video producers, and I was a member of the executive leadership team.
When I arrived, the company’s brands operated as separate teams, often covering the same stories, and most of what they published was aggregated from other outlets. I brought them together as one newsroom with distinct voices, and within a year, 70% of our stories were original reporting. That stronger relationship with readers helped us launch The Advocate‘s first-ever paid membership program. Under my leadership, Out won GLAAD’s Outstanding Magazine award in 2024, and The Advocate won it in 2025.
Earlier career
Before that, I was managing editor of digital for The Times-Picayune and The Advocate in Louisiana, the state’s largest news websites. I launched seven email newsletters, led digital planning for the launch of The Shreveport-Bossier Advocate, and led our online coverage of Hurricane Ida. For nine years before that, I worked at CNHI, where I led content strategy and digital subscription operations for more than 100 community newspapers and oversaw the redesign of their websites and mobile apps.
I started my career as a newspaper reporter in Lafayette, La., where my investigative work brought clean drinking water to a remote community and helped free a man from jail. I went on to lead digital news at NBC stations in Charlotte and New Orleans, where I pioneered the use of social media for local news and launched the award-winning Mardi Gras Parade Tracker.
Teaching
Today, I teach Writing to Inform & Explain to first-year students at the University of Rhode Island. I previously developed and taught a core course on the business of journalism in Loyola University New Orleans’ graduate program in marketing and communications.
Recognition and education
I’m a graduate of the Poynter Institute’s Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media, and I’ve been named one of Editor & Publisher‘s Top 25 under 35. I hold a master’s degree in journalism and media management from the University of Missouri and a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Louisiana State University.
I live in Providence, R.I., with my spouse and daughter.
